How does one prepare for the wedding of your mother? It seems they don't write self-help books for this. At least I haven't found one yet. Yes, it's official. He gave her the ring, bought her a dress, and they set a date. No less than 6 weeks from tomorrow. That's not...

Today I'm drowning in a sea of laundry. Yes, if you've been reading my post, you'll know by now that laundry is my albatross. I'm never caught up, there are always stacks and stacks of it in my laundry room, and nearly every morning I have to hunt for socks or...

It didn’t start off well. There’s just NOTHING fun about listening to your baby cry “owie, owie, OWWIEEE!” for nearly 4 hours in the middle of the night. Maddie woke up at 2:00 a.m., complaining that she hurt – somewhere in the general vicinity of her left ear. She...

This afternoon I played "cool mom" instead of "cruel mom". Did a presentation in each of the girls classes this afternoon. About Africa. Now THERE'S a fun way to spend the afternoon. I made sure I inserted enough bathroom humour to keep them giggling (threw in a...

Reliving memories of Africa...aahhh! Yes, I wanna go back!

I remember whenI wanted to know herBut didn’t know how to make her acquaintanceHow do you tell someoneHey I like you, I think you’re cool – wanna be friends?We used to know how, when we were kidsBut then we grew up and forgot howBecause we made relationships too...

Do you ever get the feeling you are a profound failure as a parent? I do. Regularly. Tonight was one of those nights.After fighting with Nikki for about an hour over her piano lessons (she's not quite grasping the scale concept), listening to her berate herself for...

Driving to IDC last night to return the truck we'd borrowed, I was following behind in the van. Marcel was in the front with all three girls strapped in the back seat of the truck (it's a kick-ass truck with leather seats, you name it - they were quite happy to hang...

My little goofball

Yes, I'm writing about Maddie again. It's been HER weekend (her birthday on Friday and then her party today), so I guess for now she gets the spotlight.She's upstairs singing lullabies to the "little peanut" in her tummy. Since Auntie Cyndi and Uncle J-L have been...