It is inevitable. The phone rings and anything that previously occupied the kids is dropped and you’re surrounded. Like chumming for sharks, the sound of a telephone has the ability to grab children’s attention where you calling them eighteen times to set the table cannot. Suddenly it is imperative that your son locates the bike… Continue Reading
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You said what?
Road trips are an experience everyone should have. At least once. And more if you’re stout of heart and determined. I kid. I love road trips. Especially when the bloodshed is minimal. But parents – okay, kids too – hear all sorts of eye-rolling things when driving long distances. PG/Bou: Maman and Papa he/she’s bugging… Continue Reading
Kids are so sweet when they’re not spilling blood
Bou and PG love each other. Most days. Other days I’m refereeing a 1970s style goon hockey game. My kids can argue a point with each other with as much eloquence as the most romantic and tragic dialogue from Dumas’ The Three Musketeers. Their facility with words in Canada’s two official languages makes me a… Continue Reading