The lobby of Great Wolf Lodge, Niagara Falls is amazing. Enormous antler-clad chandeliers, a glowing hearth and big welcoming chairs. Wolves (robotic wolves!) looked down from their ledges above the fireplace. This is some-kind-of-place! On check-in, we get our first two tastes of family-friendliness… First: hand prints are etched along the wall – where kids…
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I ain’t no April Fool
Thanks to the reader who B.) reminded us today is April 1st* B.) April 1st is April Fool’s Day** C.) sent in this link http://familyfun.go.com/aprilfools/ to trick/prank/fool your family with recipe ideas and activities. Not that we support fooling your family. Have you read Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food…
Going to visit a wolf – a Great Wolf
Heading off to Great Wolf Lodge next week. Don’t know what to expect. Have you been? Do you have tips on what to pack? Where to eat? What you likey and what you don’t? Would love to hear tips/stories/experiences! Read the Woes of March Break to see where we first met the Great Wolf www.parentclub.ca
Knock It OFF!
I need some parenting help. ‘Cause one day soon – my inside voice [which is screaming Knock it OFF!!] – is going to rip into a child*. The jealousy and competition for attention after-school is seriously wrecking my days and driving me nuts. I steel myself everyday at 3:55pm; shuddering and breathing deeply knowing the…
Simply Bothered
I’m bothered these days (not the hot-and-bothered “bothered” – the I-can’t-sleep-bc-I’m-thinking-of-this-and-that “bothered”) Like the killer who should go to Guantanamo rather than a mental hospital (let the guards there do what they, supposedly, do best). Read it Here (Note: The Toronto Star article has a graphic warning). I have trouble sleeping knowing there are people…
Parent Club Contest – Sho, Mo and the Monkey Bunch
Sho, Mo and the Monkey Bunch are coming (this weekend as it happens!). A Parent Club reader shared – “my kids LOVE their cd and the live performance is great!”. You can buy tickets to this weekend’s performance on-line or by phone (see below). GO The Concert: March 8, 2009 The Where: Living Arts CentreThe…
Throw back to June Cleaver
What the friggin’ heck is wrong with us MOMs?! Seriously, this is a cry for help – take me out for a cup of tea and talk some sense into me…and I’ll do the same for you. What I’m bloggin’ about here is our insane shame over things-not-home-made. Damn you media-marketing-health-sport-industries. Given, childhood obesity rates…
Thank Blog it’s Friday
buenos días Friday! I have missed you. Friday feels like warm flanel pjs that just came off the towel warmer…heavenly. My week has been filled of “…just 5 more minutes”. 5 more minutes before I get you a snack, 5 more minutes of homework, 5 more minutes of mommy on the computer, 5 more minutes…
Christmas Bits
Regarding the fat snowflakes swirling around us – on a walk to get milk – Thing 2 said: “It’s love letters from angels” Regarding my comment that we should cancel Christmas this year Thing 1 said: “You can’t cancel Christmas — you don’t have Santa’s cell phone number” Regarding my neighbour snowblowing my driveway –…
Parent Club Review: Proctor & Gamble (2 of 2)
Swiffer Dust & Shine furniture polish will be useful for that pre-guest cleaning. It’s a perfect furniture polish for cleaning wood furniture like chairs, end tables, and bookcases and a variety of other surfaces like leather and granite. Also, as mentioned in Proctor & Gamble Review 1 the Mr. Clean wipes are fantastic. Great for…
Mommy needs a time out
Last night, the compulsive idiot that I am, baked (hello – from scratch) 18 banana muffins and 20 dinner rolls (yes I baked the bread from scratch too). Thing 1 has the class Christmas lunch today and of course we had to contribute (because of my guilt issues). Why, in heaven’s name did I think…
Cool website
Uptoten.com is our new kid-website treasure. A fully bilingual (French and English) site with games, cartoons, colouring pages and more. Thank you to a Parent Club reader for sharing this information! www.parentclub.ca