Thursday 25 February 2016
Mac is no longer the cutest, littlest puppy in town...
...introducing our new cousin, Sadie, living downstairs with the wonderful K&L and allowing us regular access to the sweetest of pups. This might delay the kids a wee bit in their quest for their own Team Roberts Pooch!
Tuesday 16 February 2016
Birthday Round Up
First, our little storm trooper turned five.
Then I turned the big 24*.
Both were lovely affairs filled with laughter and fun. And a little bit too much cake.
*dyslexia runs in the family
Wednesday 3 February 2016
Family Meetings. Progress is... slow
On the whole, Team Roberts is pretty amazing. But we have our fair share of moments.
The kids can still really lose the plot and Savvy is 8 going on I'm-going-to-run-away-life-sucks-18. We have our weekly meetings and our "celebrate great behaviour by going out to dinner" chart to try and keep us on track.
That dinner out feels pretty far away.
But...We Believe.
The kids can still really lose the plot and Savvy is 8 going on I'm-going-to-run-away-life-sucks-18. We have our weekly meetings and our "celebrate great behaviour by going out to dinner" chart to try and keep us on track.
But...We Believe.
Tuesday 2 February 2016
I am looking for a job
Maybe I'll find one on SFU while riding with my hubba?
Nice air MegaDob
Little Mac Ride promo with a snowy hill in the background
Just chilling on the way down. Yes, I was wearing a full face while descending Gear Jammer. Camon, PBC, back me up, that's legit, right!?
Monday 1 February 2016
The Time Dobson Terrified us All in Halong Bay
We were at lunch on our cruise in Vietnam. Mac got stuck into the lighthearted topic of life after death--
Mac: So really guys, what happens after we die?
Dob: What do you think.
Mac: Well, I believe in heaven. That's where Nonna is, and that's where we'll all go to be together.
Dob: That's great, we can all choose what we think. But no one really knows. It won't matter soon anyway.
Mac: Why not?
Dob: Well, our brains will be plugged into computers, and we won't need our bodies or this world any more. We'll live through the computer.
Sav and Mac, jaws dropping: So there will be no people.
Dob: Nope. It will feel like there are people, and it will feel as we feel now, very real. It will be the new real, but we won't need physical space or bodies anymore.
Sav and Mac, look panicked. Me too, so I jump in:
Me: But Dob, you're hypothesizing. You're imagining what could happen thousands of years from now.
Dob: No, this is definite, and we are talking in a few hundred years. Or less.
Silence from our table. In fact, it's feeling pretty quite all round. I look around. There were about 10 groups of 4 on the deck eating our meal, and they are all listening in, and all pooping their pants in shock at what Dob has just described. Sav is literally scratching her head and Mac's lip is starting to quiver.
Dob: Too soon for this stuff?
Um. YES!
Mac: So really guys, what happens after we die?
Dob: What do you think.
Mac: Well, I believe in heaven. That's where Nonna is, and that's where we'll all go to be together.
Dob: That's great, we can all choose what we think. But no one really knows. It won't matter soon anyway.
Mac: Why not?
Dob: Well, our brains will be plugged into computers, and we won't need our bodies or this world any more. We'll live through the computer.
Sav and Mac, jaws dropping: So there will be no people.
Dob: Nope. It will feel like there are people, and it will feel as we feel now, very real. It will be the new real, but we won't need physical space or bodies anymore.
Sav and Mac, look panicked. Me too, so I jump in:
Me: But Dob, you're hypothesizing. You're imagining what could happen thousands of years from now.
Dob: No, this is definite, and we are talking in a few hundred years. Or less.
Silence from our table. In fact, it's feeling pretty quite all round. I look around. There were about 10 groups of 4 on the deck eating our meal, and they are all listening in, and all pooping their pants in shock at what Dob has just described. Sav is literally scratching her head and Mac's lip is starting to quiver.
Dob: Too soon for this stuff?
Um. YES!
The Duets Continue. The Dancing is a Bonus.
Savvy "loves" her piano.
She practices "all the time".
She "can't wait" for lesson time.
Sigh.
Not bad for a kid who hates it so much, right? Thanks, Nana, for encouraging her along.
She practices "all the time".
She "can't wait" for lesson time.
Sigh.
Not bad for a kid who hates it so much, right? Thanks, Nana, for encouraging her along.
Mac and Pee
Mom, lying down with Mac to put him to bed: Mac, did you wet your bed last night and forget to tell us?
Mac: What's it to you?
Mom: I thought that would be obvious.
Mac: Well, it isn't.
Mom: OK. I don't really fancy lying with you in a bed of pee.
Mac: Hmmm.
Mom: We really need to know if you have had an accident so we can do laundry.
Mac: Hmmm.
Mom: So is there anything you want to share about last night?
Mac: No.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. For how long can we leave his bed in a stench of pee so thick I can taste it!?!
Mac: What's it to you?
Mom: I thought that would be obvious.
Mac: Well, it isn't.
Mom: OK. I don't really fancy lying with you in a bed of pee.
Mac: Hmmm.
Mom: We really need to know if you have had an accident so we can do laundry.
Mac: Hmmm.
Mom: So is there anything you want to share about last night?
Mac: No.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. For how long can we leave his bed in a stench of pee so thick I can taste it!?!
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