Family Life

The boys have a fixed bedtime ritual, and part of it involves turning off the light. Such a simple step, so intrinsic to going to bed, and yet so fraught with conflict and formal negotiation. On the surface, the agreed-upon procedure is that the boys take turns: tonight Daniel turns off the light, tomorrow night [...]

Debbie brought down a whole bunch of toys from the attic. Daniel and Joel have played with these before, but Micah hasn’t. Of course, after a prolonged absence these toys were greeted with as much excitement and enthusiasm as if they had been brand new. The original intent in bringing out the old toys was [...]

Flickr does video now! It’s an interesting flavour of video, limited to 90 seconds, intended for brief little clips (what flickr calls “long photos”) and it certainly suits my no-time-for-this approach to video. I know YouTube has been doing video for years, but I really dislike their cluttered, convoluted pages. I muchly much prefer flickr’s [...]

The kids get their hair cut by our friend Eleanore. She hasn’t fared well this winter, being sick more often than not, so the boys have grown shaggier and shaggier. A couple of weeks ago Eleanore’s husband remarked that she’d better get well soon, as they were starting to look like little street urchins. At [...]

We took the kids to an Easter program this afternoon at one of the area’s big churches. We were curious to see how the boys would behave, whether they’d be interested, bored, or what. Besides, Easter is an excellent time to focus on Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection, and we saw it as an educational opportunity. [...]