Biking with kids: testing the Taga 2.0
After our long-tail e-bike experiment, there was discussion about trying a front-loading trike, specifically the Taga 2.0. Well, we...
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Jul 11, 20173 min read
Biking with kids: e-bike library
We have gone from biking with baby to biking with baby and a toddler to now. Now looks like me, huffing with every ounce of power to push...
Apr 5, 20174 min read
Becoming a carless family: car-sharing
We are celebrating our 5th anniversary as car-sharers. Back in 2012, we had recently welcomed our first child into the family. Was it...
Jan 27, 20171 min read
Reading together
As part of Family Literacy Day, I had a chance to read to my daughter in her classroom this morning, which was a nice treat. For us,...
Aug 15, 20162 min read
Becoming a carless family
Within a year of moving to Vancouver, it became evident that our car was spending most of its days parked and completely unused. My 13 km...
Apr 24, 20163 min read
Bedroom closet transformation
A couple of months ago I decided enough was enough. The closet in our girls’ bedroom just was not working for them (or us for that...
May 11, 20153 min read
Turning a closet into a mudroom
Last fall we embarked on a redesign of our living-dining space. Maybe that adventure will get its own post someday, but for now, I will...
Jan 23, 20152 min read
Broken umbrellas
Vancouver Living Rule #1: even if the weather is fair when you leave the house, don’t be fooled, take your umbrella with you because you...
Jan 1, 20152 min read
New Year’s Day
Last night we talked to our eldest daughter about New Year resolutions. We asked her if she thought there was anything she could improve...
May 26, 20144 min read
Biking with baby … and toddler
Since our previous biking post, our primary mode of transportation has been the MEC single bike trailer (for biking and strolling),...
Jul 29, 20132 min read
June is the Month of Strawberries
Ok, so this post is a month late, but I have a good excuse: new baby. The past two summers, we have gone strawberry picking at a local...
Aug 15, 20123 min read
For the love of food
I love food and it has a lot to do with my upbringing. My mom was (and still is) a licensed cook. She would cook and bake at home and...
Apr 15, 20124 min read
Biking with baby
As Tanya Snyder recently wrote, it’s pretty easy to be discouraged from biking after having a baby. She made a good point that there is...
Aug 7, 20112 min read
Cloth vs. disposable diaper costs using real data
A lot of people claim you’ll save thousands by going for cloth diapers, but they’re usually quite biased. When our daughter Zoe was born,...
Mar 21, 20113 min read
A noob’s guide to newbs (newborns, that is)
Prior to Zoe arriving on the scene, I had virtually no experience with newborns, or babies of any age for that matter. But now I’m an...
Jan 20, 20111 min read
The name game
Hirtopolis has a new citizen named Zoe. When registering her birth, I was amused to find strict naming requirements: must consist only of...
Dec 14, 20101 min read
How far I’ve come
Just stumbled upon this story, composed during my high school days. Seemed appropriate to share given our own upcoming addition to the...
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