Friday June 21: Pure Life Energy

In yoga, there's a strong focus on the life energy - releasing it, harnessing it and getting back in touch with it.

Watching Mr. Biddles play - is a reminder that babies are pure joy and pure unadulterated life energy.

Incredibele!

June 19th: Mr. Biddles Is 10 Months

Oh The Places I'll Go...

Oh the places I'll go....

The Kids Weekend: Party In The Park

That Saturday boy 1& boy 2 went on the subway to take-won-do, then we went to Indigo to buy a birthday present, then we went to grocery store to buy lunch, then I went to library with boy 2, then we went to buy groceries for the week, then we walked to the birthday party in the park where the boys played for three hours and got soaking wet. Then we walked home (in the rain) for hot baths and a second round of dinner. Then boys 2&3 went to sleep while boy 1 waited up for Daddy. I should add that I did 40 minutes cardio before all this.  But when my stomach isn't bothering me, I actually love the feeling on non stop activity, just for sensation of collapsing into a hot bath and bed.

Soaking wet from jumping in fountains

Random life

Going for Dosas.

Hanging. 

Growing. 

Monday February 11th:

Mondays mornings always feel like a struggle and a slow start.  So much didn't get done over the weekend.  So much to do during the week.

So before anything even starts, a bit of Biddles to kick it off:

Friday February 8th:

Captured - life according to Seth at this time:

Monday January 7:

It's an ugh kind of day.  Not helped by the back to school routine on a cold January morning.

Fighting it with the bobble baby.

December 29th: Daily Devan

December 1: Doing The Muffin

Doing the Muffin - Shakey Shake. 

November 30th: Seth Art

Jet Ray 

Angry Birds Fighting 

Sum Dog - The Animal Game 

Utah Raptor 

November 27th

Devan (aka Biddle) at just over three months. Getting better and better.

Saturday November 10th:

He's been playing it everywhere.

Avery got a harmonica from Nonny.

Then he found out he couldn't take it into nursery school with him. 

November 2

This was the first year that the boys (well the older two) got really into the Halloween thing, specifically trick or treating.

The weather was horrible (of course!) but despite the cold freezing rain, we met a bunch of Seth's friends and joined the shrieking frenzy, with Avery doing his best to keep up.

Although sleeping in the bunk beds remains optional, decorating them is a must. 

Some blogs stage shots like this. Not us. Note dustpan behind R. 

A shark.

Some thought he was Nixon or Bush. Both scary.

There is nothing as nostalgic as the smell of a plastic bag filled with the mix of Halloween candy.

Monday October 29th

I'm exactly 10 days behind with a picture of Devan at 2 months but I didn't do anything like this with the other two (yeah for blogs which are so much easier than albums or scrapbooks).  So really, in some way I'm ahead I think.

Devan 2 months 

Avery has renamed Dev Dev (the happy mouse) - Biddle.  I think it might be a variant of little but its sticking so far.

Saturday October 27

Even though Avery just wanted to smash his pumpkin and the weather is grey cold, it was still nice to be able to spend some time just the two of us.

Being caught between a talkative 6 year old and a 9 week old baby isn't easy.

Hopefully days like this help.

Thursday October 17th

A message from Seth:

A Lunch Request 

Translated: Mom, please buy a tune sub for Fridays lunch.

Thursday October 11

My Daily Devan....

September 30: Weekend

Specifics and details (the who's, when's and where's) vary but there are a few common elements to most of our weekends.

They include: red wine and some cooking.

Roasted beet, roasted squash with spinach salad

The ROM, the park, and lots of newspapers.

The boys at the ROM & the 3D Dino puzzle we struggled with

Often baked goods come into play and then when icing ends up everywhere and no one eats anything else I make the usual vow that this is the last time I'm doing this.

For the record, its actually no one's birthday - but we just like candles, because fire and sugar together are where its at.

September 27: Joy

Yesterday at yoga, the theme of the class was joy.

I like a yoga class with a theme.

I'm not quite sure how joy differs from happiness or being cheerful - but my guess it would be that it's less fleeting...a more permanent state...

In the interim, I'll try and focus on the fleeting moments.

Summer - at the Sarnia House