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Amanda on September 1st, 2012

Back in May, we took the boys mingolfing for the first time at Adventure Landing.  We had an awesome time and both boys did great.  Matthew even got 2 hole-in-ones!  (Or is it holes-in-one? LOL)  The super cool thing is that we got free annual passes the following weekend and have been able to take […]

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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 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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Amanda on October 3rd, 2011

I was mentally planning Ian’s big boy bedroom for probably about a year before we actually started the project.  Once I realized we were in danger of sending our child to Kindergarten while still sleeping in a toddler bed, I figured we really needed to get moving.  Thankfully, his room came together pretty quickly and […]

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