Grandma Boys is down here for a visit, the kids’ crafty Grandma always has a few tricks up her sleeve for various things.  Jenn had been talking about trying to make a ‘super bubble’ solution to play with (I mean,… Continue Reading →

Ryley’s school, Building Blocks Academy, held their 2nd annual Father’s Day boxcar derby today.  Last year’s race brought a little success for both Josh and Ryley, each winning at least one race on the day.  Similar to the cars last… Continue Reading →

Jenn has had a busy few months, not just with your standard running races or triathlons – oh no – she must have been bored with those as she managed to find a few races involving teams and obstacles as… Continue Reading →

Today Josh took part in his first Sports Day at Warwick Academy!  Jenn and I were able to take a few hours off work to pop over to watch.  It was pretty cool to see all these kids in one… Continue Reading →

Oh, Ryley Roo… such a sweet, innocent, stubborn little girl!  Surely there are many cases where kids sleep in their parents’ bed until their 3 1/2 years old, maybe longer.  She’s been in our bed nightly until recently; we basically… Continue Reading →

Every once in a while, for but a fleeting moment, we get a chance to see how ‘the other half live,’ as the cliche goes.  And also every once in a while, we remember why we hang on to our… Continue Reading →

Time for sports day again at the BBA!  They held this event last year as well, but as the number of kids has increased quite a bit they had to split Sports Day into two days this year.  Jenn and… Continue Reading →

As Josh says, “Hoppy” Easter, everyone!  As per usual, there were lots of things happening around here for Easter besides having hot cross buns and codfish cakes for multiple meals a day.  For example, Josh’s class at school was having… Continue Reading →

Just a quick one to let you know that Josh finally lost his first tooth yesterday!  He has had a very loose tooth for a while (lower front one in the middle), we have actually been able to see the… Continue Reading →

Running races aren’t just for adults and older kids anymore!  With events like the “Magic Mile”, the “Dash at Dark”, and today’s “Round the Grounds” race, kids as young as 3 to 4 years old can get in on the… Continue Reading →

Our Saturday mornings are busy, as mentioned in an earlier post.  Josh and I have been doing football (soccer) on Saturday mornings at 9am, then dashing off to Roller Hockey (Learn-to-Skate) for 11am… (Jenn takes the Roo to her gymnastics… Continue Reading →

Our Saturday mornings are very busy!  While Josh is doing some of his activities, Jenn takes Ryley Roo to Gymnastics.  It the same as what we used to take Josh to when he was little, there are typically 5 or… Continue Reading →