Skiing
We had good skiing weather today, so Irene and I took Mallory cross-country skiing in Gatineau Park today. This is her third winter on cross country skis. Her second where…
Parenting
Suddenly snow
I was quite bummed to arrive yesterday and find the farm almost completely snow-free. Mother nature sorted that for us today. It snowed pretty much all day.
And up to the farm
Mallory and I threw a bunch of stuff into the car and drove off to visit Grandpa Mike today. Despite the Ottawa area getting 30 cm or so of snow…
Gift orgy part one: Mallory gives us gifts
For the first time ever, Mallory gave Irene and I presents. And handmade ones at that. I got a paper snowflake and Irene got a bunch of ghosts. I love…
Further progress on sleep self-sufficiency
So last night Mallory went to bed at the usual time. As often happens, I hear her fumbling for her water bottle. This is followed by a short period of…
It was Mallory’s idea
She was talking about going to summer camp at dinner time tonight too. Afterward, she wanted us all to go watch TV together. We said ‘sure, but daddy will join…
Piano recital
I had this plan to take a picture of Mallory playing at her first piano recital this evening. She wanted me to sit on the bench with her and I…
So… crawling in from the work Christmas party
I went up to say goodnight to Irene and she told me that the evening had been uneventful but that Mallory had been sad that she wouldn’t say goodnight to…
Mallory’s first piano recital coming up
She’s got two songs: Batter up and Mary Had a Little Lamb. Today’s lesson was devoted to preparing for Friday’s recital. Including the proper way to approach the bench, leave…
Ran the kid ragged today
Playdate in the morning. Choir practice at noon. Tree climbing and general horsing around after. Two hours at Brewer Pool, swimming lengths. Straight off to the Muppet Movie (Miss Piggy…
Might this be the end of co-sleeping?
Since Mallory just up and decided to sleep by herself in her own room (November 19) we’ve had one hybrid night, where she came into my room at about 2am,…
Skating and choir today
Mallory and I spent a couple of hours going around and around Brewer Arena, today. On skates, that is. Irene and Mallory went skating yesterday and they had so much…
Mallory is sleeping on her own tonight
Second night in a row. I don’t want to jinx it, but it looks as though this whole sleeping on her own thing might take. Because I have said it…
I took 536 photos this weekend
Archiving Mallory’s artwork from the last little while.
Mallory plays ‘Sailing’
Not the Christopher Cross version. Note to self: iPhone videos work better in horizontal mode. Note also to self: say something about those bloody cops in UC Davis. Will they…
Do, do re mi fa so
Mallory had her piano lesson this evening. She's quite impressive, I think. But then I would say that. She's very good at the sequences of notes and moving her fingers…
Mallory read bedtime stories to me tonight
That was pretty exciting. For some reason Mallory picked out two much younger books for stories tonight. I figure it's because she's bored with her usual favourites. They were a…
Mallory’s first loose tooth is in the house
Well, actually it's in her mouth, still. But I'm trying to be... uh... hip. She was tired this morning, sleeping in to 7:10. We crawled downstairs and after starting in…
That whole gain an hour of sleep thing? Not for kids
Whoever thought of that as an upside for changing the clocks in fall did not have a young child. I carefully set the clock in our room back an hour…