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The Mother of All Mompreneurs
I think it’s safe to say that many of us mom entrepreneurs are inspired by the incredible success story of…
No More Guilt
We have known about them for a while now and have not shared them with you, our loyal and trusted…
Main Street Mania
Call us creatures of habit. We discover ‘our’ coffee shop, clothing store and kids’ shop, and pretty soon we’re in…
It’s a Sign
Signing Time is a series of videos designed for baby to school aged audiences (mom and dad need to pay attention too) that teaches the principals of American Sign Language (ASL).
Don’t Stuff It…Store It
The talk these days is all about de-cluttering, streamlining, simplifying. Clear out your wardrobes, de-clutter your bookshelves and streamline your…
Dinner’s on the Table
We were recently inspired (well, blown away really) by a book we read that claimed one simple trick can improve the quality of our family life, our children’s chance of success in the world and our values as a society. And amazingly, it’s really simple too.
According to Miriam Weinstein, author of The Surprising Power of Family Meals, eating an everyday dinner with your family is a way to connect with loved ones and improve many aspects of family life. Recognizing that the pressures of today’s 24/7 world, the complications of single-parent and dual-income family households, extracurricular activities and peer pressure have threatened what used to be a universal ritual, she offers inspirational examples and strategies on how to bring family dinners back to our lives.
Bamboo Babies
Turns out that pandas have known the score for a long time. Bamboo is hot. Bamboo, which is mixed with…
Ride, Baby, Ride
Wanna live life in the fast lane? Try a bike path or trail instead. You can let the kids go…
Paint, Hang or Stick
Fingerprints, ketchup smudges, crayon scribbles and, later, first names and absent-minded doodles surreptitiously scrawled in pencil. All of them cute…
Farming Fashion
Old McDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-OAnd on his farm he had a goat (and a cow) E-I-E-I-O With some cashmere…
Think Outside the (Lunch) Box
It’s a fantasy we all have at this time of year—sending our little ones off to school with the perfect lunch tucked away in their bags. It will be homemade, but with little effort. Kid-approved, while meeting Canada’s Food Guide recommendations. Tough enough to last in a hot cloakroom all morning, but sensitive to the surrounding students’ food allergies. Sanitary, but low on disposable packaging.
Meeting all those requirements five days a week? No wonder it’s often only a fantasy.
A Juicy Story
To juice or not to juice, that is the question. And the good news is we have the answer. A…
A Juicy Story
To juice or not to juice, that is the question. And the good news is we have the answer. A…
Buy. Sell. Then Buy Some More.
It never fails. We always crave new stuff this time of year. The sight of new binders and pencil cases,…
Details, Details
We like to think of that smelly, dirty vehicle which transports our children from place to place as not our…
Detail Oriented
What is that awful smell? That’s how it starts. Then you scour your vehicle for the source. You find raisins,…
Kick the Chaos
Even for us adults, September evokes that old ‘back to school’ feeling. It’s just that the pink plastic Barbie lunchbox…
Don’t Miss It
Ever wonder what the detectives from CSI would find if they had to search through your car for “fibers”? Maybe…
A Little Note Goes a Long Way
The funny way they say their new words (tinger for finger, goggie for doggie in our case); the pride you felt when she learned to do the monkey bars (backwards no less!); the emotions you were feeling on the way to the hospital to deliver him that hot July night, the favourite ice cream flavour of Summer of ‘07….
As we near the end of another summer of fun and discovery with the kids, no matter their age, you might think you’ll remember these adorable, funny and special things forever but somehow along comes another day and another memory and they get tucked back into the nether regions of the mom brain.
Brave the Cave
Cave exploration: you can do it, and it’s not as crazy as you think. An excursion to Lusk Cave, located…