Out of the blue this morning:
A: Mommy, we had cotton candy when we went to the PNE yast time. Can we go to the PNE again and have cotton candy?
Y: Of course we can!
A: (jumping up and down) Yay! I yove cotton candy! Do you yove cotton candy too?
Y: Yes, I do. Do you know why they call it cotton candy?
A: (still jumping up and down) Because it tastes yike candy!
Y: And what does it look like?
A: (stops and thinks long and hard) ...Fyuff!
SO funny. In her defense, I asked her if she knew what cotton was and she didn't. When I gave her a cotton ball, she said, "Mommy! It feels yike cotton candy!". Ha.
Friday, July 5, 2013
Monday, June 10, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
sneezy
Out of the blue, coming home from swimming tonight:
J: How come people, like Daddy, try to not sneeze?
Y: What do you mean?
J: When they need to sneeze, they go like this (puts his arm up in front of his nose/mouth area and stifles a sneeze into his arm).
Y: Wow. Good question, Josh. I don't know. I never try to hold back a sneeze (it's true) because sneezes feel good. If my nose is itchy and I sneeze, I feel better after I sneeze. Don't you think so?
J: Yeah.
(pregnant pause)
J: I tried to hold back a sneeze today. In the playground at recess. I put my arm up and went like this (does the same action as before). It hurt my nose to hold back my sneeze. That's why I want to know why people do it.
Funny how asking a question with a seemingly obvious answer makes the answer seem less obvious once the question is asked!
J: How come people, like Daddy, try to not sneeze?
Y: What do you mean?
J: When they need to sneeze, they go like this (puts his arm up in front of his nose/mouth area and stifles a sneeze into his arm).
Y: Wow. Good question, Josh. I don't know. I never try to hold back a sneeze (it's true) because sneezes feel good. If my nose is itchy and I sneeze, I feel better after I sneeze. Don't you think so?
J: Yeah.
(pregnant pause)
J: I tried to hold back a sneeze today. In the playground at recess. I put my arm up and went like this (does the same action as before). It hurt my nose to hold back my sneeze. That's why I want to know why people do it.
Funny how asking a question with a seemingly obvious answer makes the answer seem less obvious once the question is asked!
Saturday, May 11, 2013
april showers bring...
...lots of photos, apparently!
I've recently learned that Aves loves flowers. She is constantly pointing them out everywhere! She can easily identify tulips; every pink tree is a cherry blossom and every white tree is a dogwood.
Everytime we are out and about and she sees colourful flowers, she asks me to take a picture. I don't know why, but I haven't been indulging her. It just feels like if I started down that path, I will have an iPhone full of photos of flowers!
Today, her and I went out for a stroll to the Skytrain station. I knew she would likely ask me to take pictures of flowers, so I decided to bring her V-Tech camera along. As we started out, I handed her the camera and told her that she could now take her own pictures.
She was very excited by this and told me she was going to take pictures of pretty flowers AND pretty leaves. So here is Aves' very first photo journal (unedited) of her walk to the Skytrain station.
I've recently learned that Aves loves flowers. She is constantly pointing them out everywhere! She can easily identify tulips; every pink tree is a cherry blossom and every white tree is a dogwood.
Everytime we are out and about and she sees colourful flowers, she asks me to take a picture. I don't know why, but I haven't been indulging her. It just feels like if I started down that path, I will have an iPhone full of photos of flowers!
Today, her and I went out for a stroll to the Skytrain station. I knew she would likely ask me to take pictures of flowers, so I decided to bring her V-Tech camera along. As we started out, I handed her the camera and told her that she could now take her own pictures.
She was very excited by this and told me she was going to take pictures of pretty flowers AND pretty leaves. So here is Aves' very first photo journal (unedited) of her walk to the Skytrain station.
Friday, April 12, 2013
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
prettier
A couple of days ago, Josh and I were huddled over the iPad. I had just let him download an app or something. I think he was so giddy with happiness that he couldn't help but say:
"Mommy, you may not be the prettiest mommy, but you're the BEST mommy!"
YOUCH! Seriously, kid?! What do I say? How do I respond to that? Clearly, the obvious response is, "Who is prettier than mommy?!"
The verdict is still out. He wouldn't respond. I know he was thinking of someone; I could see it in his eyes and that sly little smile! Darn kid.
"Mommy, you may not be the prettiest mommy, but you're the BEST mommy!"
YOUCH! Seriously, kid?! What do I say? How do I respond to that? Clearly, the obvious response is, "Who is prettier than mommy?!"
The verdict is still out. He wouldn't respond. I know he was thinking of someone; I could see it in his eyes and that sly little smile! Darn kid.
Monday, April 8, 2013
fp vs. parenting
I have been completely absorbed by work. My project work started ramping up in late November and it hasn't stopped since!
My latest project, fp, has been the biggest challenge I've undertaken in awhile. Take a project that has too much scope, not enough schedule and mismatched resources, and you have a recipe for disaster (I'm sure my project management/engineering/IT professional friends can empathize). Take that and multiply it by 3 years and you have fp.
It has meant many 10 to 12 hour days trying to get on top of the fp pile. I've had to juggle work days with family time and late nights working at home. It's been exhausting. But ironically, I still feel like I have mental capacity. I am not drained by it.
Then, late last week, I had a parent-teacher meeting at Josh's school. It was a 45-minute meeting and I came out feeling like I'd been through the ringer! There's nothing like feeling like you're failing as a parent to completely suck the life out of you.
The p-t meeting was a morning meeting and as I commuted into work and tried to get my head into my impending work day, I came to this realization: as much as fp has been challenging my capacity and boundaries and pushing my limits, it is a walk in the park compared to parenting. I can only wish that parenting is as easy as fp. Ha.
My latest project, fp, has been the biggest challenge I've undertaken in awhile. Take a project that has too much scope, not enough schedule and mismatched resources, and you have a recipe for disaster (I'm sure my project management/engineering/IT professional friends can empathize). Take that and multiply it by 3 years and you have fp.
It has meant many 10 to 12 hour days trying to get on top of the fp pile. I've had to juggle work days with family time and late nights working at home. It's been exhausting. But ironically, I still feel like I have mental capacity. I am not drained by it.
Then, late last week, I had a parent-teacher meeting at Josh's school. It was a 45-minute meeting and I came out feeling like I'd been through the ringer! There's nothing like feeling like you're failing as a parent to completely suck the life out of you.
The p-t meeting was a morning meeting and as I commuted into work and tried to get my head into my impending work day, I came to this realization: as much as fp has been challenging my capacity and boundaries and pushing my limits, it is a walk in the park compared to parenting. I can only wish that parenting is as easy as fp. Ha.
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