Drawing Fundamentals
I have officially enrolled in Drawing Fundamentals at AUArts! Throughout my engineering career I have drawn many system and software designs, and engineering drawings before that. But I haven’t drawn anything recreationally since … maybe junior high school?
Read moreStupid Bath
While most of Calgary was pleased that the water restrictions have been lifted, Zoe was not.
Read moreNow on AWS Amplify
I’ve just migrated this Hugo site from apache to AWS Amplify. It was very easy, in part because I already use Route 53.
Cats in a Box
Blaze and Caramel in a box Some time ago, Nathaniel made a cat-bed out of cardboard. It even has an old hoody in the bottom to make it more comfortable.
Read moreMigrated from WordPress to Hugo
Long overdue, I finally migrated from WordPress to Hugo. There are a number of formatting fixes I need to do. And I’m glad I’ve eliminated some complexity.
Read moreNathaniel's First Night Without Baby
On Thursday night at bedtime, we discovered Nathaniel didn’t have Baby (his security blanket). He’s slept with Baby every night of his life. Nathaniel was very, very upset. So were Alice and I. But he handled it really well. Alice loaned him one of her blankets, which helped some. I stayed with him in his room, watching over him. He’d open his eyes and see me watching. That seemed comforting. He was asleep pretty quickly.
Read moreour precious boy
so he got a sticker yesterday with his swimming card saying he passed the first level (preschool 1) and is ready for preschool 2 lessons. he was so proud of himself he had to put the sticker on baby. This morning he went to his best friend Finley’s house for a play date before school. He came home off the bus and had to show me this special pin Finley gave him (it’s a pin that says Nanimo on it). This is of course also very special, and had to pin it on baby right above the sticker. Not sure what we’re to do when baby needs a wash (not that it gets dirty!!). How adorable is this!!!
Cute things we don't have the heart to correct
Nathaniel says: Valentimes instead of Valentines Storm scoopers instead of storm troopers Dark valor instead of darth vader cheeros instead of cheerios porn cops instead of corn pops His latest words/phrases he’s learned from his best friend Finley: various things in his life have become “epic”; orange is really close to red; yellow is really close to orange. and we can’t forget the um, uh, you know, um uh, we must always talk with um, uh all the time :-)
Bologna, Honey and Jam sandwich please!
This was Nathaniel’s request for swim camp snack. And he ate it! Nathaniel is in a summer camp this week at the YMCA. It’s for the afternoons, and he seems to be enjoying it! Next year I will register earlier so that I can get the kids in for whole day camps. We also bought Nathaniel a new bike with 14 " rims, he really zooms! Alice is attempting riding without training wheels, hopefully she’ll get it soon, my back is really getting sore from holding her!