Eco-birthday parties: The Good and the Bad I have fond memories of stacks of birthday prezzies wrapped with colourful paper, eaten store-bought cake (the icing – most likely contained red dye) and brought home loot bags filled with items manufactured in China).Geez…so many good times. So when I receive an e-mail invitation for a paper-less…
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I ain’t no April Fool
Thanks to the reader who B.) reminded us today is April 1st* B.) April 1st is April Fool’s Day** C.) sent in this link http://familyfun.go.com/aprilfools/ to trick/prank/fool your family with recipe ideas and activities. Not that we support fooling your family. Have you read Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food…
Moms Vs. Dads
Dad’s see parenting as a map; with a road going from A to B. They, as Dad’s do, look for the shortest route to get to B (as they are thinking about time, fuel consumption and their own “let’s go” mentality). Mom’s see parenting as a GPS navigation system. They are on the same road…going…
Going to visit a wolf – a Great Wolf
Heading off to Great Wolf Lodge next week. Don’t know what to expect. Have you been? Do you have tips on what to pack? Where to eat? What you likey and what you don’t? Would love to hear tips/stories/experiences! Read the Woes of March Break to see where we first met the Great Wolf www.parentclub.ca
Knock It OFF!
I need some parenting help. ‘Cause one day soon – my inside voice [which is screaming Knock it OFF!!] – is going to rip into a child*. The jealousy and competition for attention after-school is seriously wrecking my days and driving me nuts. I steel myself everyday at 3:55pm; shuddering and breathing deeply knowing the…
The Woes of March Break
I want to go somewhere. WARM. (and I’m on the agoraphobic side of the fence – which shows – how much – I really would like to go somewhere WARM). We’ve actually been researching places to go. Cuba? Mexico? – Spanish countries bode well with my prince. Disneyland? Paris? – both have fairly nice castles….
BlogHers Act Canada and Eco-Guilt
Read my latest enviroment column… International Women’s Day and Eco-Guilt Dear fellow mothers (and mother-lovers), In recognition of International Women’s Day (Sun. Mar. 8) – let us all – for a moment – get off our environmental-mother-loving-high-and-mighty-friggin’-pedestals. Let us stop the green guilt we lay on each other. Read full rant at BlogHers Act Canada…
Simply Bothered
I’m bothered these days (not the hot-and-bothered “bothered” – the I-can’t-sleep-bc-I’m-thinking-of-this-and-that “bothered”) Like the killer who should go to Guantanamo rather than a mental hospital (let the guards there do what they, supposedly, do best). Read it Here (Note: The Toronto Star article has a graphic warning). I have trouble sleeping knowing there are people…
My smile of the day
Question – Me: What is your favourite colour? [eyes look up, eyebrows scrunch – obvious decision making happening here…] Response – Thing 2: Sparkles! www.parentclub.ca
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