Project 366 – Day 27: Dumpster Diving

Dumpster Diving

by Amy on January 27, 2012

If I was going to insert a photograph to really represent what today was about, it would feature bottles of Gatorade, and packets of Gravol and Imodium. I thought I’d spare you that image and instead show you something cute that Nate has been doing lately. For a snack he likes this organic peanut butter cereal I picked up for him recently. I usually give them to him in a small plastic bowl. He’d prefer to eat them out of a dumpster, though, as you can see here. He pours the cereal pieces into his little plastic garbage truck’s dumpster and eats them out of there.

Praying Nate and Graham don’t get hit with whatever rotten bug that was that tore through me overnight and this morning.

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Project 366 – Day 26: Parkwood Estate at Night

Parkwood Estate at Night January 26, 2012 Keeping House

It’s another red sky night here in Durham Region and tonight I was out in Oshawa at a meeting. You might recognize Parkwood Estate from a number of films or television shows, including the recent miniseries, “The Kennedys” or the Adam Sandler comedy, “Billy Madison”. Tonight I stood outside and imagined that the McLaughlin family [...]

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Project 366 – Day 25: King Nate

King Nate January 25, 2012 Parenting

Choosing a photo for today was a no-brainer…as soon as I picked Nate up at daycare I knew I wanted to get some pictures of him wearing his latest daycare creation: this fabulous, jewel-encrusted crown made complete with the scribbles of his own little hands. He was every bit as excited to show this to [...]

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Project 366 – Day 24: Potato Salad Yum

Potato Salad Yum January 24, 2012 In the Kitchen

I don’t know what got into me this morning but I decided to make potato salad. Actually my train of thought went something like this: “I think I’ll make good deli sandwiches for Graham for dinner tonight.” “I should get him some potato salad to go with his sandwich.” “But who knows what is in [...]

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Project 366 – Day 23: HAIR

HAIR January 23, 2012 Parenting

Tonight after Nate’s bath he let me blow dry his hair and then brush it for awhile while he sat on the bathroom counter and played with my makeup. All of my powder-based products now have a certain little boy’s finger nail dents in them. Oh, well. The brushing was worth it. His hair is [...]

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Project 366 – Day 22: Happy Birthday Grampa

Happy Birthday Grampa January 22, 2012 Family & Friends

Today was Nate’s Grampa’s birthday so he and Gramma Heather came over for supper and cupcakes tonight. Nate has a lot of fun with Grampa, who is an expert at making funny voices. Tonight Nate heard Grampa’s rendition of the Wicked Witch of the West, among others. They had a wonderful time playing together and [...]

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Project 366 – Day 21: Nate the Mechanic

Graham's Helper January 21, 2012 Parenting

I took a lot of pictures outside today. We got a fair amount of snow again overnight so the three of us spent some time out in the yard, Nate and I shoveling and playing while Graham took the tire off his truck to investigate a strange sound. As soon as Nate heard that Graham [...]

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Project 366 – Day 20: Itching to Grow

Ready to Grow January 20, 2012 In the Garden

We’ve had a substantial amount of snow on the ground for about a day and a half and already I’m chomping at the bit to start some seeds for the garden. I got these peat pellets in the mail a few days ago along with a few packets of seeds. This means that it’s only [...]

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The Drop-off

The Drop-off January 20, 2012 Parenting

Nate is that kid. If you are a day care provider or you’ve brought your child to a child care provider, you know exactly what I mean by that. Transitions can be hard for him, and the transition from our house to day care is one that we still struggle with regularly. On occasion we [...]

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