Lesson Learned

No posts for a while. No excuse really, so I won't try to give one.

The kids have been growing steadily. Kenshin babbles away to himself quite happily, but still is not forming distinct words, except for "ma" for mom or dad and "ba" for ball. He also knows to say "uh-oh" when something seems wrong or is dropped and "wheeee" when he's having fun.

On (Canadian) Thanksgiving Monday, we took the kids to Orchalaw farms near Missisauga in a town called Norval. It was almost magical. I know that's a pretty corny thing to say, and I'm not generally the corny type, but it was really, really nice. Beautiful day, beautiful weather, lovely smells and sights - the wonderful bounty of nature and time with my young family.

I will carry the mental image of Kenshin sitting happily under an apple tree, munching on windfall apples, as one of the mental snapshots of happiest moments of my life.

If you have young children, take them apple picking. It is a lovely experience.

Today, Marli gave me a break from childcare while I played with my monthly wargaming group. She took them to the Ontario Science Centre. At one point, Daigoro wandered away from Marli, just for a moment, but long enough for him to become frightened. Today at supper, I asked him about what he learned at the Science Centre.

He said, "I learned not to run away from mummy."