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Good Debt/Bad Debt

Simply put, having a family is rewarding. It can also be expensive. It goes beyond the new expense of diapers and a fancy stroller in the early days.

Holiday Gift Giving At Pottery Barn Kids

From Our Sponsor With the holidays approaching, now more than ever, we find ourselves thinking about the ones we love.…

Super Zuppa

Let’s buck the trend and not talk about the flu. Let’s talk about soup instead. Then again, soup is good…

Coffee with Monkeys

In some restaurants, the term “kid-friendly” actually means a sheet of paper and a cup of broken crayons. But sometimes…

The New Brew

If you are like most parents, nights filled with nursing, teething, bedwetting and nightmares has probably made you a little…

Ending Food Feuds

There are three words guaranteed to stir a mother’s emotions (and not necessarily in a good way) every time they…

Kids Can Cook

As I wrote here a few weeks ago, my family has a new Sunday night dinner tradition where the kids…

Two Monkeys Butternut Squash and Apple soup

Prep: 15 minutes Cook: 35 minutes Makes approximately 10 cups You’ll Need 1 tbsp Canola or Vegetable oil 1 onion,…

ICU at Coffee, Tea and IUDs

Have you been dying to know how the Coffee, Tea and IUDs chat went? I am still getting over the…

The Savvy Five: Our Favourite Toys

“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”