A blog full of memories
I sit at the dining table spooning fruit purĆ©e and cereal into Mikey’s mouth. He always looks for something to do while I am trying to feed him. He grabbed a wet wipe in each hand and started buffing the table (in a seven-month-old-kind-of-way). “Wax on. Wax off.” I laughed at my own joke. I …
My life is changed by becoming a mother (and not just in those stereotypical ways: baby talk, talking about poo–although I try only to talk to Ludo about that–having no time to myself (not even five minutes for a bath), going more than a bit crazy day changing diaper after diaper, more…). But, I actually …
Hello everybody. This is the first time since Mikey was born that I have even thought of updating my blog (7 months, three days). Although, I have been thinking lately that I certainly miss it. Maybe I just need to make it bit more of a priority as you all know I really enjoy writing. …
In the last days of pregnancy with Spikey Mikey, the J-man was getting really familiar with my iPad. “Mahna Mahna?” he would ask first thing in the morning. “Mahna Mahna?”. One day about three or four months ago, I thought that muppet song “Mahna Mahna” would entertain him for a few minutes while I sat …
Just got them off the camera, so thought I should do something with them. š
Was I too preachy in my top ten things I would tell a younger self? Sorry. I can tone it down a bit and maybe lighten up. I did canvas some of my friends and family (and a few random people from my Moms-in-Vaud yahoo group) for advice on what they might tell an 18-year-old …
Hi there readers! I haven’t been blogging very much. I guess I have just been busy. Busy with the J-man. Busy with being pregnant…well, that seems like a lame excuseādoesnāt it? However, if I weren’t pregnant, I wouldn’t be tired. If I weren’t tired, I would have all kinds of energy and I wouldn’t have …
I made this healthy snackĀ for a salad tonight at dinner. However, I simplified it a bit: 1 beet, peeled and shredded 2 carrots, peeled and shredded 1 apple, peeled and shredded 1 tablespoon of lemon juice (and a squirt for taste) 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar 1 tablespoon olive oil I also chopped up …
They’ve just reviewed one of my in-law’s wine on Canal 9 in Valais: Cave Caprice du Temps, Ermitage. Some quotes from the review: “Good wine doesn’t need to be talked about.” and “This wine reflects the face of the place and the heart of the winemaker.” (Roughly translated). Here is a link to the write …
I am not really a traditional holiday person. In fact, I mainly try to avoid tradition all together. My mum, on the other hand, has a list a mile long of things she does at Christmas: Christmas letters, Christmas baking, decorating the house, decorating the tree, Christmas dinner (although, I am pretty sure my dad …
I would be so cool. We have to buy a Wii first, but still. How fun would dancing with ABBA be? Cool. I’d be the coolest momma on the block.
Thanks to Kara for the link in Facebook. Justin Bieber, Michael BublƩ, eat your hearts out.
Are you getting all kinds of traditional carols on the radio yet? My parents tell me there is a lot of snow in Whitehorse. It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas there at least. Myself, I bought a string of coloured lights. My Christmas decoration investment for the year. I hung them up on …
Yesterday morning, the J-man was playing on the kitchen floor. He has started standing up on anything. In fact, he crawls somewhere and pulls himself up, and he prefers to stand there even if he has nothing to do. He just stands there and babbles. He had pulled himself up on his walker chair (the …
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It is really quite early to be playing Christmas carols all of the time. They are everywhere anyway. Here is a video that makes me laugh each time I see it. I Skype alot with my family and I have been peering in and out of the webcam frame from different angles saying: Menaw menaw… …
To start setting the mood, I present Vince GuaraldiĀ playing Linus and Lucy from A Charlie Brown’s Christmas.
