THE WHAT: T-Fal Baby 2 IN 1 STEAMER AND BLENDER THE DEETS: BPA free Four cooking functions: steam, heat, defrost, puree Steam cooking allows food to preserve its essential vitamins and flavours Quick Preparation: frozen or fresh food in 10 mins Graduated blending bowl (400ml) stays cool during operation to reduce the risk of burns…
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Toilet Paper Craft For Kids: Mouse
Take two toilet paper rolls and recycle them into this easy kids’ craft – make a mouse! You will need: two toilet paper rolls tape string scissors coloured paper (2 kinds one for the body and one of the inside of the ears – we used blue and pink) marker (to draw nose) google-y eyes…
Where there is a hill…
The other day I was biking (yes, biking – I know right?) with my daughter and there was a hill in front of us. ME: “ugh – let’s turn right so we miss the hill” DAUGHTER: “no let’s go straight” ME: “But the hill goes UP” DAUGHTER: “but on the other side there’s a DOWN”….
How To Shop With Kids (Or Not)
How to Shop With Kids… Give the kids a shopping list and play “Who can find…” Make a “BINGO” card of the things your need to buy and let the kids play store bingo Give the kids a mini-cart to push in the store Take away: give a kid a shopping”job” and shopping is easier…
Father’s Day Gifts
Create hand prints for Dad On Father’s Day is my latest “Caroline Fernandez – special to cityline.ca” articles. It’s read-worthy as you’ll get how-tos on making hand print flowers and hand print note cards (switch up: great Teacher Gift too!). You can also check out my Father’s Day Pinterest Board for some great Father’s Day…
Travel Healthy: Tips for TakingYour Family’s Healthy Lifestyle With You on Holidays
by Deb Lowther Summer holidays are approaching and whether you are planning a week at the cottage or a plane ride to an exotic countryside, you will want to stay healthy while away! Vacations can be a nice break from your regular routine and provide opportunity to try new things, but keeping a few essentials in mind will…
The Truth About High Fructose Corn Syrup
The Corny Truth By Theresa Albert You know by now that high fructose corn syrup is-a-bitter-killer/ is a key suspect in the obesity issue which is crushing our culture (26% of our kids are overweight or obese). You have probably even heard that corn, fed to cows, creates inflammatory fat in the animal thereby adding…
Canadian KidsLit – Alison DeLory
Meet Alison DeLory, Canadian writer of the bestselling kidslit book of “Lunar Lifter” (Bryler Publishing). Writer, Canadian…oh and she tweets too @aldelory (what’s not to like right?!). Lunar Lifter is a chapter book for middle readers. Follow “Bluenosers” (Nova Scotaians are called bluenosers) Cameron and Erin (yes, brother/sister) on their adventure of riding to space in a decorated cardboard box. Along the journey, they…
Father’s Day Activity
Easy Father’s Day activities (and gifts) are completely do-able (even for busy families like ours!). Read on for some tips and tricks to inspire your Father’s Day… 52 Reasons I Love You – is an activity I created and shared over at my yummymummyclub.ca column. Surf over and check it. You can also check out…
How To Organize Kid Gear
Read on for a time-saving (and sanity saving!) tip to organize your summer kid gear – sunglasses and sun hats! The summer “drop and run” season is upon us when kids drop their stuff – kinda everywhere – and run on to the next activity (usually a snack or a bathroom rush if we are dropping in from an outside…
Crafts for Kids survey
Well, you know I’m writing a book on kids’ activities (you should know…I rant about it on twitter often enough). I’m compiling a little market research and would appreciate some survey answer luv…and remember karma is a good thing. Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey, the world’s leading questionnaire tool.
Finger Painting
Finger Painting is a great way for kids to show their creativity truly hands-on! Make life (and clean up) easier for yourself by taking advantage of the warm, summer like, weather and do finger painting outside wearing swim suits. Put paper (or paper plates for added creative fun) on the sidewalk and let the kids finger…