My beloved Grandma turns 90 years young today. In my life there have been very few who I could trust to love me unconditionally. Grandma is one of those rare few and that's worth its weight in gold. I'm not alone in wishing Grandma congratulations on her ninetieth. There are
James refers to his younger self in the third person. If we're looking at pictures of him as a baby, he'll refer to the person in the picture as Sweet Baby James. He doesn't say "that's me!" or "that's James!", he says "that's Sweet Baby James!". According to my non-scientific
Driving around last night, James and I turned the radio to the Raptors game. The newest Raptor provided some pretty awesome moments for my three year old passenger. "James dribbles the ball up court", "James dishes off to Bosh" and "James with the jumper" were just some of the phrases
Tonight, James got the fourth haircut of his young life. In reverse-chronological order, here are the rough cuts. Haircut #4Haircut #3Haircut #2Haircut #1Upon further review, we left a little too much on top. His old man got scalped.
If I could summarize this evening in one picture, this would be the one. If you want more, I'm now sharing four pictures from tonight's festivities in Pictures. I also created a Halloween 2005 photoset with Flickr. Happy Samhain!
It was warm and sunny all day today, ideal conditions for carving the pumpkin. Once again, James assisted with the design while Michelle offered inspiration. It was tough to follow up last year's gem, but I think we did okay. You can judge for yourself by viewing the following pix.
There's no doubt which two songs have been James' favourites so far in 2004. Earlier in the year, he was all about "Goodnight, Goodnight" from Hot Hot Heat. He immediately declared it was his song and quickly taught himself many of the lyrics. To this day if I hear it
With James completely full of beans and Michelle fully morphed into an actual person with a personality and curiosity of her very own there truly is never a dull moment around these parts. Dull moments have disappeared completely from our lives. One moment James is a full fledged pirate complete
Sorry ladies but Steve is spoken for. My little brother is getting hitched. I first heard this news on Saturday but it barely registered. Steve and Vanessa have been living in sin for so long it was as if they were already married. Now they'll just have a piece of
When James was Michelle's age, we shared a passion for The Simpsons. It was our common ground, the one show we both enjoyed and we'd watch episode after episode together. This hasn't changed, in fact, we have a date for the season premiere tomorrow night. A different show has become
Michelle is almost 13 months old and has officially mastered the art of walking. She started walking just before her first birthday and in no time abandoned crawling for good. She's drinking homo milk now. Americans reading this will have had a good chuckle at that one, but it's true.
Like his father before him, James has grown quite fond of Sesame Street. He even owns a few Sesame Street DVDs which he loves playing. The clever bastards at Sesame Workshop know exactly what they're doing. In between new skits and bits on these DVDs they've sprinkled vintage segments from
I realized the other day that James is now three and I've yet to take him to the movies. He's been to special kid showings of flicks, but he's never been to a real theatre to watch a real movie. I hit the net and searched for a movie we'd
I guess this is how it's going to be from now on. Poor Grandma's birthday overshadowed by the birthdays of two of her grandchildren just two days earlier. This weekend will now always be jam packed with birthday parties in this family. Today, it's my beloved mother's turn to celebrate
It still blows my mind that my only nephew arrived on the same day as my only daughter. If Michelle is turning one today, that means Zander turns one today. I remember visiting Zander that day and writing this about his arrival in which I said "This is completely bizzarre
My little girl turns one today. I remember vividly how that night unfolded and welcoming my Michelle into the world. It was an amazing day, followed by an amazing year. Now she's walking, picking up new words and hungry for hugs and kisses. Here she is earlier this week at
One year ago today, I wrote this baby update. At the time, all signs were suggesting that Michelle was itching to arrive. I was totally psyched and ready for action. As it turns out, one night later we were on our way to the hospital and Michelle arrived a year
I want to wish my brother Stephen a very happy birthday today. When I turned 27, my first thoughts were that I had reached the age of premature rock genius overdose suicide. Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain had all died at the age of 27, having
Michelle had been standing on her own for a while and taking a step here and there, but yesterday she decided she had had enough. She started to truly walk. It's funny, because you always knew eventually she would start walking, but I was still mesmerized when I saw her
I just measured, and there's a solid 3 millimeters of hair on top of Michelle's head. Most of that arrived within the past few weeks. Michelle has hair! Gimme a head with hair Long beautiful hair Shining, gleaming, Streaming, flaxen, waxen Give me down to there hair Shoulder length or
James and I are heading North for a little rest and relaxation. We'll be nowhere near a computer, so this will be the last update for a few days. Consider this an excellent opportunity to visit the archives and catch up on what you've missed. Take care of yourself, and
Heading North on the 400 earlier today on our way to Puck's Farm in Schomberg, the conversation turned to music. 54-40's "I Go Blind" was playing on CFNY Edge 102 and that got us thinking about 54-40 and Hootie and the Blowfish, who covered the song for the show "Friends"
I thought we had a deal. In fact, I'm sure of it. When I married her 9.5 years ago, I married a twenty year old and I expected her to stay in her 20s. Today, My wife turns the big 3-0. This wasn't part of the deal. I suppose
Michelle has been doing some pretty cool stuff lately. I've got to document this somewhere so I can reference it later, and this is probably the best place to do it. Here's a Michelle update. First unsupported steps - Two days ago, June 23, 2005Number of teeth - Stalled at
For Father's Day, James and I are heading to the ballpark formerly known as SkyDome to watch our Toronto Blue Jays take on the National League's Milwaukee Brewers. Josh Towers will take the hill for the Jays, trying to win his first decision since beating Minnesota on May 17. He
