Are you boycotting the internet today? This year there has been a huge push to boycott the internet on the first day in April, as a way of fighting back and saying that we, the general public, are sick of Fake News. There's been a lot of hoopla in the States, with President Trump, fact checking, and plenty of calls of "Fake news!" on both sides. I've read articles … [Read more...]
DIY Business Card Valentines (For Kids)
My kids and I did a fun project for Valentine's Day, we created DIY Valentine's Day cards using our scanner, printer, and some business card stock. I took my daughters drawings and turned them into pre-printed Valentines that they could colour in and address to their friends. It was a super simple project that turned out pretty fantastic looking, and had my girls proud to hand … [Read more...]
Valentine’s Day Cards for Board Game Lovers
I play board games. Often. Lots of them. I also like geeky, quirky, or retro Valentines. I decided it would be fun to take a bunch of board game pieces, shoot some photos and turn them into cheesy Valentine's Day cards. Like these, for example: I posted the rest of them over on the gaming blog, And She Games, but thought I'd give you folks a heads up, since … [Read more...]
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life Giveaway
GIlmore Girls: A Year in the Life premiered on Netflix last Friday. It's a four part mini-series that picks up the storyline ten years after the original series ended. And I know bunches of people who have feverently been waiting for the Nov.25th release date. Okay guys... please don't throw things at me... but I've got a confession to make. I've never watched Gilmore Girls. … [Read more...]
Day Of The Dead Knitting and Crochet Patterns
I love knitting and crocheting patterns, and round ups! Deanna loves things with a Day Of The Dead theme. So, I thought why not combine the two and do a guest post for her with a Day of the Dead Knitting and Crochet Patterns Round Up? I was able to find a lot of cute patterns that I will share here: Day of the Dead Skull Motif - Crochet Day of the Dead … [Read more...]
Getting Creative with Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life & Stickies
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life hit theatres last weekend. Based off of Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life, the first in the Middle School series by James Patterson, the film is aimed at, well, middle schoolers or tweens. The bad guy of the film is a rule obsessed principal whose entire goal seems to be to squash all creativity out of his school's … [Read more...]
Three Awesome & Oddball Things You Probably Missed on Netflix
I often feel like the big movies and TV shows get all the love, and these interesting non-fiction bits that are off on the fringe are ignored. So with that in mind, here are three awesome, and slightly offbeat, shows that you may have missed watching on Netflix: Category: Fascinating and Mind Bending Title: Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets … [Read more...]
Joining the Militia, 1812 Style
Every Summer we go to this big crafter's fair called Art by the River. It's held at the Fort Malden National Historic Site in Amherstburg, Ontario. We enjoy walking around and looking at all the various things for sale, doing a little Christmas shopping, maybe eating a frozen yogurt or two. The kids always want to stop and paint a picture at the art station. The one part of the … [Read more...]
If I can do just this one thing, I’ve won… #ParentingGoals
"I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves." - Anna Quindlen … [Read more...]
Make Your Own Book of Dragons, Like a Dragon Rider of Berk
My nine year old daughter, Grace, is a big fan of the Dreamworks film How to Train Your Dragon, as well as the Netflix exclusive series Dragons: Race to the Edge. So much so that she decided she wanted to create her own "Book of Dragons". Mostly this consists of her drawing various dragons, some based on beasts that appear in the show, and others being creatures that she makes … [Read more...]
The August Civic Holiday in Canada. What’s the deal? Is it a real holiday?
When I think of the Civic Holiday what first comes to mind is a memory from my childhood. Every Summer around this time my Dad would have an argument with his boss, who also happened to be my grandfather. My Dad would insist they were closing for the August Civic Holiday, and my grandfather would insist he'd never heard of it before...Was it something new this year? Was it even … [Read more...]
Alice knew, the company makes the weather…
... it's all about perspective. The meteorological records for these parts assure us that July 4, 1862, was "cool and rather wet": but on that day Lewis Carroll first told the tale of Alice in Wonderland to four people in a Thames gig, rowing upstream for a picnic tea, and to the ends of their lives all four remembered the afternoon as a dream of cloudless English sunshine. … [Read more...]
If You Love Books Enough…
“If you love books enough, books will love you back.” - Jo Walton, Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer … [Read more...]
A Good Book Can Light a Fire, It Can Be a Star in an Expanding Universe…
“A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.” - Madeleine L'Engle, Newberry Award Acceptance Speech "The Expanding Universe" … [Read more...]
How to Play Blue’s Clues at Home with Your Kids, Making the Everyday Fun with Clues & Puzzle Solving
Last night I was in the kitchen throwing dinner together. Hubby wasn't feeling well and had come home from work and headed straight to bed. I was desperately trying to keep the volume level on the kids down to a dull roar, while simultaneously finishing up dinner. Both kids had had a rough day at school for various reasons, neither of them were in the best mood, and they kept … [Read more...]
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