Category:Fatherhood

Today Jacob and Violet decorated the tree, well Jacob put on the ornaments and Violet took them off. Of course they needed a little help with the higher ornaments.

Tonight was Jacob’s first ever Christmas Concert at school. I was really impressed with how well the whole class preformed. Only problem is that right at the beginning of the performance one of Jacob’s classmates stood in front of him blocking him from my cameras for most of the show. I should have got up …
Continue reading Project 365-350: Huron Carol

Today Jacob had a visit to the allergists, the doctors wanted to see if his asthma was caused by an allergy. I’m glad to say that the tests came back negative, so even though both his parents and little sister have allergies of varying severity, Jacob has none. I’m not sure what that means for …
Continue reading Project 365-348: Allergy Testing

Today Jacob announced. To his substitute teach that he had Chicken Pox. This of course isn’t TRUE, if he had them we’d never have sent him to school. What he does have 2 spider bites (not the first time he’s had them, the first time was in the summer and we freaked out about them). …
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Today we had our first snow fall, and with it we released Jacob didn’t have boots. So it was off to the stores this morning to find him a new pair. Thankfully my Mom was around and able to stay with Violet so that Melissa didn’t have to take both kids out for the impromptu …
Continue reading Project 365-340: First Snowfall of the year

Today’s picture is of Jacob letter to santa. He wrote and spelled it all by himself. He’s getting so good with his writing, is just amazing.

Tonight we have a picture of Violet enjoying some Ice cream. There is something about watching her joy as she eats her frozen treat that warms my heart. I have some bonus pictures to share, but due to technical difficulties they will have to wait. Perhaps tomorrow I’ll so an seperate post with them.

Today I stopped at The Toy Space, in a little toy store at Bathurst and King. I didn’t go there to buy anything, I was just looking to see what they had, we’re pretty much done with toy shopping this year, but it might be nice if I could find Jacob a battery-powered train that …
Continue reading Project 365-336: Is it to big?

Today we pulled out the first of our Christmas decorations. Our family advent calendar. Each night we put a candies or toys into the pocket for the kids to find. It’ll be interesting to see how well Jacob shares over the coming weeks. The rest of the decorations should go up this weekend, I’m sure …
Continue reading Project 365-335: The Countdown begins