Geek With Kids

Tomorrow the kids have crazy hair day at school. So  tonight we headed out to get some supplies. I’ll be sure to share the results tomorrow.

I am a programmer, ever since I wrote my first basic program on the Commodore 64 when I was 6 years old, I have loved to program. I do it at work, I do it at home, j have even spent the last 4 months trying to find a way to do it productively on the go(More on that soon). Over the years the type of programming I’ve done has changed, most recently I’ve been focused primarily on web-based projects. Last week I started a new project for a client, a simple desktop application for searching an online database we have developed for a client. It’s not a complicated app, just a simple search with a basic list of results, but I couldn’t stop working on it.  It was great, over the course of a weekend I went from nothing to an application ready for testing and final tweaks.

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I experienced a day of extremes today, in the morning I took the kids to swimming class at Gus Ryder pool keeps its temperature sweltering, no mater how hot or cold it is outside. Today it felt like a sauna. Then in the afternoon it was off to Canlan Ice Rink where I froze in my t-shirt and shorts. Though I did manage to get this cool picture of Violet during the drills.

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After a morning with ball hockey and an afternoon play day, we headed over to Nana and Papa’s for a short visit. With all the different activities we have, we’re not to sure we can make it there tomorrow. While there I capture today’s Panorama of the day.

Tonight after dinner Violet and I hit a local park near the lake for some fun before heading home.  While there I captured today’s picture of the day of the city while she played.

Today after school Violet insisted on showing off her impressive skills on the monkey bars. I tried to capture a video her, but it isn’t worth sharing. So for today’s picture of the day I have this image I captured of her.

Today I break the streak of 5 pictures of the day that I’m in, with this one of Jacob’s eyes.

Today I got home from work to find a delicious dinner complete with a home-made birthday cake waiting for me. It was a special evening that I loved to share with my family.

Well it wasn’t fair that we went for Ice Cream without Jacob on Sunday, so today after dinner we headed back to Toms Dairy Freeze as a family.

Sunday is a busy day for kids activities for our little family, but today we had the added complication of a rehearsal for Violet’s dance classes. So while Jacob hung out with his Nan for the day Melissa and I took Violet to dance and then out for some Ice Cream afterwards.