Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Excuses, Excuses

I've got a few excuses for not blogging lately. Whether or not they are good excuses I'll leave up to you.

First of all, my longtime friend, sometimes client, and newly certified massage therapist, Dana Smith, has begun publishing her own blog, The Anatomy of Touch, in which she explores the quirky workings of the human body and the benefits of massage and various other roads to wellness. Her website is also hot off the press and these two projects display not only my newly acquired html code-writing skills as well as my editorial consulting skills (much to the detriment of my own blog).

Then it was Christmas - merry and bright and full of family, toys, treats, a little snow, and a week of night terrors. (As soon as I learned to handle them, in other words, to not handle my boy as he was going through it, but to simply standby, they disappeared). And then we all got sick (see previous post for the play by play on that one). So here I am to report, in photographic detail, on these events.



There's not much left of our snowman now but a few arms, buttons, and hair (sticks, rocks, and ivy).




The carousel at the Vancouver Christmas Market was a big hit as were the waffles on a stick.




Bennett's first fishy encounter.



Our annual visit to the aquarium.




Playing with his cousin's new Christmas present.




Grandpa is the best stroller driver: he aims for the icebergs!





An icy day for a bike ride on the Richmond dyke.




Hot baths aplenty.







Midweek in January, Granville Island is essentially a ghost town with buskers.




Third attempt at ice skating and he's only holding one hand!




A rainy day hike in Lynn Valley after which we all came down with terrible colds. 





4 comments:

  1. The photos tell the story - thanks for posting !

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  2. Never a dull moment in the Dante-Dickenson household!
    So grateful to also have your expert help for my career related projects.

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  3. I love all the pics,
    miss you guys tons-em

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    1. Thanks for reading. Nice to know you're checking in you three!

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