2009 November | A Lot of Loves

Belated Birthday Party

November 30, 2009 By Marilyn

This past weekend LittleSis came out from Calgary for a quick weekend visit. We decided to have a small belated birthday party for K. Presents!! The opening of a present is a fascinating process. What do you mean I can’t open this present? Cake!! (Complete with a monster in the woods.) Hmmm. When your head [...]

Filed Under: Kid Stuff, Parenting Tagged With: Birthday, Growing Up, K

Award Day

November 30, 2009 By Marilyn

Over the past week and a bit I’ve been lucky enough to receive three blog awards from some lovely and interesting bloggers. Each of the awards has some rules (mostly to pass the award onto more bloggers) and I intended to pass them on when I had time to contact every one. And then time [...]

Filed Under: It's All About Me Tagged With: Me

I Poked a Baby

November 26, 2009 By Marilyn

About 10 minutes ago I did something that I’ve never done before. I did something I absolutely hate. And I am so embarrassed. I touched a baby’s face. Not my baby. Not a relative’s baby. Not a friend’s baby. I touched the face of a baby of someone with whom I have spoken to no [...]

Filed Under: Funny, It's All About Me Tagged With: Me

I'm Pretty Sure She's Screaming "Bad Mommy!"

November 25, 2009 By Marilyn

Last Friday, the kids and I went to the mall to pick out a birthday gift for K. I forgot that the toy store is located right in the centre hub of the mall and I totally forgot that Santa and his crew would be in attendance. After we picked out K’s gift he made [...]

Filed Under: Funny, Parenting Tagged With: Em

Cheap Toy: Time Waster

November 24, 2009 By Marilyn

Last Friday, I took K and Em to the mall so that K could pick out his own birthday present. It was not my original plan to let him pick out his own gift but things pretty much never go according to my plan. A few days before this I took K with me on [...]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: K