The Anker Fam·i·ly

Today I was contemplating Elina finishing Senior Kindergarten in a few weeks and did some math, here goes: In Elina is Grade Mom/Dad are 2007 4 Starts Junior Kindergarten 42 2009 6 Start Grade 1 44 2021 18 Graduates from Grade 12 55 2025 22 Finish Undergraduate Degree in University 59

Wishing Everyone a Happy Easter.  Elina woke too early and had a few appetizer chocolates before our breakfast.  Elina is eager to get out and try her new K2 inline skates – her Easter gift from us and Gramma. The skates are cool because they start at a size 1 until size 5.  (they grow [...]

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We spent 2 days in Niagara Falls with this as our view. I’m on a Board for Miziwe Biik Aboriginal Employment and Training and this weekend we had a Senior Management and Board retreat. Although I had to work, Elina and Herman dawdled about and spent many hours in the pool. We ate some great [...]

Mom can I watch My Goldfish Is Evil – a CBC show that is on TV while she’s getting ready for school, etc.  My Golfish Is Evil…..and this is good TV for kids Elina’s age.  Mom, Can I watch My Goldfish is Evil. So, totally and completely something we expect and didn’t expect Elina to [...]

So I took this mini video from my mobile phone and I’ve been “playing” (in between coats of paint drying) with my mac and made this funny video. Don’t be fooled by the slow start, I modified the video to suit the song…but watch the last part…WHATAHOOT!

Elina just called … She was happy and excited.  She was shopping.  She’s enjoying herself.  She likes Anna.  They are celebrating Anna’s birthday today.  She’s counting 4 more sleeps until she comes home.  She’s happy.  She misses me.  She loves me.  She didn’t have gum on the plane and she told me how she plugged [...]

Elina, inside for most of the holiday days came up with the silliest things, here goes: I bought her some TicTak’s – and she tried and didn’t like them, she did say that it looked like a “chill-pill” and then handed one to me and said, “Mommy here’s a chill-pill – you can take one [...]

Uma’s party was filled with a few, no, many, fun things. We’ll be looking at this place for Elina’s Birthday! Dress-up, chicken song, pizza, popcorn, jumping house, castle, birthday cake and the limbo, it was a hoot to watch: Part 2: Part 3:

Elina took her own photo today, goofing off each time, this was the cutest one…. One that gives a glimpse of the true Elina! Her personality is truly evolving each day.  Doing 4 year old things.  Negotiating (“Here’s the deal mom”), pouting (“No Elina, you can’t move your birthday to March!”), telling me one thing [...]