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03 Mar, 2010

Don’t fence me in.

Posted by: Mama In: Nicholas| Ruminations

The playpen in the living room is becoming less and less relevant as the boys get older and their wanderlust grows. They’re still amenable to spending a little bit of time in there but the activities therein are becoming more and more unruly. One of those activities, aside from the de rigueur chuck-EVERYTHING-out-of-the-playpen game, (Hey [...]

07 Feb, 2010

The world’s cutest fish mongers

Posted by: Mama In: Both boys| Ruminations

We have a membership at the Bay Area Discovery Museum. One of the fun things that the boys can do there is play in a pretend stream with plastic fishies and froggies. We tried that for the first time this week. I think they liked it.
See for yourself (click on the photo for more images):

You [...]

02 Feb, 2010

Best buddies

Posted by: Mama In: Both boys| Ruminations

Sometimes, the boys get along just famously. Those moments ARE THE BEST.
See?

As your children start developing a personality, it’s awfully tempting to try to fit them in a box. Namely a hereditary box. We see (or try to see, I guess) ourselves in their actions. We try to figure out where they may have “picked that up”. For instance, the way Nicholas gets frustrated and throws [...]

I know that you Montrealers will snicker with derision at this post but, dang, it’s cold here! There’s been snow and stuff.
It’s almost 11 am and, despite what the forecast says, it’s not warming up. See?

(Two Celsius is equal to 35 Fahrenheit, if you prefer)
The trouble is, I don’t really have good clothes [...]

11 Oct, 2009

Behind the scenes

Posted by: Mama In: Both boys| Ruminations

Sure, they always look sweet in the photos but this is what the little snots are like in real life:

Fighting for a telephone on Abuela’s lap about month ago.

29 Aug, 2009

Dog days of summer

Posted by: Mama In: Ruminations

I feel badly for you folks in Montreal suffering through a cold and rainy weekend in August. Here on the other hand…

27 Aug, 2009

The hunter becomes the hunted

Posted by: Mama In: Both boys| Ruminations

The boys spend a good part of their day in the living room, in a play pen. This is what it looks like from “the inside”.



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  • Gram: "Nicholas, do you know why this is 'tolerated' ? 'Cause Mom did the same thing with her dogs, SOCRATE and SUGAR PLUM !" :) P.S. "Good vibes from Gr
  • nan: laughing away...just like the cow! ^_^

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