Our family's Christmas tree was delivered yesterday. It is absolutely beautiful!
We celebrate Christmas, so this is the first tree our toddler-kid has had in Canada. (We didn't have one last year, because we were travelling and home for the holidays for only very brief time.) And with any tradition -- new or old -- I reflected on the past year and years. First steps, first words, first day at daycare. All that wonderful stuff.
It's quite a
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Over the weekend, I was pushing my toddler in the stroller on our way home from a run. The sun had already set, and we passed neighbours who were putting up ...
holiday lights!
My kid and I admired the lights before returning home for supper.
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