Monday 22 November 2010

Miscellany Monday

1. Happy Anniversary to my blog! Three years ago this week I created The Child. Over that time it's evolved from being a picture blog whose intent was to keep family and friends updated on the new baby (Deaglan) to a place I come to share my stories about motherhood, me and my family. I've never had a hobby I enjoyed so much!

2. I'm participating in NaNoWriMo (National novel writing month)I like to write but I didn't know if I'd have the discipline or desire to stick to writing every day. Plus it's been busy around here! But so far I've been keeping up and have written about 90 pages (of utter crap). This is the final week and once it's done I can begin the editing process.

3. Kelly tagged me in a meme to answer some questions about myself. Here are my answers:

  • My favourite toy from childhood was Cindy - a cheaper version of Barbie. Because she was shorter and chubbier than Barbie (who my sister had), my sister felt it made more sense if Cindy played Barbie's maid. Older Sisters!

  • Did you ever have one of those embarrassing candid camera moments in public? - How much time do you have? When Deaglan was about five weeks old, I had decided to go out for a walk with him in the Snugli. I quickly threw my hair in a ponytail, applied some of the topical gel for my rosacia to my cheeks and went out the door. It was really cold outside. When I passed by people not one person commented on the adorable creature I had fastened to my chest. Instead they gave me wary looks. When I got home and happened to glance in the mirror, I saw that the gel had mixed with the cold outside to give me the look of white tribal marks on each cheek.

  • Do you like dancing those silly dances (chicken dance etc) at weddings? - I would say up until now NO but I never thought I'd be rocking out to Raffi in my minivan either! It's funny how parenthood sneaks up on you.

  • What is your favourite food to cook? - My husband reads this blog so I can't lie. I'm not much of a cook but I do make a mean spaghetti sauce.

This post was brought to you by Miscellany Monday over at Lowercase Letters


Naveen had a playdate last week. From left to right are Maya, Trent and Nadia (twins) and Naveen.

14 comments:

  1. Can you share that mean spaghetti sauce recipe with me? Love your miscellany today, Kim! Happy Anniversary!! I LOVE knowing you :) I bet you looked "fierce" (my favorite Project Runway word) as that cute tribal mommy. Your sister cracked me up that she had Cindy play Barbie's maid. I was the older sister in my house. I remember that my sister had all the dolls be very proper and nice. My dolls were a little more edgy. Made it interesting though.

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  2. I forgot to add in my last comment, "What a CUTE bunch of babies!!" Hope your morning is great too :)

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  3. so glad you stopped by! I'll return the follow!

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  4. Oh this does sound fun. i have some embarrassing moments that would go with me to my death bed. can't imagine them coming out. *shudders*

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  5. Happy Blogaversary! Your family is adorable! Feel free to swing by anytime!

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  6. Cute baby photo at the top. You'll have to check out the answers to my 4 questions. Spaghetti is also one of my favorite things to cook!

    Happy 3 year blog anniversary!

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  7. Thanks for the comment on my blog. Your kids are absolutely gorgeous! And Cindy playing Barbie's maid totally cracked me up :D

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  8. Where'd you get all those babies?

    I had Stacey, Barbie's red-headed cousin. She used to go camping with my brother's G.I. Joe.

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  9. Love your story about your white striped cheeks!

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  10. LoL, cute answers! Love it.
    Thanks for swinging by my blog! I hope to see you back again, soon :)

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  11. Happy Blog-aversary my friend! I love the picture story. Love the babies too. ;)

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  12. i love that you started this blog!

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  13. Happy Anniversary Kim-and keep up the good work! I really look forward to reading what you write:)

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  14. Happy Anniversary! I admire your participating in NaNoWriMo. I wish I had the guts, maybe next time. I never played with Barbie dolls, so I had no idea who Cindy was...had to google it. I think I would have played with her. I hate to cook, that's why I have a husband ;-)

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