Moving Day in Montreal
July 25, 2018One of the first things you need to learn about Quebec as in immigrant, is that Quebec likes to do… Continue reading
Through Toddler Eyes
May 14, 2018The calendar declared that spring had arrived weeks ago, yet the snow kept falling every few days. Temperatures hovered well… Continue reading
Psychological Warfare with a Five-Year-Old
April 2, 2018Entering the apartment with two kids after being out in the snow is no small feat. First, I have to… Continue reading
Breathing Space
March 18, 2018There is something about this precious in-between time. Hovering at the edge of daytime duties and the slow fall… Continue reading
Changes
February 26, 2018“Mammy, my tooth is moving!” announces the five-year-old one evening. “Oh,” I say to this latest proclamation. Knowing that it… Continue reading
One Word 2018: Dare
January 2, 2018I heard about the ‘One Word Movement’ from Kate Takes 5 last year, and loved the idea of setting a… Continue reading
Winter in Montreal
December 27, 2017Tues 12th December. That’s when winter arrived in Montreal this year. A thick heavy curtain of snow fell, and within… Continue reading
Toddling into Winter
December 11, 2017Autumn came to the city of Montreal as a breath of fresh, cool, air. Such a relief from long days… Continue reading
The Days are Long but the Years are Short
November 30, 2017By the time it’s all done… Everyone has been fed their breakfast. They’re both scrubbed clean of peanut butter smears. Porridge… Continue reading
Almost Five
November 8, 2017He struts alongside me – on the alert for airplanes, insects… or sticks. You can never have enough sticks. I’m… Continue reading