As posted, tweeted and promised here is Armpit Fudge. The recipe comes via Loblaws cooking camp – it is so loverly easy and kids (well my kids) like the armpit part just as much as the eating. Armpit fudge is great for the cottage, camp or birthday parties (birthday party post alert – coming next…
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Parent Club Top Secret
Lots of stuff happening in the Parent Club. Overwhelming, stressful, exciting, dreadful stuff. The stuff that makes great blog posts and ridonkulous dinner party conversation (let the comments and invites roll in!). Let us start with two words…ARMPIT FUDGE (tune in tomorrow same bat time same bat channel) www.parentclub.ca
BlogHers ACT Canada Column
Why?! Fast food/take-out misses the recycling bin… Why?! Why?! I ask! Why do fast food/take-out food places miss recycling? From actually having recycling bins in the restaurants to separate paper/glass/organic to using containers which don’t go in the bins at all — I don’t get – how they don’t “get” – common-sense-recycling. Should I name…
Learning outside the class
If you are an educator (or brown noser/military person – or those who like authoritarian rule) – don’t read any further because this post may bother you. Seriously. Stop reading now. I took my kids out of school yesterday. (insert *gasp* here). No, they didn’t have THIS and weren’t suffering from THAT (thank blog!). I…
What kids watch
This is what my prince had the kids watching…while I was out at a writing workshop on Saturday. Thing 2 is walking around saying “Silence – I Kill YOU!” and Thing 1 wants to know where the 72 virgins are… Am waiting for the school to call me in for an meeting any minute now……
Mother’s Day
I should write something about Mother’s Day. But Thing 1 has a fever. And there’s no food in the house. And there are two loads of laundry to be folded. And I should read a story to Thing 1 instead of blogging. Sorry Mother’s Day — life gets in the way sometimes… www.parentclub.ca
Gaming and Kids
A good friend is doing a study on Child Gaming and asked to spread the word to the ‘club’ to participate in the anonymous survey they are using to capture data. (Good to know – it doesn’t ask family household income, highest level of education achieved or child’s gender – hate it when surveys ask…
Chapter of my life
Did I ever tell you the story of when my prince picked up a prostitute in Cuba? If my life was a book; this chapter would be called “The day my prince picked up a prostitute in Cuba” (makes you want to read beyond the title huh?) Cuba – 2004. P.K. (pre-kids) My prince and…
Mom & Child Conversations
Thing 2: Mom?…Me: Yes?Thing 2: Are we vegetarians?Me: No. We eat chicken and ribs so we are not vegetarians.Thing 2: I’m a chocoholic.Me: Yes, you are. That’s why we keep the chocolate up high.Thing 1: I’m a carrotarian.Me: Yes, you are. Carrots are you favourite.Thing 2: Mom, you are a sleepatarian.Me: I try…honey…I do try….
Explaining Death to Kids
We are dealing with the circle of life issue this week. My prince’s grandfather is – how do you say dying without is sounding so harsh? Going down quickly. Suffering. About to pass. *insert head tilt, sad face and shrugging shoulders here*. It’s a sad time. Moreover, we have two kids who are listening, understanding…