Memories: When I was younger – I could remember anything, whether it happened or not. – Mark Twain So we have been playing this game called Memory with our kids, and my 4 year old puts me to shame. Actually, all my kids do . . . come to think of it. Parenting: If it was going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labour! So, the other morning I am woken up by Rayne Grace, very early, whispering very quietly in my ear (cuz I guess you’re supposed to be asleep at this hour. . .) saying, “Daddy? . . . Daddy? Can you make spaghetti for me?” I’m like “what? – Do I know you? – Sure I’ll get right on that.” Some people’s kids. There are three ways to get something done: Do it yourself, hire someone to do it, or forbid your children to do it. Never fails. Actually – our kids awesome with stuff around the house – cuz when I can’t find my stuff, I ask the kids and they seem to know where just about anything is. . . Why?: Whose idea was it to put an "S" in the word "lisp"? Sometimes when I read stories to the kids, just to mix it up a bit, I’ll start reading with a “lithp” like nothing is different and my kids will be looking at me like, “Are you sure you’re my dad?”. Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale? Man – Karyn and finally bought a brand new mattress last fall and it is amazing! I travel all over the place sleeping in hotels with incredible beds (and otherwise), but never seem to sleep as well as at home, generally our population doubles sometime early in the AM, too. Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over? It’s funny – whenever we eat anything really messy or tomatoey – we have always taken our kids shirts off - just to save the hassle. It’s even funnier now when we visit others at mealtimes - 2 seconds later and at least two of our kids have no shirts on! Speaking of no shirts on. . . last summer Rayne Grace would ride her bike back and forth and back and forth in front of our house. One day she watched intently as some guy rode by on his bike with NO shirt on, and of course our 4 year old is a quick learner. Two seconds later she’s riding back and forth again with no shirt! How do you explain this kinda of stuff to a precious princess? Our son Indio gave a speech the other day at school on great white sharks. It was kinda neat to help him procrastinate (is that possible?). He was to use cue cards to help him remember the major points of his speech – and he goes and writes his WHOLE speech on these little index cards and proceeds through a big stack during his speech!! Funny. He even had a couple of jokes worked into it. . . The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four persons is suffering from some sort of mental illness. **Think of your three best friends, if they're okay, then it's you. This just in – I guess . . . Death is hereditary. Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
Writing: So – we are supposed to be submitting a magazine article again soon. Any ideas? For many who don’t know, Karyn and I have been writing magazine articles for the last 2 years on PARENTING! (Go figure – for those of you who know our family) We have covered a wide variety of issues and experiences so far. We also try to add a First Nations twist to it as well. It has been fun to write in a creative way, and be challenged to be relevant even in our kids understanding of life. Food: Our kids still have no concept of what food is supposed to be eaten WHEN – like breakfast food at breakfast and so on. Skye will get up and beg for alpha-getti or something for himself, and then eat again a half hour later when everyone else does. Hotdogs and Mac and cheese are a breakfast favourite! Yes, we do oblige at times – like last week when the younger ones were eating chicken nuggets at breakfast. . . Tune in next time for some perhaps more meaningful thoughts . . . Go Sharks! Here's a couple from the archives: 
I came into Skye's room one night to check on him, long after putting him to bed, and here he is with Rayne Grace's clothes on!! And it was pitch dark! Skye just doing his thing i guess. . . 
Rayne Grace back in the day - How do you discipline in this case!?? Even her shirt says, "I love you!" | 
