First day of school

You know the feeling; that turning in your stomach when you walked into the local K-mart or Zellers with your mom and you saw the giant sign that said “Back to school supplies”.  You were with your mom so you couldn’t swear (unless you lived on the farm and you were only allowed to say [...]

Seriously officer – my one year old did it.

4 Things our 19 month old daughter can’t do:

change her own diaper
say “DADDY RULES”
dunk on a regulation size basketball hoop
wakeboard

1 thing our 19 month old can do:

Call 911

*Just to let you know – anytime someone calls 911 in Calgary – two of the cities finest comes to your house and makes sure there is nothing [...]

Throwing rocks

While on vacation in Ontario my family got the chance to spend 5 days with my sister at her cabin by the lake.  Five days of swimming, boating, sleeping, reading, eating, bear watching and marshmellow cooking.  We loved it and wished we could have spent the whole summer there.
As we relaxed I found my son [...]

Is there a dress code?

Is there a dress code when flying?  I’ve never seen one when I enter the airport and I haven’t seen one on the plane.  If there is one I’ve missed it.
 The stewardesses  flight attendants have their uniforms, the pilots have their cool threads and the air line workers wear the same outfits but as a passenger it seems like [...]

back at it

I feel like writing again so I thought I’d get back in the saddle.  I’ll give you a little debrief of our life the past month or so:

Summer weather has been terrible.  I’m not complaining b/c I hate it when people complain about the weather. I’d rather you complain about my preaching or how the toronto blue [...]