By eschewing the "no jumping on the couch" rule,

kids can reinterpret the original function of a sofa,

resulting in some pretty sweet tricks.

The trouble always comes when you go visit someone else's home.

happy 40th uncle rick!

That's Ricks giant milkshake.

37 weeks

pam and brad's wedding

We felt very honoured to be invited to Pam and Brad's wedding.

It was a beautiful ceremony and reception.

Thanks so much!

It was also great to catch up with Craig and his wife Jen.

Fang Island by Fang Island!

good neigbours breakfast

One of Foster's classmate's parent's hosted

a charity food drive breakfast Tuesday morning.

Unfortunately, Ben Mulroney tried to steal our dog!

Graydon made this really cool gingerbread toy in his grade 1 class.

Mike said it looked like one of those cool stuffed toys for hipsters...

So look for Graydon's work to be featured in design*sponge soon!

happy birthday duncan

Great hockey game for Duncan's 7th.

Only a few minor injuries and one dispute with the referee.

Some of the "big kids" had to come out to help

the white team close the gap though.

behind the scenes

We went to Lori's place to take some pregnancy photos.

The boys made themselves very comfortable.

Thanks Lori.

soup de légumes tout simplement

First recipe from my new French cookbook.

Potatoes, Carrots, Sweet potato, Turnips, Leek,

Onion, Celery, Butter, Crème fraîche and Chives.

The finished product.

Could use some salt.

Foster had a great time at Evan's cooking party.

Happy Birthday Evan!

Some beautiful twangy folk music from...

Sweden?

boys night

Wednesday was the perfect night to go out to the beach

for nutritious hot dogs, french fries, cola and ice cream.

red peony

Tonight, Daniel coloured in my peony.

steve's stumps

In progress.

Steve's working on a creative project

and taking time to pose for pictures.

happy birthday liam

Liam turns 5!

happy birthday lucas

The boys went to Lucas' birthday party

at Playdium and had a great time.

So did I.

We couldn't get the boys to sit still for 2 seconds with Uncle Rick.

Over 7 years ago, I showed up at a new job in a Superchunk t-shirt.

I immediately bonded with my coworker Sean over a

love of independent music, particularly our favourite band

led by the super-talented Mac McCaughan.

We were lucky enough to catch a rare acoustic performance

(thanks Kristin!) at the Royal Theatre.

As Sean put it "I'm so glad he decided to make music".

I have a coworker.

Her name is Karen.

Karen has a sister.

Her sister has a farm.

Her farm has hens.

The hens lay eggs.

These are the eggs.

Thanks Karen!

i scream

Hanging out with Duncan at the Marble Slab Creamery.

2 Lemon Custard with gummy bears, 1 Strawberry

with marshmallow and 1 Birthday Cake flavour.

two brave boys

greek easter

egg hunting

Post egg hunt bliss.

beaches easter parade

We hung out with Graham Lisa and Noah to wait for the easter bunny.

Noah letting us know which direction to look.