Revelry Reverie

Grant’s father, the hero

Two days ago, we got home from daycare and work, and Grant wanted to ride his scooter. It wasn’t where we remembered it being, so we looked more places – the garage, the cars, the other side of the house… nothing. So we reviewed the footage from the doorbell. We saw it was by the…

August 31, 2022
Grant stories

Grant loves for me to make up stories, but he does not like to be the main character. So often I have stories for him about another boy named Grant (you and I, however, both know that our Grant is the Grant in the stories). Here are two recent ones I made up for him.…

August 24, 2022
Shark teeth

Grant recently had his first adult tooth growing in behind his baby teeth. We call these shark teeth, because they’re in rows. In due time, one of his bottom teeth became loose and wiggly. On our vacation, he was deeply concerned about this tooth, because he’s never lost a tooth before. At night time, when…

August 23, 2022
Wasaga

Every August, for one week, we go to Wasaga Beach, Ontario (unless the border is closed, in which case we stay home terrified and exhausted). We do nearly nothing. Venturing out to get this photo (a couple miles from our cottage) was An Event. It might be my favorite vacation. It’s nearby (four or five…

August 22, 2022
Heavy

Grant, 6, woke up sobbing this evening. He came downstairs and I asked what was wrong. He said he was sad, because someday I will die. I remember doing this around age 10, with my parents. But in my case, I was concerned about myself dying, because I didn’t want to go to heaven. I…

August 9, 2022
Twinning

The twins each have a pair of sandals and for a short while, they each lost one of the pair. And then when we took a trip to NYC, Henry forgot to bring shoes, but we had the lost individual sandals in the car. So for the entire trip, Henry had to wear mismatched sandals.…

August 8, 2022
13th anniversary

Today is Bob and my thirteenth anniversary. Apparently the lace anniversary! Bob bought me wine and I bought him dinner, so we got pretty close to hitting the nail on the head, in terms of traditional gifting. Here are my favorite selfies (usies) from the past year, since August 1, 2021. Click to see the…

August 1, 2022
Reading

I’ve been doing a fair amount of reading for the last, uh, 103 weeks or so. On my kindle I’ve read 20 books so far this year, which feels low? But I don’t think actually is. I’ve read between 32 and 35 books each year on my kindle between 2019 and 2021. I also have…

July 19, 2022
Shark Girl

For the record, I had the idea three years before Grant.

July 16, 2022
Grant is six!

Today Grant turns six. He’s been looking forward to this since the day he turned five! He woke me up this morning by leaning over me, touching our noses and saying, “Mom. I am six.” Let’s take a look back.

June 30, 2022