Ucluelet and Wickaninnish Restaurant and Interpretive Centre

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On Saturday we left Tofino to head for Ucluelet. On the way we decided to stop at Wickaninnish Interpretive Centre. We went to the restaurant and had some of the best food and service we’ve ever had anywhere. The mushroom soup (made from mushrooms the chef had picked locally [...]

Children ‘should sleep with parents until they’re five’

Sian Griffiths

Margot Sunderland, director of education at the Centre for Child Mental Health in London, says the practice, known as “co-sleeping”, makes children more likely to grow up as calm, healthy adults.

Sunderland, author of 20 books, outlines her advice in The Science of Parenting, to be published later this month.

She is [...]

Lately

I love this picture for some reason

I love the expression on her face in this picture.

Ogo Pogo in Kelowna

Playing on the beach in Kelowna.

More beach fun with her cousins and uncle.

The sun was in our eyes.

If this picture looks familiar, it's because I posted a very similar picture a [...]

Father’s Day

I made this video for Kris for Father’s Day. Originally I had wanted to colour correct some of the pictures, add more captions, maybe make some of the transitions a bit better, but Kris’ iMac crashed around the time I wanted to work on it and so it ended up being a couple of [...]

Contest!

I came across a contest to win a sling and I get a bonus entry for posting it here.

Introducing our new dog

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Meet Spice.

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Or at least that’s the name she had in foster care. We’re still debating between Sorcha and Shiloh, though right now I’m leaning towards Sorcha. Feel free to add your vote in the comments. She came from Mosaic Rescue, has already had a litter of puppies though she’s [...]

Catching Up

I am going through another one of those periods of time where I have so much I want to write about, but not enough time. So I end up writing nothing instead and getting even more behind! So I’m going to try and write a short recap, and come back later and write more [...]

Mother’s Day

She wanted to fill in all her own ballots.

On Sunday, we went to the Mother’s Day Paint-In at Hatley Castle. The weather was perfect; not too warm, and not too cold. We bought some handmade soap and fudge, ate good food, and wandered around the castle grounds. Hatley Castle would have been my first choice as a location to get [...]

First Haircut

Before

Before

Meredith has been needing her bangs cut for a while. I’ve been hesitant to do anything about them. For one, because I didn’t want to do it myself, but I don’t think she’d sit still while a stranger came at her face with scissors. Also, for a while at least, I think it [...]

I love stories like this

Internet’s power makes singing Scot a global star By BEN McCONVILLE, Associated Press Writer

BLACKBURN, Scotland – In a week, Susan Boyle has gone from karaoke and her local church choir to global fame and an invitation to the Oprah Winfrey show.

The frumpy 47-year-old, who says she’s never been kissed, has [...]

“It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.”
~ Albert Einstein

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