The Long Weekend approach-ith! 3 days to play! Whatcha doing? baking something together (or hosting a bar b q and eating baked goods?) road trip? (that’s what we are doing) opening the cottage? going to the beach, park or playground? cleaning up the garden? playing with friends? (big or small) Long weekends offer so much…
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Looking Forward
Sorry to have not updated since Mourning a Baby (which I happen to write on my/our wedding anniversary). And no, I haven’t been wallowing in that mourning (that post looked very wallowing when I looked at it this morning). I’ve been looking forward (which I think is healing – at least for me). I/we have…
Mourning a Baby
I wasn’t going to write this. I thought it too raw, too personal, too painful to put out into the blogosphere…but it was actually my prince who said I should blog about it. We have both received so much support from friends (twitter & non-twits alike), family and co-workers. They volunteered personal stories about 1st…
Doors Open Toronto – this weekend
The official guide to Doors Open Toronto is available today (Thursday May 22) in The Toronto Star. Guides are also available at Access Toronto Counters, Canadian Broadcasting Centre, Doors Open official kick off at the Royal Ontario Museum (admission FREE on Friday by the way), and all Doors Open event locations throughout the weekend. This…
Parents — Please Pay Attention
Did you read on the news yesterday that a child was left behind at the Vancouver airport – while his parents were busy rushing to make their connection. CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY. Basically, the family was rushing to catch their connection — the family became separated. Dad thought his son was up ahead…
TV watching
“Are humans meat?”“um, huh, pardon?…”(Aside; we are, in fact, watching National Geographic “family programming” which is generally about animals. Specifically this show is about predators – lucky us). “Are humans meat? Chicken is meat right? Humans aren’t meat?..”(Aside; a preditor is currently eating his kill in high definition in our living room. There is no…
Reader Feedback: Birthday Tips
“At Child A’s fourth birthday we made decorated “binoculars” I made them ahead of time by stapling together two TP rolls and adding a string, on the string I had attached a tag to write the child’s name on. A bunch of stickers and fancy metallic markers and we were all set! The next year…
Mardi Gras
Whether you celebrate Mardi Gras — or just like to have breakfast for dinner once and a while — we thought we would share our favourite homemade pancake recipe. This originates from Good Housekeeping (several years ago). Easy to make. Easier to eat. 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour1 tbsp baking powder1 tbsp sugar1/2 tsp…
Party kids
With many festive meals approaching…here’s a kid-food-hint; relax. To start, why not have them help prepare the meals rather than rush them out of the kitchen. OK – infants and toddlers are excused from servitude this year. However, preschoolers and school aged kids can certainly lend a hand – and really, don’t they love having…
Are your kids tired?
Does anyone else find that their children are completely wiped out at the end of the day? Perhaps, it’s the extra energy spent in chilly recess hours. Perhaps, it’s the nervous tension of school ending next week and the surprises of the season which follow. Whatever the reason…my kids are tired. The emotion, over-tired anger…