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…
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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
Letters to Santa
Write your letters to SantaSantaNORTH POLE H0H 0H0 Remember to include your return address! For “green families” who wish to save paper and carbon footprints you may choose to e-mail Santa HERE. Canada Post works to ensure every child gets an answer in the language in which the letter is written (fyi – it does…
Halloween Snacks & Activities
This looks like an easy Halloween activity and also a special snack treat. Love that it is narrated by a kid! (My Thing 1 is getting increasing fearful of ghosts this year — she is coming home from school about “Mary Black” being in the washroom — I remember being scared to death of the…
Make lunch smart
After being on a field trip with six kindergarten classes recently – I had a good look at what “lunch” looks like. One kid had a jam sandwich. Another ate cut-up, cold, hot dog (no bun) with ketchup. Parents, we are all busy — but remember that lunch is the fuel for our kids gas…
Parent Club – Family Road Trip Tips
What the heck did parents ever do before the portable dvd player? I do remember playing “punchbuggy red” when someone saw a bug vehicle on the road and he/she could yell at the top of his/her lungs “punchbuggy red” and then that someone could hit -as hard as one could – the sibling sitting next…
Everyday is Saturday
Do you remember the poem from Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems & Drawings by Shel Silverstein ? The one that ends with “…And I’ve taken twelve thousand and forty-one breaths,And I’m TIRED!” The whole point of the poem is that the character is doing nothing activity and it is such hard work. (yes, nothing activity)….
Lice and Olive Oil – Who Knew?…
Update on the lice; 3 tea tree oil treatments and Thing 1 and Thing 2 are lice free (crossed fingers as I type). Still a couple of nits last night so we’ll keep at it. Two Parent Club readers “shared” a lice treatment tip; covering wet hair with olive oil – then put up in…