Maia Papaya Brings in the Spring 2010

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Weekly Winners, August 22-28th

by Tatiana on August 29, 2010

This is my first time participating in Lotus’ Weekly Winners meme & I am totally excited.  I attended her photography session at BlogHer 2010 and I still remember a lot of the things she and the other panellists said, and I’m always trying to put them into action.  I bring my camera with me EVERYWHERE these days and take pictures of anything that attracts my eye. These are some of my favourite pictures from this past week.

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Let’s go to the Ex!

by Tatiana on August 27, 2010

We took the train into Toronto on Wednesday afternoon.

We went to the Canadian National Exhibition (the CNE), better known simply as “The Ex”, where we met an assortment of characters, not the least of which was Sparky the Firedog.  Because OF COURSE we went over to where all the firemen were, I’m not crazy enough to miss out on that.

Maia had the time of her life.  As we walked around the kids area, she just laughed and laughed, staring at every ride and every person, as excited as she’s ever been.  And then we found the petting zoo, which made her even happier.  I have about seventeen thousand different pictures of her running around with the animals, but this is one of my favourites, because the way she’s looking off to the side and you KNOW she’s looking at the next animal she’s going to try to make BFFs with.

After the petting zoo, Maia sat down to determine where we would be going next.

But as we all know, running around a faire all day is exhausting.  So we eventually wrestled (and I do mean WRESTLED) Maia into her stroller and within two minutes she was asleep.  I didn’t get a picture of her sitting straight up with her head flopped back and fighting off sleep, but I did get this which is pretty damned adorable.

Do you know about the “Three Wolf Moon” t-shirt?  It’s pretty famous.  AND I AM BY PROXY FAMOUS FOR BEING WITH IT.  Chris and I giggled like schoolgirls while doing this.

When Maia woke up, we went to go find some entertainment, and stumbled across this in the International area.  There are two men up there on stage among the girls, and I didn’t notice this for awhile until Chris pointed it out.  By the way, if you go to the Ex?  Stop at the “from Columbia” booth to the right of the stage (basically behind where I took this picture from) — the Cafe Latte is AMAZING.

Maia loves coffee too.  She kept trying to grab my cup, and when it was empty I finally let her get ahold of it.

When we got on the train, the skies opened up and rain came pouring down.  Perfect timing!  Because of the time — 6pm — the train was packed with businesspeople commuting out of the city, so we had to stand in the aisles.  Maia didn’t seem to mind too much.

I’m really looking forward to going back again, every year, and seeing how she enjoys everything else there as she continues to grow.  This year, she couldn’t ride on anything (no matter how excited to ride on a kids rollercoaster she seemed…) and next year she’ll possibly be tall enough to.  I can’t wait!

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The doctor who made my heart stop beating (and the one who started it again)

August 19, 2010

At some point during this hazy, undocumented second summer of Maia’s life, she went in for a routine check-up and round of immunizations.  During this, our family doctor decided that Maia had “breast buds” and needed to go for an ultrasound to determine whether or not they were made of normal breast tissue or if [...]

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Re-writing my story

August 11, 2010

So I want to write about BlogHer 2010 — because it was wonderful and amazing and somehow not at all what I expected — but first, let me apologize a thousand times for being the worst blogger ever.  I’ve had so many people comment on the fact that I haven’t written my monthly letters to [...]

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Why choose homebirth? I hope to share that with you.

June 7, 2010

Before having my homebirth back in February 2009, I was basically unaware of women’s rights when it came to their own bodies and giving birth.  Ever since the experience of giving birth here in my own living room, the very same room I’m typing this in right now, I’ve become aware that the very reason [...]

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My (overwhelmingly positive) take on the LOST finale

May 24, 2010

I saw a snarky comment last night — I don’t even remember where, whether Twitter or a blog — that if you equate an emotional response with “greatness”, then you’d consider last night’s LOST finale to be great. While I do consider a finale that can bring me to tears five or six times (and [...]

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The comfort of coffee

May 12, 2010

Sometimes, we have perfect mornings together.  I want to remember them.
I know she won’t.
Today, as she shovelled Cheerios into her mouth, I put my coffee down on the table beside her.  As usual, she stopped to look at it, and although she’s learned not to put her fingers in it, she likes to lean close [...]

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Kisses

May 5, 2010

With Chris back at work, I’m once again a full-time mom.  Not that I ever stopped being a mom, but I didn’t have the pressure of being the one and only caregiver 40+ hours a week for the time that he was laid off.  Now I do.
It’s kind of amazing at the same time that [...]

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The Best Mother’s Day Ever

April 27, 2010

I have an idea for a phenomenal fundraiser that would make Mother’s Day even better.  Your $20 ticket would encompass childcare…

provided by firemen…

and brunch (with mimosas!)…

served by firemen.

Those funds would be put towards rescuing puppies.

Or buying some shirts for these firemen.

But I think I’d rather my money went towards the puppies.
How about you?

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Sneak Peek (2)

April 17, 2010

Back in August, I posted a snippet of the novel I’m working on.  I’ve written approximately 330 pages in that novel now.  Here’s another bit of it that I wrote last night.

When the flat of the wooden blade slapped against her thigh, Siari Eodaisti knew she had won.  Irothy never really did understand how to [...]

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