Dear Kindergarten Teacher, When we met last week you asked me to describe my daughter in a few words and my mind went blank. What I should have said is "She's like Tigger, but with hugs." Instead I told you she's "very touchy", which you took to mean tactile orientated. I tried in stumbling words to explain how she wants to touch, and hug, every person she sees. I think you … [Read more...]
Curing the Back to School Jitters
I have a little one who is nervous about heading to school. She's going into Kindergarten next month. Our countdown tells me it's 16 days away. Some days, when I'm ready to trade her to the neighbours for a decent cup of coffee, it feels like it can never come soon enough. Other days, I feel almost as nervous as she does at the idea of relinquishing my baby into someone else's … [Read more...]
If I let them, they would stay all day….
On Raising a Reluctant Reader…
We live in a house of books. There are books everywhere you turn. If you manage to draw your gaze past the clutter of toys, the place could easily be mistaken for a lending library. Reading with my girls is one of my favourite parts of being a mom. I sit and read with them pretty much whenever they ask throughout the day, and every night we snuggle down and read a full chapter … [Read more...]
On Raising Pinocchio… #StreamTeam
I'm often stunned by just how different my two girls are. Going into this child number two business I thought, particularly since it was another girl, that I would be walking through all the same steps. Already been there. Easy. Ha. Not even close. Same parents, born just two years apart, raised in the same environment, yet they are night and day. Girl number one is quiet, … [Read more...]
The One Where My Kid Begs Me to Let Her Clean the Floors, a.k.a. The Grandma Effect
My girls stayed overnight at my mom's place Friday night, giving hubby and I a chance to sneak out for date night. We ate out, tried out a new local brewery that opened recently, and then went home and played board games until almost 2am. Wild. Night. Out. The next day I pried myself out of bed at ten something in the morning. My timing was impeccable. Pretty much the moment … [Read more...]
The One Where I Admit to Eavesdropping on My Kids…
All my girls need is each other and a handful of trustworthy toys. The kind I know won't fall apart when they inevitably sit on them or smash them together. For us many of those toys, the ones I trust my kids with and the ones they spend entire days playing with, are Mattel brands like Fisher-Price, Hot Wheels, and Thomas & Friends. Which is why when Mattel approached me … [Read more...]
Snow Play
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Saturday Nov.22nd is National Donate Your Hair Day, Kids Can Do It Too
Tomorrow, Saturday Nov.22nd, is National Donate Your Hair Day. If you've been thinking about cutting your hair to donate now would be the perfect time. When you donate your 8-inch or longer ponytail through the Pantene Beautiful Lengths program Pantene pays to have the hair turned into high quality real hair wigs, which are then made available for free to cancer patients in … [Read more...]
I’m Not Ready For Christmas Yet. Like Seriously, Can’t We Wait Until December to Start This Thing?
It snowed. Last week as I was getting ready to leave for a trip to visit Dearborn, Michigan, it started snowing. Big fat fluffy flakes that instantly melted as they hit the still warm ground. My children cheered and jumped and spun and screamed the entire way to the bus stop. They tried to catch each fuzzy round flake on their mittens and their tongues. I thought their snow … [Read more...]
AVENT Natural Glass Bottle Review – Watch Your Toes!
I'm a breastfeeding advocate. It hasn't always been this way. Eighteen years ago when I had my first son I managed to breastfeed for only a few weeks. I remember those exhausting days of pacing the floors waiting for his bottle to warm up as he cried in my arms. I'm much more rested now that I have mastered nursing my little ones, yet our newest little guy (already 18 months) … [Read more...]
What is with that Obligatory Back to School Photo?
Back to school sort of sucks. I mean school is great and all. And my 7 year old is certainly excited to be heading into grade 2. But that whole waking up and getting out the door at a certain time in clothes that match thing, I could do without it. And it was raining this morning. Pouring sheets of rain. And we still had to go to the bus. I couldn't just say, meh, let's stay … [Read more...]
Six Reasons Why I’m Loving Summer Vacation…
Summer vacation has officially started. No school for two glorious months. No making school lunches, and no running to the school bus in the morning. Just non-stop lazy days with my two favourite little people. This isn't to say my children don't drive me mad approximately forty thousand times in any given day. The house is a mess and I'm not finding enough time to write. But … [Read more...]
#LysolNoTouch Antibacterial Hand Soap System Combats Gross Kid Germs {Review plus FREE Rebate Offer}
My kids are gross. I mean this in the nicest way. Don't get me wrong, I love my daughters. But anyone who thinks that little boys have cornered the market on dirty and icky are dead wrong. On the average day my six year old comes home from school coated in grime, mysterious paint and marker stains, mud, sand and goodness knows what else. Her finger nails look like she's been … [Read more...]
Read the Instructions First, Go Anywhere Booster Seat Review
I was so excited to review the Go Anywhere Booster Seat. This being my fifth child I have always seen a need for a portable high chair option and never have I found anything convenient enough or portable enough. I was also pretty excited because we are moving soon and the thought of ridding ourselves of that big bulky high chair was glorious! I opened up the package hooked … [Read more...]
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