Category: Parenting
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“Restaurant, Maman”
Friday Robert had a PA Day from school. With the 2 youngest in daycare, and my husband working, it was a chance for us to spend some one on one time together. We had originally planned to meet up with some of his school friends, but I had a cold and was feeling pretty rough.…
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Summer Camps
Can you believe that January is more than half-way done? It’s true! Days are getting longer, the sun is shining down on us a little brighter, and, while we are in the middle of our first big snow storm this season, spring is (finally) on the horizon. I am not winter’s biggest fan. I love…
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Birthday Parties
Robert was invited to a classmate’s birthday party. Not only was it going to be the first classmate’s birthday party he’d been invited to attend, but it was also going to be a pool party. Needless to say, I was feeling a bit nervous about it. I wasn’t sure what to expect. Robert has taken…
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Happy New Year
Everywhere you look it seems as though someone is talking or writing about this notion of “NEW DECADE! NEW YOU!”, as if tearing off a page from the calendar suddenly transforms us. While I don’t necessarily think you need to become a “NEW YOU”, I do think that this torn calendar page represents a time…
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The Tooth Fairy
Early autumn we noticed that Robert was growing “shark teeth”. This happens when adult teeth grow in behind the baby teeth. I looked it up out of concern, only to discover it is a fairly common phenomenon for children. The search results indicated that it was best to encourage the child to wiggle free their…