Ian

Amanda on May 11th, 2012

We were invited to a Reading Celebration in Ian’s classroom back in February.  Ian’s teacher, Mrs. Newman, taught a lesson to the children while the parents watched.  Her lesson was all about how readers use print strategies to read like they’re talking. After explaining in detail and showing the kids how it was done, she […]

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Amanda on May 5th, 2012

Back in October or November, I got an email letting me know the Monster Jam tour was coming to the Roger’s Centre in Toronto in January.  Since the boys were interested in Monster Jam again and knowing that January – March tends to be an ugly time in my life, I thought it might be […]

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Amanda on March 10th, 2012

(and the last of my 2011 posts! woo!) Christmas morning started off a little slow.  Mike and I were  up well before the boys and we actually had to send Matthew in to wake Ian up. We weren’t really upset they were sleeping in but we had my family coming over for brunch and we […]

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Amanda on March 5th, 2012

I basically took no pictures on Christmas Eve.  It’s hard to get your hands on a camera when you’re surrounded by a million people.  It always seems like the camera bag is on the other side of the house. It was a whirlwind day:  we hosted dinner at our house and then went to church.  […]

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Amanda on March 3rd, 2012

Pictures and videos from our annual cookie decorating party.  Okay, I’m not sure if two years in a row makes it officially a tradition but I’d like to think so.  🙂

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