Yesterday evening was Katherine’s ninth birthday party and we celebrated at the Devon House Clay Studio, operated by the Craft Council of Newfoundland & Labrador. I wasn’t about to post all the photos here, so I made a collage. If you follow this link, you will see the full collection in greater detail. A few…
Category: kids
Bibliophile in the making
Katherine had today off school and while I had a tonne of work to do, it had always been my intention that we should get out and explore a bit today. (She has Monday off, too, but I’m trying not to think about that.) So I plugged away at things for the morning, but when…
Whirling
It’s a head-in-a-blender-and-did-you-remember-to-unplug-it sort of Friday, leading me straight into a weekend of chaos. Some people like Fridays. I still am not sure I understand why. I have heard that some people have relaxing weekends. I really must find out what those are like. Saturday is far more work than Friday, even without a kid’s…
Picking up speed
Another year has cycled through and Katherine is nine. It constantly astounds me how time accelerates as children grow. When I watch her now, there’s so little of the baby left and the child fast-disappearing as well; the girl is as much coloured by the adult she’ll be as by the infant she was. Happy…
Plastered
On alternate Wednesdays, Katherine’s friend Jasper comes over after school and yesterday’s visit was a foray into mask-making. We tied back hair, slathered faces (including eyebrows) in petroleum jelly to protect their skin and had a very firm discussion about the virtues of staying still and keeping one’s eyes closed during the process. Note: Plaster…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 