Travis
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Gratuitous Father Podcast
Guess what we did this afternoon (sorry for the quality, taken with my point and shoot camera). Then we went and warmed up at the House.
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All Hallows Eve
Halloween was celebrated here on October 31st. Now I realize that that sounds redundent, but Halloween isn’t always on the 31st here. If, for instance Halloween falls on a Sunday, it is rescheduled to the Saturday (can’t be celebrating ancient Celtic holidays on the sabbath don’t you know). Halloween here differs in a couple of
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Travis’ Third Birthday
WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS GRAPHIC GUSHY PROUD FATHER MATERIAL My little man turned three yesterday. I can’t believe that it has been three years since I first held Travis in my amazed and clumsy fingers. It is with a continued sense of wonder that I watch him grow and watch his hold on my world
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Travis asleep.
I just finished sitting by Travis’ bed, watching him sleep. He was having a restless sleep, and I went in to check on him. He was sitting up in bed but obviously dreaming. When I came in he said something incomprehensible, reached out and stroked my cheek, and laid back down fast asleep. My lord,
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Spiders!
I’m working really hard at making sure that Travis doesn’t develop the fear of insects that so many people here seem to have. I’m not sure what it is but many people have a runaway, screaming sort of fear of flies and what not. I vividly remember working at the Patrol Cabin when I was
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Travis on site
About 90% of the joy in my life (and I like to consider myself a joyful person) comes directly from my son, Travis Mathew Alvin Avinga Evaluarjuk Kines. Travis is coming on to three years old, he was born in Iqaluit in July 2002, and flew up to Arctic Bay two days later. We adopted