Author: MRJ

Today Jacob decided that he did remember the song he’s doing for the Christmas Concert at school and Melissa (the best wife and mother ever) got it on tape.  It’s moments like these that makes me really glade that we always have cameras with us.

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 shopping trip in the snow.

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Today after dinner we took the time to recognise the Advent. Jacob is going to a catholic school, so in class they made Advent Wreath and sent them home with little instructions on what we as a family could do to celebrate the occasion. There is even a song to sing. It was interesting for me to do it with the kids and exploring it with Jacob is very enlightening. I’m looking forward to next Sunday when Melissa will be home so it will be the family singing the song and attaching the little flame to the wreath.

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.

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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 would fit on his train set. While there I saw this doll house, the daddy in me wanted to get it for my little girl. Of course reason kicked in, and I didn’t even ask about the price, still I thought it’d make a good picture of the day.

Continue reading “Project 365-336: Is it to big?”

I saw this video (here) and I said, there are people out there who understand my dilemma. It’s nice to know I’m not alone. Now I just need to see if I can get a copy of the original star-wars and not the extended edition because I think I agree with the fathers in the video, I don’t want Jacob growing up in a world were Greedo fired first.

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 a future project 365 will be of our decorated home, so stay tuned.

Tonight we have our monthly picture of me. It seemed like a good time to show off my new running clothes, It’s a rainy night and I’ve taken this picture before heading out for a run. I’m not sure if what distance I’ll run tonight. I’m torn between running a quick 5 or 6 km because of the weather or pushing myself to do 12. To find out what I choose check out my Runkeeper Profile Here

The other day I was looking at my old blog Evolving Dad, which isn’t online anymore. While looking over some of my old posts I came across this video. It was a sweet moment, one that I’m really glad I captured. With Violet turning to in just under 2 months I thought I’d share share it again.