Happy Holidays dear readers! Instead of a #WordlessWednesday this week I thought to do something differeint…I invite you to the Parent Club Holiday Blog Hop… What is a blog hop? Like a #WordlessWednesday post – you link to your blog below. Added bonus – you can get the code for this blog hop and add…
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How To Make A Baby Jar Snow Globe
Re-purpose a baby food jar into a homemade snow globe. We did this as a birthday party activity (a babysitting themed birthday party for 11 year old girls) but it works as a great family activity for winter school break too. You will need: a glass baby jar with lid super glue bathroom caulking (or…
Free Kids Coupon Printable
I love it when my kids give coupons for things like: helping to clean up toys, a hug or a back massage (any of those absolutely are the best gift ever!). Here are some of our fav coupons…click on it because I’ve made it a free printable. Click to open pdf of Kids Coupons Kids…
Fisher-Price Toy Year In Review
As a Mom, toys are not only things that fill my living room (and kitchen and basement) – but activities that teach and entertain my kids again and again. Toys are a part of our everyday life. As such, I put together a “Year In Review” to share with you some of our favourite toys…
Kobo – A Gift For the Whole Family
The first time I read on a Kobo I was skeptical – I like to turn a printed page. However, I quickly realized a Kobo e-reader helps entertain, engage and organize the whole family’s reading. A portable library, it offers books for kids and adults all-in-one device. A great addition to the activity bag for your next family road trip or…
How To Help Families
With +400 comments on my post about Making Life Easier For Families I just had to share some of your awesome suggestions here as a Parent Club feature post. Guys – you are awesome! – your ideas and tips of how we can all help another family out in daily life are simply inspiring. Practical. family friendly and easy…your ideas are the…
Bake Some Memories: Zebra Cake
I love baking with my kids. We measure, pour, crack and stir together in such bliss. From everyday baking to holiday baking – this is a regular family time activity for us. My almost-tweens have been baking with me forever (really – since they were lil ones!) but now I’m introducing the world of baking-with-Mom to…
How To Use Kid’s Corner on Windows Phone
Microsoft has thought of parents and kids when they included Kid’s Corner into their latest Windows Phone. Kid’s Corner allows parents to lock away their grown-up phone features like email, phone and social media apps and open the door to a safe and fun kid area on your phone. My kids love to play on…
Top 5 Gifts From A Jar
I always encourage my kids to make homemade gifts to give whether it be for a holiday gift, birthday party, or teacher present. Made-by-kid gifts are inexpensive, unique and usually pretty easy. I will make this a series of “Gifts Kids Can Make” posts but for starters…here are my Top 5 Gifts From A Jar. Start with a…
Holiday Shopping: Tips and Savings
Three things make my holiday shopping stress-free (as stress-free as Caroline gets – I am a stress-ish person by nature) -> on-line shopping (avoids store line-ups), practical giving (boring I know) and deal-getting (I can clip a coupon with the best of them). Here are a few tips which I hope will help make your…
GM Chevrolet Volt Review
I was skeptical on the performance of plug-in electric cars. Putting my initial bias aside, I still wanted to test an EV car since the concept is appealing to me: no emission and discretion (I do hate the use of loud exhaust pipes on any vehicle). Courtesy of GM, I was able to spend a…
Allure of the Seas – Fisher-Price Activities
Being a first time cruiser, I didn’t know Fisher-Price and Royal Caribbean have a partnership providing fun for babies and tots on-board. This post continues my series of review, pictures and tips for a family cruise on this magnificent ship. I made big-time use of the toy lending program, the Fisher-Price play classes, shows and more….