Are you thinking PD Day Activities? For working parents PD Days are a bit of a crunch because child care (the paid or unpaid kind) needs to be sourced out. Here are a few PD Day Activities which will occupy the kids. PD Day Activity Ideas Grocery shopping for lunch (not your whole week’s grocery…
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How Much Do I Pay A Babysitter?
How much do I pay a babysitter? An age old question (and a good one). Experience, age, location – all contribute to finding the magic number. Here are my tips to deciding how much do I pay a babysitter… How much do I pay a babysitter? First, consider the minimum wage in your province or…
Easy Snacks To Pack
An Easy Snacks To Pack list is timely – because between grab n’ go breakfast to a nourishing school lunch to a snack before soccer practice – easy snacks to pack are essential to fuel families. I’m sharing some tips to make packing snacks easier… Easy Snacks To Pack Cut and container fruit as soon…
Mom What Did You Do Today? Visual Diagram Answer
Seriously, this is a true visual of my day. Here you are kids – the final answer to your eternal question… Mom What Did You Do Today? Visual Diagram Answer… We Moms…we are always doing something…constant motion. Even if we are sitting down…I promise our head’s are spinning. I’m pretty sure I spend equal paid…
Tips For Growing Confident Kids
Kids need confidence. Fact, right?! I decided to share these Tips For Growing Confident Kids because they’ve produced great results with my own kids. They’re easy, simple, and effective ways to build confidence. Why are these Tips For Growing Confident Kids important? Because confidence is an important part of life… Tips For Growing Confident Kids Be your child’s biggest cheerleader. We are still potty…
Essential Class Supplies
As a Mom of 3, I know which Essential Class Supplies are on the optional school supply list every year. These items never change. Staples that every teacher we have had – has requested – in day 1 of school paperwork (it’s not mandatory – but the teacher does make it clear that these essential…
Kids Activity Bags
Call it a busy bag, travel kit, or kids activity bags – these tips will help keep your kids entertained while en route. From day trip to road trip to international flight…I have filled my share of kids activity bags. Here are my kids activity bags suggestions… Kids Activity Bags Put all your kid travel activities in…
10 Emergency Items
Ice storms. Polar Vortex. Snow Days. -40C weather. This seems to be the winter of extreme weather. Having just gone through the Toronto ice storm (we lost power – including heat – for 32 hours…lucky compared to those who were without power for days!)…I am sharing the 10 Emergency Items we found essential for survival…
So That Time I Met Katniss…and Pink
Did the title get you? I hope so. Because this is no ordinary post dear readers. This is about unapologetic beauty. Strong women. Talented people. One fiction/one real. Both very inspirational to me this past week. So that time I met Katniss…and Pink -> It started when I took my big kids to watch The…
#lightwebdarkweb
Reclaim the real. The true ground of our being is nested within family and community that births us., and within Nature that sustains us. Ground yourself in the real. Now, more than ever know your roots. — #lightwebdarkweb Raffi (Homeland Press, 2013) That quote is my take-away, as a parent and social media user, from…
What’s in your diaper bag?
Monday morning: I make school lunch, I check e-mail, and I re-stock our diaper bag. The contents of a diaper bag are personal yet practical. This is the post where I share all that…and I ask…What’s in your diaper bag? Black Skip Hop diaper bag (mine is a 2nd-hand-older-version – and I envy the drink…
DIY Homemade Halloween Costume – iPod
This next D.I.Y. is terror-ific! Creating a homemade Halloween costume is simple by following this DIY Homemade Halloween Costume – iPod tutorial. Using stuff you already have around the house – you can easily (and cheaply!) make a homemade ipod costume. My daughter had a blast making this… DIY Homemade Halloween Costume – iPod: Large cardboard…