This looks like an easy Halloween activity and also a special snack treat. Love that it is narrated by a kid! (My Thing 1 is getting increasing fearful of ghosts this year — she is coming home from school about “Mary Black” being in the washroom — I remember being scared to death of the…
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Make lunch smart
After being on a field trip with six kindergarten classes recently – I had a good look at what “lunch” looks like. One kid had a jam sandwich. Another ate cut-up, cold, hot dog (no bun) with ketchup. Parents, we are all busy — but remember that lunch is the fuel for our kids gas…
Parent Club – Family Road Trip Tips
What the heck did parents ever do before the portable dvd player? I do remember playing “punchbuggy red” when someone saw a bug vehicle on the road and he/she could yell at the top of his/her lungs “punchbuggy red” and then that someone could hit -as hard as one could – the sibling sitting next…
Caroline Fernandez – top ten
Tootin’ my own horn here! Attention! I am TOOTIN’!! My submission; “EVER LEARNING By Caroline Fernandez has NOT won the Mom Cafe Summer Writing Contest. Wait. No deep sighs. Take your hands away from the Kleenx box. Move away from the Kleenx!… I have been notified that my submission ranked within the top ten and…
Parent Club Tip: Preventing Head Lice
Advise your children NOT to share hats or hair accessories After washing hair use a leave in conditioner with tea tree oil (THIS ONE is available at Loblaw in the natural health section). Tea tree oil is a natural germicide. Also like just don’t like it. Use hair products, such as; a light dose of…
Loblaws Offering Canadian Home Grown Produce
Until September 12th, Loblaw, a partner of Canadian farmers and their families for years, offers 150 to 180 Canadian produce items during the peak of harvest season. It’s worth eating Farm Fresh for your health. Eating “outside the box” means you aren’t getting preservatives. It means you are eating your foods at the peak of…
Fall Activities
The registration dates for the City of Toronto Parks & Recreation progammes are as follows; Toronto & East York District Wed., Sept. 10, 2008 Etobicoke York District Sat., Sept. 13, 2008 Scarborough District Sun., Sept. 14, 2008 North York District Tue., Sept. 16, 2008 If you haven’t gotten your FUN guide yet, the pdf is…
Parent Club Review: Parsnip Designs
Parsnip Designs is a Canadian business (family owned and operated) which designs and creates unique handmade shaker style peg racks and wall plaques. Their online store offers the choice of nine beautiful colours and six animal designs. You can mix and match the animal tiles to your son or daughter’s preference. The item is packed…
Growing Pains
Whoever said parenting gets easier as children grow older — never put their child on a school bus www.parentclub.ca
More on Lunch
If you didn’t catch the Ideas for School Lunch article – now is the time to read it – click on that link (yes, that one). We’ve searched out a few other resources for lunch ideas (for either you or someone school bound this September). Eat Right Ontario: that link (yes, right there) will take…