This time last year, we’d just taken Finlaggan to San Diego for a long weekend. Going back to work after that was much more difficult than going back after his first 6 weeks. For one, we probably bonded better in San Diego than before: there was more interaction between us, I was in less pain, […]
Easter dinner, a photo by framboise on Flickr. Via Flickr: Spring clean of patio (strip of concrete by door, really) meant we could finally drag our dining table out of its cramped corner and have friends over for dinner. Roasted chicken and grapes by P. my contribution: chilling wine and scrubbing our so-called patio. And […]
We have something of a love-hate relationship with our waffle maker. Back in the day of believing that Krups doesn’t make crap, we bought an electric waffle maker. All attempts at waffle-making with the included recipe and several epicurious versions resulted in things which resembled waffles, but were nothing like. Examples: Too dry. Tasted like […]
It’s been over a year since Finlaggan added some spice to our lives. Too much spice to do much other than upload occasional photos to Flickr. And since I’m work-avoiding, I’ll start an irregular series of posts of old photos that we dumped unceremoniously on Flickr1. First up, Finlaggan’s first vacation! To San Diego! Just […]
In keeping with our resolution no. 1, we had our third monthly party of 2012: a spring-time picnic. There’s a nice park on Pico and Virginia Ave in Santa Monica1 with two, yes two, playgrounds: one for toddlers and one for older, more agile/boisterous kids. And we like going on a Saturday morning when there’s […]
Finlaggan is one1! On the first anniversary of his birth2, we had some train cake and lots of singing of Happy Birthday over Skype with first his GrandDad in Scotland, then PoPo and GongGong in Singapore. Kid’s growing up thinking his grandparents live in the laptop. To celebrate, we had a big bash with beach […]
crankasaurus, originally uploaded by framboise. Via Flickr: apparently, he was happily shaking his sippy cup rhythmically mere seconds before this shot. popping round the corner to grab the camera to record said rhythm-making was construed as heartless abandonment, and Mr F made his displeasure very clear indeed. boy is just like his mama (opinion of […]
Day 50, originally uploaded by framboise. This time last year, P and I were scrambling to get his poster made for a conference in San Diego. We piled Fin and all his baggage into the car and drove down for a long weekend. Since I was back at work by then, Fin and P came […]
In honour of Noodle Month, here’s one of those foodie posts lurking in the depths of my drafts folder1. Let’s imagine you’ve just arrived in Vancouver and hosteled yourself in your new (fancy-pants) accommodations. What’s the first thing you do? Unpack? Freshen up with a post-flight shower? Take a power nap? For my family, the […]
There are no doubt written and unwritten rules about hogging playground equipment1. But sometimes, I don’t give a hoot and hog2 the slide anyway because this is my view from the bottom: 1 Sometimes, I think parenthood is like a bloody high school clique and that the uninitiated are left out in the cold, far […]
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