Time to get your Irish one: wear a little green, do a little jig, drink a little Kilkenny’s.


Have chess board, will travel
Due to the weather the kids at school has an indoor day last week. To keep the kids occupied and stop them from bouncing off the walls one of the teachers introduced my daughter’s class to the game of chess. She fell in love. For the next few days dinner conversation consisted of different moves you can make with the chess pieces, what the chess pieces are called, how much fun it is to play chess, so on and so on.
When she found out the school has a chess club she just had to belong. And to belong meant she had to practice. And of course in order to practice she needed her own chess board. So her dad bought her a chess board on the weekend. Actually he bought it for the whole family but my daughter has become the keeper. So now in the morning she plays chess, after homework she plays chess, they practice at school on Wednesday and of course she has to bring HER chess board to school (like carrying a backpack and lunch bag isn’t enough of a struggle). My daughter is so obsessed with chess she tries to play a game with her three-year old sister, who just wants to make the pieces dance.
I guess I need to learn so my daughter has someone she can actually play and practice with. No any good chess books for beginners?

Can I have a side order of cheeky chips with that.
My son’s favourite expression, actually his favourite word lately has been Hotdog. Everyone and everything is a hotdog. He’s in a hotdog mood. He’s looking forward to playing with hotdog at school today. It’s endless. So when we visited the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn Michigan not too long ago, I couldn’t believe the display they had.

Look out, it's Viking Girl
On our recent trip to Disney World we spent one day in Epcot, touring the world. The first country on our visit was Norway. And when in Norway there’s nothing more fun than being a Viking. (funny, my youngest is getting so big, she’ll be 3 this December, but somehow in this picture she looks like my little baby still. Must be that large troll creature behind her).

Is that really me? In a picture?
When you’re the family photographer, it’s a real treat (and surprise) to find a picture of yourself in front of the camera. And yes, this isn’t the best shot since my son seems to be the only happy one and the only one looking at the camera, but when there’s only a handful of shots with me in them, I find I’m not that picky.
Are you the family photographer?

Hello Mr Toad
We live in the city. My three kids are born and bred city kids. So when we take a trip to my sister’s house in the country it’s always a treat. On our recent trip to my sister’s to celebrate Simcoe Day, my youngest found a toad sitting on my sister’s front porch. My daughter spent the next forty-five minutes watching and talking to her new friend Toad. She wouldn’t do that for television.
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