Category: Our Daughter
The Great Ear-Piercing War
This isn’t a story about our four-year-old daughter begging for permission to have her ears pierced, working up the courage, or shrieking in the chair while a gun shot spikes of hot metal through her tender earlobes. Nope — all of that went off… Continue Reading “The Great Ear-Piercing War”
Little kids, big appetites
It is a strange day when your child can suddenly out-eat you — a grown adult. I always knew it was coming, but I never thought it would happen at the age of six. Our son was a year and half when his little… Continue Reading “Little kids, big appetites”
Toy soup: How I stopped hating my daughter’s messy room
There is soup all over her bedroom carpet, but it’s not made with noodles or vegetables. It’s the very worst kind: Toy soup, hot and fresh. Baby dolls mixed with Barbie dolls, Polly Pocket dolls, dollhouse dolls and American Girl dolls — jumbled together… Continue Reading “Toy soup: How I stopped hating my daughter’s messy room”
When your baby’s not a baby anymore
Our babiest baby turned four on yesterday, but anyone we’ve ran into in the past few months already knows that. “My birf-day is April twenty-fifth — two five!” she’s been announcing proudly, just in case someone was unclear on the meaning of twenty-fifth. We’re… Continue Reading “When your baby’s not a baby anymore”
Dating your child
I called March Break “March Broken” — only somewhat jokingly — because I felt like I was constantly disappointing someone. Freed from the burdens of Primary and preschool, forced to colour at home instead of in a group setting, our kids were primed for… Continue Reading “Dating your child”
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