Category: parenting sure is fun

Some Very Young…Obsessors

I had an obsessive personality even as a wee tot, and being a Nutcracker-performing ballerina who always loved photography, it only makes sense that I become emotionally invested in this photobook called A Very Young Dancer, which followed the story of a young ballerina inĀ George Balanchine’s School of American Ballet…

Perfect Day

So, 11 happened. Josh is sandwiched between two sisters with attention-seeking behavior. He has never been the LOOKATME! type, opting to have simple requests in life. It’s easy to give him a happy birthday. All it takes is a little sushi, a family game night, a trip to the bookstore,…

There Are No Umbrellas. Or School Photos.

It’s a rainy Halloween, which means I was up early ironing hair and painting on mouse noses and finding money for the Halloween dance and packing lunches that no one is going to eat and finding white tights and convincing Canadian children to wear their coats over their costumes and…