Fixed Guy and Broken Promises

Keva's comeback and one-liner skills seems to be sharpening these days ...

Setting: Family sitting around the table together enjoying take-out Indian dinner

Tavish: "Indian is the only meal I'm okay with mixing parts of the meal" ... "it'll always be like this, no mixing except Indian food (pause) and I know I'll never like beets either. Ever."

Mommy: (with guiding wisdom) "No need to have a fixed mindset about this, either of those things can and may still change,"

Tavish: (repeats and insists with added emphasis) "No, this will *never* change."

 

Keva : "Okay, okay fixed boy!"

Later...

Keva gives a light hand slap on the arm to her brother, which he responds to with a grumble. 

Keva: "Sorry Tavish, I'll never ever hurt you again" (pause then Keva tosses her head back while letting out a wholehearted "ha!"

Guess her promise lacked genuinity?!

Vaccinated 12 year old!

Two months to the day after his 12th birthday, this guy got his first shot! Pfizer shot one is done!

Daddy got his Astra-Zeneca back in April, but didn't capture the moment! Ha.

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..."