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This last weekend was the Labor Day holiday weekend here. Well, it was probably where you are too. I say that in a general sense because most of the people reading this are American, and my Canadian readers (all 3 of them) understand I’m not talking about their holiday because I spell it correctly (without…
Xavier’s first day of pre-school today. He was eager to go. After dropping off August, Déla and Ciárán in their respective lines at school, Xavier asked “Can I run now, dad?” And he ran. He ran so fast I couldn’t get a picture of him. he was eager to get to preschool. When I caught…
The kids are back in school today. Mostly. Today is technically the first day of school. I say technically because it’s a half day. And not everybody is in school. It’s confusing and frustrating. I’ll explain on the way, but let’s get to the pictures. Here’s August, entering 4th grade. Déla heads to 3rd grade….
Did you know there is a Broadway version of the animated hit film turned franchise Shrek? I was only mildly aware of it, and actually had forgotten about it until news of a home video version hit my inbox. Now there is a trailer for the upcoming home video version of Shrek: The Musical. I’m…
I was in the Millennium Falcon the other day, driving the kids from one place or another. I forget what it was. Immaterial to the story. So I’ve got the radio on and the opening guitar strains to “Jessie’s Girl” by Rick Springfield comes on. I turn up the music. It’s a warm summer day….
Déla turned 8 Thursday last week (if you remember from my blog post from Friday), but her birthday party was held on Saturday. I won’t go into the problems we had in picking a theme or venue for the party. It may have taken a while, but when we hit on what and where, Déla finally…
It’s been a while since I’ve posted an installment, but if you’ve been paying attention you’ll know why (and have seen the pictures that I’ve posted). So here we are with the last full week of summer and plenty of pictures. It’s going to be a long one, so strap in and get comfortable.
I am stealing this idea directly from Chris Read (Canadian Dad) and while it wasn’t an original idea of his, it was because of his post that I’m creating this one. Top 5 Driving Songs His were summer specific but I’ve got no qualms about driving with the same music in the summer or winter….
This past weekend the Nordic Heritage Museum held is Viking Days festival. A couple of food booths, plenty of crafts and live music. Initially I hadn’t planned on going, but Sunday rolled around and I was looking for something to do with the kids. While Laura stayed home to get some of her prep work…
I know it’s been a while since I wrote about our trip to Ireland. I want to get this wrapped up. Since coming home we’ve been busy with back to school prep, summer camps as well as getting back into the routine of being at home. I’m almost done with the stories I want to…