Winter was officially over at some point last week, but you wouldn't know it from looking out the window. Ottawa is still covered in the white stuff, and its streets still adorned with gravel-covered snowbanks. Ick!
So it's Monday again. *sigh* But it's a short workweek. The first of two consecutive short weeks. Yay! Just one of the many reasons to love spring.
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I always do my grocery shopping on the way home from the OAC. More often than not, I have one of the boys in tow with me.
Last week, on separate occasions, I mentioned to each of them that I thought it was time to give up the egg hunt. After all, they are 10 and 12 now, and I figured they'd be just as happy if I gave them each a bag filled with candy and chocolate... but I could not have been any more wrong. Their disappointment was so strong that I caved and bought more of those stupid plastic filler eggs and the tradition of hiding eggs with with either a T or a J written on them will live on.
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From the time they were born (and maybe even before), I've been determined to raise kids who love to read. Mike and I read to them as babies, and we always kept lots of board books in their toy bins and, later on, picture books on their book shelves. We've ordered hundreds of books through Scholastic and purchased hundreds more at Chapters Indigo. Our boys love to read, and I pretty much let them buy whatever they want. As long as it's not inappropriate for their age group or very much against my social values... it's all good.
Lately though, I've been on Thomas' case to branch out and read books that are a little more challenging and perhaps a little more age appropriate. His last report card had a comment to that effect, so I called him on it. I questioned whether a kid in 7th grade should really be enjoying Captain Underpants as much as he seemed to. As you might expect, my meddling was met with resistance and defensiveness.
But alas, we may have found a solution. He asked me about my Rafa book, something I started reading two years ago but lost interest in. We dug it out, and he started it last night. Today, he asked if he could take it to school. :)
Seems that he may be his mother's child after all. Nonfiction rocks my world. Sports fandom played a large part of my teen years. Thomas loves watching tennis, hockey and any Olympic sport on TV.
Up next: teach him how to watch CFL and NFL football.
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Guess who turns two today? Our beautiful blondie, Lemon. Happy birthday to the best dog around!
