My eldest son turns 16 today… ( gee I feel old again)

( the usual Bits and Bites is being pre-empted by pastry making and pie baking- come back tomorrow for a late issue)
Even though I’m getting pretty close to 40, I never really feel old. At least not on a daily basis, but rather at odd moments throughout the year.
Like when the checkout boy calls me [...]

Beginnings

Standing in the back of the store in a row with all the other mothers, I waited patiently for my daughters reaction, unseen as she was behind the doors of the change room.
” Nope. Not happening, Mom.” 
I slowly exhaled and looked over at the woman beside me, also parent to a graduating young woman who [...]

The X factor.

” Bye Mom- love you! “ , she said as she walked out the door to go to school.
I stood by the window holding my 7 month old son, and we both watched her walk away down the street. I’ve never been religious – never even gone to church for that matter - yet found myself thinking: ” Please [...]

Bits and Bites – Wednesday January 14th, 2009

Good morning to all!
I have, in uncustomary manner, posted three separate posts this morning, so I would urge  you to scroll down to see what else is going on around Metro Vancouver. It seems we have finally reached the end of the snow, and perhaps even the rain for a while, so get out and enjoy it [...]

Babys first Christmas

And how wonderful it is. Blanketed with snow, the neighbourhood is eerily quiet thanks to the arctic cold air. In total we received over a foot  in our area, during yesterdays blizzard like conditions – the likes of which I haven’t seen since I grew up in Prince George. At one point I was not able [...]

The rude things people say and do.

 I’m not fond of shopping.I will never be a woman who shops for ‘fun’, and I’m not into retail therapy, unlike most women I know. I go because I need something,not to browse, or window shop, or just for fun. For me, it’s not fun. There are so many other things I’d rather be doing.  Sometimes [...]

Just how far will a kid go to avoid bedtime? Read on, my friends…

Anyone who has parented knows that very few kids want to go to bed willingly. They’ll whine, they’ll cry, they’ll do whatever they can to avoid the dark and boring confines of the bedroom.
My four year old is no exception. Most of the time he goes without much more than a complaint, but tonight he [...]

The glamourous life of Laila Yuile

Not!
 Three out of four of my kids are sick with some sort of feverish, coughing, snotty and cranky virus. I woke up at 2am to feed the baby, who couldn’t breathe very well through his nose. He started fussing, and subsequently woke up his older brother who is also sick, who then started crying loud enough to wake the [...]

Life is good…

The magic of a 4 year old.

Every year when my children celebrate their birthdays, I think back to the moment I first met each of them. Each birth is unique, and the first moments of getting to know the tiny beings who would come to shape me and my world as much as I will have shaped theirs, are worth more than [...]