“Daddy, is Santa Claus real?” “Of course. Why do you ask?” “No, I mean is he REALLY, real?” I looked over at my wife who was at the kitchen counter with her head down but I caught her shooting me a sideways glance and I knew she wanted no part of this conversation any more [...]
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last minute christmas ideas
December 23rd, 2011 
Shawn You know those people who get their Christmas shopping done in August? Yeah, I’m not one of those people. There are a certain couple of people that I always have a hard time with. Every year. You’d think I’d have something figured out by now (I don’t know, a system or something) But I don’t. [...]
battling through a holiday bug – parent edition
December 22nd, 2011 Shawn I was feeling pretty good about myself for most of the fall/winter. Back-to-school cold season blew through our house and I somehow dodged that bullet. Another wave of bugs made their rounds in November and I emerged untouched. I was starting to feel a bit like Superman as I looked to power through the Christmas [...]
gingerbread houses
December 20th, 2011 Shawn Our friends in Burlington, Ontario, for the last couple of years have been working hard each Christmas season, to bring back the lost art of Gingerbread House making. Ok, well I’m not really sure it’s a lost art. In doing some intense, deep research for this post I found this. So I guess if a [...]
magic santa
December 16th, 2011 Shawn This is something super cool (and free) that you can do for your kids (or for grown-ups for that matter!) Go to the site and fill out the form. It will likely take a few minutes and be prepared to upload a picture of your kid. (school photos work well). Once it’s all completed, you’ll [...]