Family Life

Apparently today was Pancake Day, or so I was informed when I got home. That meant we had to have pancakes for dinner. Seeing as I normally cook pancakes on a Saturday morning, Debbie felt it was only right that I cook them tonight. It seemed like a thinly-veiled plot to get me to make [...]

I took the Christmas tree down last night, along with all our other Christmas decorations. I did this after the boys had gone to bed, in part because it’s easier when they’re not crowding around trying to “help”, but also because I didn’t want them feeling sad about Christmas being over, put away in the [...]

We sang Christmas carols for a while tonight before putting the boys to bed. Debbie played the piano and sang. I sat on the coffee table and held Micah and sang. Micah (8 months) rested his head on my shoulder and hummed a continuous monotone. His version of singing. He loves music and will sing [...]

I took the Youth Group caroling tonight, around the neighbourhood surrounding our church. There were about ten of us, traipsing around with torches improvised from two-liter plastic pop bottles with candles inside. We had song sheets, we knew the songs, and it wasn’t very cold. In years past within a couple of minutes you couldn’t [...]

Debbie has been wrapping Christmas gifts for the past month. Every time she finishes a wrapping session she comes out grinning ear to ear, bubbling over with excitement. She can’t wait till Christmas day, for her gifts to be opened. She endures more suspense over gifts she gives than over gifts she receives. Hubby, on [...]