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Bunnies + Goats + Kids = Cute Explosion

April 2, 2013/7 Comments/in THE BLOG, The Daddy Files/by Chris Read

I’m a little under the weather this week. You’d think that would give me plenty of time to write but I just don’t have the energy to come up with anything at the moment. That said, this is something that has been making me smile the last couple days, so I thought I’d share. We […]

An Unexpected Wish

March 27, 2013/15 Comments/in THE BLOG, The Daddy Files/by Chris Read

I have never really expected a lot from my kids. They are only 4 and 2, respectively, and they still have a lifetime of things to learn. As it turns out, I have been sorely underestimating the emotional capacity of their young minds. My son taught me this lesson on a recent trip to the […]

Community

March 26, 2013/29 Comments/in #OneWord, THE BLOG/by Chris Read

I always believed that a community is simply a term to describe the area that you lived in. In my limited time in the blogging world, I have come to respect the fact that the word, community, means so much more than just a grouping of similarly coloured houses. I decided to make a life […]

Canadian Spotlight: When Children Inspire – Earth Hour Edition

March 22, 2013/7 Comments/in Canadian Spotlight, THE BLOG/by Chris Read

I’ll cut right to the chase here, I am no environmentalist. I know about Earth Hour but I really don’t know anything ABOUT Earth Hour, if you catch my drift. I try to be conscious about the usual things, such as turning off lights, not littering and conserving energy where possible but overall I am […]

A Vacation In Our Own Backyard

March 21, 2013/6 Comments/in THE BLOG/by Chris Read

Something people may not know about me is that before I became a blogger, I went through a pretty hard core phase as a contester. I’m not talking about entering a couple contests here and there either. I mean full blown, spreadsheet creating, madness! I have probably entered about five contests in my first year […]