Tag Archives: bragging

Collage Collage is great great!

Posted on April 16, 2011 by

We’re in Vancouver and have been back to Collage Collage for several visits. It’s simply fabulous. Akka can’t get enough of it. This is the child who never wants to go anywhere but she popped her thumb out of her … Continue reading →

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first foray into felting

Posted on November 30, 2010 by

I made slippers for the kids. It was my first time felting. I started with blue slippers for Malli. First, I knit a giant sock: Wait – for scale, here it is with Malli’s shoe: Then I panicked. Is this … Continue reading →

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it fits!

Posted on August 20, 2010 by

I finally finished Akka’s new dress. The pattern is Wisteria Child’s Dress by Angela Hahn. It’s the most ambitious thing I’ve ever knit and it took me a while because I was fiddling with the pattern to make a dress … Continue reading →

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“four years ago today…”

Posted on June 15, 2009 by

I wrote Malli’s story first and today it’s Akka’s turn. Akka, four years ago today, you were born. Four years ago yesterday we didn’t know each other and I wasn’t anybody’s mom yet. It was a hot, hot night and … Continue reading →

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introducing…one-tree syrup!

Posted on April 11, 2009 by

I’m ridiculously proud. One tree, many buckets of sap, many litres of fuel spent, many hours boiling off…one bottle of syrup. Still worth it. It’s remarkably delicious, too. I’m not a connoisseur de syrop but it really does taste toasty … Continue reading →

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eliminations

Posted on February 17, 2009 by

When you’re three, bums are hilarious. The mere words ” pee poo bum bum” are Akka’s favorite joke right now. She livens up dinner parties by trotting in, sticking her bum out, naming it, and shrieking with laughter. I get … Continue reading →

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“two years ago tonight…”

Posted on January 23, 2009 by

Tomorrow Malli turns two. Every year on my  birthday, my mother says “x years ago today…” and then launches into the story of the day I was born. Actually, the story starts six days before my birthday and then counts … Continue reading →

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akka’s portraits

Posted on October 18, 2008 by

More of Akka’s photos. Portraits of – Her brother: Subway riders: Her father: Her mother: And finally, herself:

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akka’s new tricks

Posted on October 10, 2008 by

With the kids being the ages that they are, it’s Malli who is most often surprising us with new tricks: new words, complete sentences, actual jumping (not just the rapid knee-straightening that toddlers think is jumping before they manage to … Continue reading →

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playdough

Posted on July 17, 2008 by

Today I learned that to make playdough, you have to cook it. I remember making playdough as a kid but I thought we just assembled ingredients – I don’t remember it being a stovetop activity. But all the recipes I … Continue reading →

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