Afternoon Fun
by PolarBear on March 11th, 2010
filed under At Play, Parenting
My idea of an enjoyable afternoon: Ponyo with the 9-year-old.
BTW, Sosuke’s mother is a terrifying driver.
That Wasn’t So Bad
by PolarBear on March 1st, 2010
filed under At Play, Parenting
The Olympics are over, and we saw most of what we wanted to watch live.
We did it WITHOUT having access to a television signal. We don’t have a satellite subscription, there is no cable TV here and we can’t pick up much of anything with our antenna.
Everything we watched we saw online (well, with the exception of the end of the women’s curling gold medal game, which we saw while eating snacks at an out-of-town restaurant because we couldn’t get home in time).
It would’ve been better if they hadn’t streamed using crap-ass Silverlight, and there were a couple of instances where we lost the feed for a few minutes due to network congestion. Actually, on the first day the olympics feed site went down for about an hour, so there was that glitch. But overall, it worked out well.
I’m glad we have our own internet connection now, streaming from the library would’ve been a nightmare.
HE DID A BARREL ROLL!
by PolarBear on February 15th, 2010
filed under At Play, Parenting
And Alexandre Bilodeau just won the first Olympic gold medal for Canada on Canadian soil, ever.
Pretty damn cool.
And we still have 2 weeks to go. Quite a difference from Calgary in 1988, where we won 2 silver and 3 bronze, and that’s all.
Damn kids are never going to go to bed, now.
Budding Author
by PolarBear on June 29th, 2009
filed under Parenting, Too cute
Our 8-year-old sent this as a Facebook message to all of her contacts. In other words, her Mom, Dad, grandparents and some family friends. She has a bit of dyslexia and please don’t hold her spelling against her. I thought she did a pretty good job. J is her 4yo brother, whose nickname is “bupba”. She is A.
aaaaaaaaaaaa this is a bit scarey but a lot funny http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LPv9qfYqLE wen you see the word ZOMBE close your eyes and plug your ears qwikly if you don’t like SCAREY!
(me) aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaa! help! zombe
(zombe) brains! brains!
(me) aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
(music) bumbumbumbumbum
(zombe) i’m a zombe i eat 100000 brains a day but today i’m eating 100001!
(me) aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! help! zombe! help! help! help! help! help! help! help! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
(J) A? wakeup A! it’s time to wakeup!
(me) yawn zzzzzzzz
(J screaming in my ear) A WAKE UP NOW!!!!!!!
(me) J go away… zzzzzzzz
(J) wawawa i wonna play with you
(me) you do? ok! wutya wonna play?
(J) how bot…… ZOMBES?!
(me) NO! not zombes!
(J) then how bot…..hide’n go seek?
(me) YES! i’m gonna hide and you count to 20!
(J) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 23 39 20! reddy or not hir i com!
(me hiding ) he’ll nevr find me here hehehe …1 minit latr
(J) found ya! hehehe tag your it
(me) hay i’ll get you bupba!
THE END
I don’t care what you think, I thought it was hilarious.
Toadpole
by PolarBear on June 26th, 2009
filed under Critter Companions, Parenting, Pics
In the middle at the top is my 4yo son’s tadpole, who has now almost grown into an adult toad… he’s very proud!