Urban Camping

 Want to have a sleepover during covid? Need to ensure it's safe? Check and check!

MOMENT: Sleepless in the City

Tavish had 3 friends sleep over. Outside. Masked. Distanced in individual tents. Perhaps the smallest space ever, but we can make anything work. Sure, no one got enough sleep and not everyone made it the whole night, but a good time was had and it inspired a modified front-yard camping for Keva and her friend too ... though it was a day time camp out (for now!)

Clearing the Land

Getting Geared Up

Spacious Meal Arrangement

Feature Film

Cozy!

Not to be Forgotten!

Mommy Day 2021

 I feel so blessed to be a Mom. I feel so fortunate to have a wonderful Mom and to have been loved by a super Grand-mom. My family spoiled me with homemade cards, a new lifejacket, a family paddle to the Island, and a delicious dinner enjoyed (virtually) with my own Mom!

Breakfast Yumminess

Safety First

Hand Art

Creative Cards

Paddling Pals

Dinner "with" Grandma!

Skip the Dishes

Setting: 
Chill Sunday morning. Tom reading paper in the kitchen. Tav watching sports highlights at kitchen table. Mommy eating breakfast in the kitchen. Keva colouring at the dining room table. 

An ad for "Skip the Dishes" comes on between sport highlights Tavish is watching. 

Keva: 
"I get to skip the dishes on my birthday. My birthday is in 26 days."

EECOM

It's a pretty intense year overall. Work is also strange. It's mostly virtual but in addition to sorting that all out, I was given the opportunity to present at the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication (EECOM) conference. Even better, it was not just one session, I delivered two! It was a lot of work to get prepared, especially because the conference had to be moved online, but it ultimately went well. My family was super supportive during my focus preparations (read, ignoring their needs) and leaving the house for the presentation. They even brought me a lovely hanging plant to celebrate. 

Messy Piggy

Setting:
Keva's bedtime, later than Mommy would like it to be. Mommy walks into Keva's room and discovers a disheveled mess on the floor after Keva 'cleaned her room'

Mommy: (surprised)
"Keva! This room is a mess! You need to clean it up!"

(Mommy storms out to the bathroom to get things organized in there)

Keva: (muttering to herself after Mommy has left the room)
"I wish I was a piggy. They are allowed to make a mess..."

Just Not My Thing

I needed to take a call one day and was able to find a small, cluttered slice of privacy on the messy floor of my 12 year old. It didn't last long. About a minute later, Keva found me and made herself comfortable in Tavish's room as well. I mouthed "aren't you in class?" to her, then quickly realized my focus needed to be on the call. A few minutes later, when the call was done, I looked back to Keva who had written a note in response to my earlier question... 

She's a pure truth speaker and ... a potential grade 3 drop out too? ha.

Vaccine!

I feel very fortunate to be eligible for my first vaccine. Pfizer. I went to the Convention Centre and was impressed by the organization and professionalism. It feels so very momentous - is this beginning of the return to normalcy? Thank you, science. Let's do this!