Easter weekend gave us some wonderful family time together, in some incredible weather. After being gone for most of 2 weeks, in another season of pretty heavy travel, it sure was good to just be still. Here’s some pictures, as promised, for those who only want to see our kids — not that I blame [...]
Last week I decided it was time for Ben to have his first computer. He has his first game system, and his first pair of skates, but if he’s my son, he should start learning how to use a computer. I was pleased when he took right to it. *Geek Content Follows* In the late [...]
As I mentioned earlier, Ben was very specific that he would not agree to being 3 years old until he got a blue McQueen chocolate cake. So, Nicole very expertly made him this… …which we happily consumed with the help of Nic’s parent’s, the McLeods, and Ben’s little buddy Nathan. Pretty awesome, eh?
We didn’t forget his birthday — it was December 27, and he turned 3. He’s adamant, though, that he’s not 3 until he gets a cake. And not just any cake. A blue Lightning McQueen chocolate cake. With the busy-ness of Christmas, and his insistence that he wasn’t ready to be 3 yet (“Soon, daddy. [...]
After 16 months of waiting, a trip to our MP’s office, and 18 days in which our kids had no health care at all, Benjamin and Abigail are finally official Canadian citizens. Apparently, we were supposed to have filed their paperwork with the Canadian embassy in the States — even though we did file it [...]
Apparently we’ve reached that point in life where people are more interested in our kids than us. I guess we’ve gotten so boring that we now exist only as a function of our children. Perhaps we’ll rename the site www.benandabisparents.com. Since I’ve been told that I need to blog about the kids more, I figured [...]
Most of this past week I’ve been on vacation from work, which means my computer has been shut off. I do have a laptop or two that I checked on occassion, but I’ve been otherwise pretty unwired all week. It was nice, but I’m a little behind on e-mails, comments, blogs, facebooks, diggs, flickrs, and [...]
Ben and Abi’s new favorite snack is pickles — called “puh-kahs” by Ben, when he opens the fridge door and demands one. This is unfortunate, because when a pickle is left dried up on the floor, it looks disturbingly like a turd.
Every night before bed time, Nicole or I (usually Nicole, since I put Abi to bed) reads Ben a story. Tonite, Ben wanted to read one to her. He chose Thomas & Friends – Really Useful Engines. According to Benjamin, it goes something like this… Page 1: WOW! Choo-choo! Uh-oh! Page 2: Choo-Choo! Head, teeth. [...]
