Every family wants a family vacation (especially in the summer months). It is great to get away – but it shouldn’t break the family bank. Family getaways should be – and can be – family budget friendly. Whether you travel local, national or global — a family trip takes planning, organization and cost savings (that…
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Parent Club travel tip
download video podcasts from itunes for kids to watch during trips. Sesame Street, Hannah Montanna, Nick Jr., Discovery channel. All free! www.parentclub.ca
Blog Award
Parent Club has been honoured with the HONEST SCRAP award from Another Day, Another Thought or Two… (glad that S is in there because I’m not sure how to take an HONEST CRAP award). Anyway, thank you – thank you for the award. So as recipient of this great honesty award, I now need to…
Day 4 – Fit-in 15
I have not – HAVE NOT – yet missed a day of the Fit-in 15 challenge. I have actually, looked-forward-to-doing a focused fitness activity just before lunch thus far. (Same bat time. Same bat channel. Everyday.) It’s true the more you engage in 15 minutes of fitness the more you get in the habit of…
Day 3 – Fit-in 15
Um…guys…my calves hurt (the Day 2 Fit-in 15 Fitness Menu was fun but I’m feelin’ it today). I surfed over to the Fit-in 15 site to get some tips on how to stretch my sore calves – and I stumbled upon this… Fit-in 15 is a public education initiative of the Canadian Chiropractic Association aimed…
Day 2 – Fit-in 15
I must admit…I liked my 15 minute brisk walk. A little Jai Ho (slumdog millionaire soundtrack) was the perfect soundtrack. My shoulders relaxed, I had some cleansing breath – it was actually a good tension breaker. (Good Ghandi! – I had a spring in my step!) But that was Day 1. Everything is always good…
Parent Club Challenge: Fit-in 15
Ok parents – we (and by we – I mean WE – you and I) are starting the Fit-in 15 challenge – TODAY. The Fit-in 15 challenge is to build into our (yes busy) day 15 minutes of fitness activities in the categories of cardio-vascular, strength and flexibility. My fitness issue: Commitment. Yes, I can…
Cost of School
Dear Public School, Could you kindly stop. Please. Enough with the envelopes being sent home asking for money. ‘Cause seriously. It’s enough. When, in the first week of school, you sent home the letter asking for a voluntarily donation of $20 per student to cover extra materials (like flour and sugar – I still have…
Getting Kids to Talk
The minute my kids started activities without me (pre-school, Karate, kindergarten) they became reluctant talkers at the dinner table. Me: What did you do today?”Them: “nothing” Hello?! We aren’t even CLOSE to the teen years yet and we’re getting “nothing” in terms of disclosure. So I’ve come up with some talking flash points which gets…
Parent Club Green Idea: Sending Coins to School
This Green Idea was e-mailed by a Parent Club reader… You know how the school is always needing you to send in forms and cash for things like Pizza lunch, Scientist in the school, field trips, purchasing 50th Anniversary T-shirts etc. (and then there is also the Daycare…) And how the amount the come up…
Armpit Fudge
As posted, tweeted and promised here is Armpit Fudge. The recipe comes via Loblaws cooking camp – it is so loverly easy and kids (well my kids) like the armpit part just as much as the eating. Armpit fudge is great for the cottage, camp or birthday parties (birthday party post alert – coming next…
Parent Club Top Secret
Lots of stuff happening in the Parent Club. Overwhelming, stressful, exciting, dreadful stuff. The stuff that makes great blog posts and ridonkulous dinner party conversation (let the comments and invites roll in!). Let us start with two words…ARMPIT FUDGE (tune in tomorrow same bat time same bat channel) www.parentclub.ca