My three year old's story telling skills amuse me. She will often sit at the dining table with me after lunch and tell me "the story from her head", which always starts with "Once a time" and often features inanimate objects such as hair or cutlery that "walk with legs" and come to a bad end when they go into the dark forest after their mum tells them not to. Today she was … [Read more...]
Toilet Terror, How to Deal With It?
So my three year old has developed a serious toilet phobia. She's still not completely potty trained (I know, Shhh... I don't want to talk about it.), and on most days she will insist she doesn't need to go potty. In fact she's quite adamant that she is Never Going To Go Again. Which inevitably leads to one accident after another. But I digress. The issue here is... On the best … [Read more...]
That Time My Kids Decided to Test My Sanity… or When Rubbermaid All Access Organizers Saved the Day
A little while back my darling daughter decided to destroy her bedroom. Rocket got into her bedroom closet and unpacked every single thing I had stored in there. The closet was neatly organized, baby clothes she had outgrown off to the right of the door and clothes she didn't quite fit into yet off to the left. Box after box of carefully folded, sorted, kids clothing. Packed … [Read more...]
The one in which my kids love each other, sort of.
Lately right after having done something horrid Rocket will look at you and say, "But you still love me, right?" or often to her sister she will say, "But we still friends!". Today Rainbow looked at her and said, "No, we are not friends. I'm not your friend I'm your Sister." and I thought to myself, "Oh goodness, this isn't going to go well". Rocket insisted "I is your … [Read more...]
Cutie Patootie
Who Needs a Sandbox When You’ve Got Snow?
Birthday Girl, Strawberry Girl, Robot Girl
Happy third birthday to my Rocket! She thoroughly enjoyed her birthday weekend. (with gorgeous dress courtesy of beansprout.ca) … [Read more...]
Two Year Old’s Bizarre Birthday Dinner Request…
A few days ago my two year old daughter was hanging around the kitchen driving me crazy keeping me company while I was getting lunch prepared. Knowing her third birthday is coming up I asked her what her favourite thing to eat is. She stopped and thought about it for a good long minute and then said, "Bananas... and.... vitamins." "Um, Bananas and … [Read more...]
Wishing… {Wordless Wednesday}
She’s Gotta Wear Shades…
On Why I Hate School Days: Dealing With Miss “I Won’t Go”
I swear to myself that this morning is going to be different. I have set my alarm to wake me up 15 minutes earlier then usual. This morning we won't have to run to make it to the school bus in time. This morning everyone will eat breakfast and no one will cry or scream. My alarm goes off and I resist the urge to hit snooze. I pry myself out of bed to find one daughter … [Read more...]
Storytime with Pip
B is for… Books!
B is for Bedtime and Bedtime is for B O O K S Our bedtime routine is pretty standard. Battle with the girls over brushing their teeth and completing their other bathroom bedtime business. Briskly move things to Rainbow's bedroom, where we burrow in the bedsheets and enjoy a chapter from our latest book. Baum brings us to back to Oz as little sister bounces in and … [Read more...]
She thinks she’s fierce…
I'm a monster, Rawrr! … [Read more...]
Happiness is… a Really Big Box
As part of the P&G Mom program Procter & Gamble sent me a giant box full of all sorts of household goodies, everything from lipstick and tampons to a a new Swifter duster and a fancy electric Oral-B toothbrush. Which was pretty awesome, and my kids were really, really, excited... Yeah, my kids get excited when I receive Pampers and Tide in the mail? Um.. no not really. … [Read more...]