Enter baby number two.
Ethan is easy-going and cautious. He is introverted and does not like noise. Crowds overwhelm him. Ethan was only (more…)
Travelling, like practically everything else, is a unique experience with every baby. My first-born is outgoing and adventurous. (The first time we took her to a mall, she was so excited, nearly every passerby commented on how happy she was.) She loves noise and can sleep through construction but not conversation. (more…)
At 7:30 PST yesterday I had a burst of olympic spirit and sat down in front of the PC to check out the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympiad. Having some technical difficulties, my family and I frantically surfed until I located a couple of live streamed telecasts. Finally we were ready to go, and enjoyed the next few hours of wonderfully synchronized skating, poetry, music, and aerial acrobatic super slalomers and snowboarders. It was a very heart warming celebration punctuated by
Every winter in Edmonton, when the world outside is covered in large amounts of snow, and wind gusts blow chilly air into all the nooks and crannies that haven’t been well enough covered up, I hibernate. The whole family hibernates. Even the kids don’t go out to play in the snow; we bring a bucket of it inside. Right now, I am seeing all my Edmontonian friends chuckling and shaking their heads. What wimps we are, afraid of a little cold and snow. But, c’mon, I’m from Vancouver. Winter in Vancouver (more…)
