February 27, 2009 by Barbara.

Ken was at home last week. I thought that he was going to rest and relax but he ended up doing things around house. We really do need a live-in housekeeper/handyman. If you know of anyone with these sorts of talents who would trade them for room and board, send them right to me.

But I digress. I took Reid (and the car) to school on Tuesday so that I wouldn’t have to go home before going to Melissa’s. I’m not sure that Ken has planned to go anywhere but he did mention that I never would have stayed home without a car. This was true but I laughed because it’s foolish to care about it, whether it’s me or him. On Wednesday, we had a pot luck lunch at the office and I’d signed up to bring vegetarian chili. I needed the car again to get everything downtown and Ken had another comment about being left car-less again. Ken was watching as I packed up the crockpot, cans of beans and the can opener. When the can opener went into the bag, Ken said, “What?! The can opener. You’re even taking the can opener?” Apparently not having a car at his disposal is made more outrageous when the car leaves with the can opener inside. Who knew?

Posted in Mama | Print | 1 Comment »

February 27, 2009 by Barbara.

As I watched Reid in her swimming class on Sunday, I noticed that she could propel herself 1.5-2.0 metres without touching the bottom. I suppose we’ve been closer and closer to this point over a number of weeks but all of a sudden, Reid was swimming. Okay, okay, Reid didn’t go from not swimming to swimming in an instant but I think that I had mama-blinders on that helped me to ignore this evidence of Reid growing up. It hasn’t been that long since she wouldn’t get her face wet but now, it’s honest-to-goodness swimming that she does. I can still remember like it was yesterday when Reid learned to walk (or at least I see the photos and the scenes seem to be very recent, except my hair was short). On the one hand, I’m delighted that Reid is mastering this new skill. I admire how she focused on improving the skills that kept her from passing Preschool B. But I’m not ready for her to learn to drive a car and that seems to be the next step after learning to swim. Is it too late to pull her out of swimming class?

Posted in Pastimes | Print | 1 Comment »