E was inspired to pull up his li’l stool and draw this on our white board today. *** [subscribe2] [ad name=”Med Rec”] ***
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100 Happy Days – Day 26: Purrr…
My poor kitties. They are litter-mates. We got them in 2004 when they were wee kittens – Ramona the adventurous one, and Nicodemus the scaredy-cat. They used to wrestle hilariously and then fall asleep on top of each other. Then, when we moved to our house in 2007, there was A TERRIBLE DISASTER. They were displaced to…
100 Happy Days – Day 25: Black Lentils
I’ll be honest. This day was a hectic, somewhat crappy day. One of those days when my kids are simultaneously screaming before 8:30 a.m.; also, one of those days when I asked myself, “Why did I become a teacher again?” Sigh. BUT. There was this bag of mysterious legumes I’d accidentally bought months ago, thinking they were…
100 Happy Days – Day 24: Toasted Pumpkin Seeds
Our pie pumpkin was frozen on the doorstep after the first snows. Time to toast seeds! I followed this advice for getting them plump and salty, and then golden-brown. MMMMMmmmmm! SO TASTY. (Plus: antioxidants, mineral nutrients – especially zinc, anti-fungal and anti-viral properties.) *** [ad name=”Med Rec”] ***
100 Happy Days – Day 23: Party at the Farm
Sunday, November 23rd: Festive Fun at Springridge Farm! We have a group of friends that do two Christmas parties per year – one for the kids and one for the adults. Our friend K organized this epic outing this year: It was very fast-paced. There were also mini-pizzas, cupcakes, juice boxes, mural-colouring, and even a wee…
100 Happy Days – Day 22: Singing Children
When your kids sing, it makes all the hard stuff worthwhile. AB wandering around the house, singing a bittersweet, evocative song to the “friends” she’s carrying with her. And E heartily singing at the breakfast table: “Oh, tidings are covered in joy, covered in joy!” I just melt. He sang this refrain yesterday in he car,…
100 Happy Days – Day 20: My Hubbibi, among other things
Lots of happy things today! I should mention that one of them is: my blog is working!!! Almost basically back to normal! YAHOO! (Big thanks to my dad for helping and putting up with lots of rigamarole regarding my blog issues.) So now I’m looking forward to backdating the happy days I’ve stored up AS…
100 Happy Days – Day 4: Silence
There are two kinds of silence that made me happy on Day 4. One was in my 5/6 Core French class. They are a class that is, as a group, not great at self-regulation. Many of them have great difficulty stopping themselves from saying whatever they feel like saying, whenever they feel like saying it, in whatever language (i.e. English,…
100 Happy Days – Day 3: Cuties in Costumes
Hoping my technical difficulties might take a coffee break, I’m attempting to backpublish a post from… several days ago. (I wouldn’t want you to think that Jian Ghomeshi had completely quashed the possibility of happy days.) Here’s some happy from Day 3, even though they’re pics from October 31st. Because they can make me smile any day…
100 Happy Days + NaBloPoMo – Day 2: Super Mom
I did not have to wait long for the sequel! Dad is not the only Super one, folks. *** [subscribe2] [ad name=”Med Rec”] ***