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Thomas Starts JK

Posted in Stuff, Thomas, tagged , , , , , , , , , on September 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »

On the first day of JK Thomas sleeps in! He never sleeps in. Why today and not a Sunday? I pull back his curtains and raise his blinds, bright sunlight streams in across his bed onto his face, but not a motion. I poke him, nudge him, tell him it’s time [...]

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Thomas Enters Little League

Posted in The Ryders & Family, Thomas, tagged , , , , , , , , on May 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I’m still not a soccer mum yet, but Thomas did start Blastball with his first game yesterday.  Blastball is a non-competitive introduction to baseball for pre-schoolers.  Two teams, one at bat, one fielding.  The batter hits the ball off the stand and then races to base, jumping on the base for a good “honk” sound.  [...]

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Thomas’ Does England

Posted in Stuff, The Ryders & Family, Thomas, tagged , , , , , , on March 24, 2009 | Comments Off

It’s taken a while for me to get to this post but here’s the review of our trip to the UK.
January 18th Thomas and I boarded a flight from Toronto to Gatwick, his first trip away from home. The 10-day trip had a few family related purposes and consisted of two plane trips and [...]

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Maple Syrup Fun

Posted in The Ryders & Family, Thomas, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on March 22, 2009 | Comments Off

We made our annual trip to Mountsberg Conservation Area for the maple syrup event. Thomas has been asking to go and see the maple trees for the last couple of weeks and we quickly discovered why he was so eager. He promptly starting testing the sweetness of the sap running. Not very sweet, [...]

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Spring Arrives

Posted in The Ryders & Family, Thomas, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 21, 2009 | Comments Off

Finally, Spring is here and not a moment too late.  Living in Canada can take its toll during the winter.  Sure, the first few big dumps of snow are fun, I even enjoy shoveling, and the bitterly cold weather can easily be bearable if you dress with layers.  I find there are two things that [...]

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Gamer in Training

Posted in Thomas, tagged , on February 23, 2009 | Comments Off

We setup the Xb0x last week.  It’s been a while, like 4 or 5 years since we’ve played it.  There was a Nascar game (sorry Mike, forgot we even had it!) and Thomas thought it pretty cool to try & chase the cars round a big circle really fast, crashing into the wall and speeding [...]

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Thomas’ New Big Boy Bed

Posted in The Ryders & Family, Thomas, tagged , on February 16, 2009 | Comments Off

 
Thomas loved his racing car bed but was getting too big for it.  At 3 1/2 he’s never wet the bed and always go to the bathroom just before bed so we thought he was ready for a big boy bed!  We looked at bunk beds which were really cool but decided on a Mates [...]

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Tricycle Master

Posted in Stuff, Thomas, tagged , , , on April 6, 2008 | Comments Off

Thomas hopped aboard his tricycle today and mastered it in short order. Peddling & steering like a pro, he took great pleasure in wanting to run me down while we shot these. Uncle Ian bought the tricycle for Thomas before he was born, and Thomas has been anxiously waiting to grow big enough [...]

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It’s Spring!

Posted in Stuff, The Ryders & Family, Thomas, tagged , , , , , on April 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Sunny & 12 degrees! The snow piles are melting fast and it’s time to get outside and enjoy the big garden before we move in the summer. Thomas, Pyke & Ben spent a few of hours rediscovering the sandbox, clubhouse and ride on tractor among other toys. It looked like a toy [...]

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Easter Egg Hunt

Posted in Stuff, Thomas, tagged , , , , on March 24, 2008 | Comments Off

Happy Easter!
My little man was up bright & early this morning so the Easter egg hunt kicked off at 7:00am. I would have rather slept in but with Thomas we’re not allowed that privilege anymore. Although this is Thomas’ third Easter it’s the first one he’s really known, and he now rates Easter [...]

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