Yesterday was Mrs. C’s funeral.
Prior to the funeral, Angie and I discussed whether or not Colin should attend. Would it scare him? Was he too young? Would the experience be emotionally overwhelming? We decided that since he was such an important part of her life, he should.
We sat down with Colin on [...]
Early Friday morning Angie’s mum passed away.
Her health had deteriorated over the last two weeks and became even more so in the last two days. It was all very quick and as we made our way home from the Hospital we struggled with how we were going to tell Colin.
Angie and I [...]
On our way home from work tonight Angie and I had to make a quick stop and pick up our niece Geneva.
When we arrived at the house, Angie told her to join the boys, who were playing in the backyard with Rica. While Angie got dinner started, I changed into my shorts and [...]
I had just finished mowing the lawn Friday night (yes, Friday night’s are no longer the booze fueled partying that it once was) and Angie, Colin and I were about to go for a walk when I remembered that my buddy Steve had gotten his new car. I turned and asked Colin if he [...]
When I’m on my way home from work I can’t wait to see my boys and talk ‘their language’ up until they go to bed. I enjoy my job, my colleagues and talking privacy and security, but nothing compares to the light-hearted discussion of a 5 year old.
Last night’s fun conversation occurred at [...]
Colin woke up Sunday morning eager and excited to give Angie his Mother’s day gift.
While Angie entertained Adrian, Colin and I headed downstairs to prepare Angie’s first gift. Colin had made it in class and consisted of a decorated bag with an assortment of morning breakfast items. His intention was to serve her [...]
Angie and I went to visit Colin in his classroom today! The school had organized an ‘open-house classroom‘ where parents could participate in their child’s classroom lessons and activities.
We walked into his class and found him sitting on the floor with the rest of his classmates, listening to the teacher’s instructions.
I heard [...]
Colin was excited to loose his second tooth because that meant another visit from the tooth-fairy! Yes, another $6 and on top of that, Mummy and Daddy matched the $6 left by the tooth-fairy.
Colin is now the happy owner of a Star Wars, [...]
With my eye infection worsening and a cold developing, I really wasn’t interested in doing much this past weekend. However, when Angie called me Friday morning and told me she had been given the afternoon off I asked if I could join her and run some errands.
I felt relatively safe that I wouldn’t [...]