We have been having the most amazing winter this year. Whereas last year at this time we were battling temperatures that dipped below -30C/-22F, today it was 5C/41F. Almost shorts-type weather! I thought I heard somewhere that this was supposed to be the coldest winter in 20+ years, but apparently whoever said that was wrong. [...]
“Okay, two more runs and then it’s time to go home.” “Three more times!” “Two more times.” “Three more times!” “One more time.” “Two more times!” “Okay.”
When the girls’ winter break started, I told them we’d do lots of fun things while they were off school, one of them being sledding. There wasn’t much snow on the ground, so we waited for it to snow. And we waited. And then it snowed about half a centimetre a couple days ago and [...]
“Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” “Cue the mouse!” “I’m here, I’m here, the mouse is here! “What’s the bowl for?” “So you can see that I am not stirring. Note the hand never touches the spoon.” -A Muppet Family Christmas 1. The parents of Liliana’s Sunday School class were told of [...]
L: “Mama, where’s the moon? Why can’t I see the moon? I want to make a wish on the moon because I can’t see any stars.” Me: “Maybe it’s too cloudy.” L: “But WHY? Why is it cloudy? I don’t want it to be cloudy, mama. MAMA! ANSWER ME!” Me: “I’m sorry, maybe tomorrow you [...]
