I remember a boy, in elementary school – a grade above me, who was bullied. Really badly bullied. Like jacket ripped bullied. Like moved to tears bullied. Like isolated from the whole school bullied. He must have gone through hell. Parent Club recently had the opportunity to interview Shawna Ginsberg, a counselor, at Kids Help…
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Parent Club Review: Medieval Times Thrills Kids’ Birthday Parties
THE WHAT: Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament – Toronto, ON castle THE WHY: It all started with a discussion about where to have Thing 1s 10 year old party. Being October, we couldn’t have it in the backyard. Being pregnant, I didn’t want to go to great lengths to host at home. Solution? I offered…
Kid Activities for Thanksgiving
In preparation for Thanksgiving this weekend (Canadian – that is)…I have made a few suggestions over at my Yummy Mummy Club column for… Activities for kids – while you’re busy with the bird Some of the ideas include having the kids make decorate the table with fall multi-coloured leaves, making menus, folding napkins. Whether you…
Back to School Interviews – with Caroline
Tune into Real Moms on RealityRadio101.com tonight at 7pm where I will be discussing “Making Back to School Easier” with Alanna Cushnan-Szewczyk and co-host Jane. And on the subject of Back to School – surf over to CityLine where I was the expert parenting source for their article on “Your School Lunch Dilemmas Solved!” www.parentclub.ca
Lunch Box List
Below is the essential Parent Club Lunch Box List – feel free to bookmark, print, comment or share with the club! Crunchy Category cut vegtables: carots, celery, broccoli, cucumber, peppers pretzels, fish crackers, rice crackers, popcorn, crackers dry cereal cereal bar crunchy fruit: apples, grapes Soft Category yogurt, cheese soft fruits: pears, banana, clementines, orange…
Back to School Tips
I, for one, am fairly excited it’s back to school season. It’s been a great summer. It’s been fun. But it’s time to move on (seriously…let’s move on). And I have been busy writing back to school themed articles… These were for the good folks at everythingmom.com Building Homework Habits Tips on How to Organize…
See me on CityLine
I was (happily) invited to the CityLine Studio, last week, to appear on their maternity show. (They have a great team!) If you are interested in maternity & post-maternity fashions, the latest baby gear or just seeing me in real life…check out this show! The show airs CityLine August 20 (check your local listings for…
Tips For Visiting Great Wolf Lodge
Great Wolf Lodge is a fun family destination with many locations across North America (we go to the Niagara Falls location). My family of 5 has enjoyed a few staycations at Great Wolf Lodge and we have learned some important tips for making the most of the rooms, activities, water park, and food. Here are…
Keeping Cool
Summer heat can be an activity buster…here are a few ideas for keeping cool… Visit a local library (air conditioning and books – what is better? My kids love to be able to sit at the computers and play webkinz…I like that the computers automatically log them off after 30 minutes). pool, splash pad, sprinkler…
Parent Club Review: Tommee Tippee
THE WHAT tommee tippee is an internationally renowned manufacturer of great value baby products including baby feeding bottles & breast pumps. THE WHERE: available for purchase now at toysrus.ca (click on that link to see product line)THE REVIEW: As you know, I am expecting, so the invitation to the tommee tippee Canadian launch was timely….