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…
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Moms Vs. Dads
Dad’s see parenting as a map; with a road going from A to B. They, as Dad’s do, look for the shortest route to get to B (as they are thinking about time, fuel consumption and their own “let’s go” mentality). Mom’s see parenting as a GPS navigation system. They are on the same road…going…
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…
My smile of the day
Question – Me: What is your favourite colour? [eyes look up, eyebrows scrunch – obvious decision making happening here…] Response – Thing 2: Sparkles! www.parentclub.ca
Parent Club Poll
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Flu Season – Ontario Health Choices
Our house has been hit by a mighty bug (and not the creepy crawly kind). Thing 2 has – what we like to call – the 100 day cough (it lasts about 100 days). A croupy cough which causes THIS from time to time. Others in the house, have gone to bed with the flu…
Barbie Turns 50
Barbie is turning 50. Not bad ol’ girl. I, for one, still have my childhood Barbie…I also have a Donny Osmond doll (sorry Ken). (Fact: Barbie was designed by Ruth Handler in 1959 to be a doll through which girls could live out their dreams). A survey by Harris/Decima discovered seven-in-10 (69%) Canadian women played…
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…
BlogHers ACT Canada – Green Valentine
Check out my new article at BlogHers ACT Canada; Green Valentine I am, admittedly, a curmudgeon when it comes to Valentine’s Day. My thinking is that it is a holiday created by card companies and marketing firms to take advantage of February blahs and boost sales. Valentine’s Day – Bah Humbug! That confessed; I am…
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 –…
Sleepovers and Vomit
Projectile Vomit: vomiting at the peak of maximum inspiration (Source: Medical Dictionary) Did I ever share that Thing 2 projectile vomits? Beautiful huh?! In infancy, our house was very white-trash with sheets covering couches and chairs. All because Thing 2 would throw up litres of breastmilk and spew at a great distance. When we had…
Remembrance Day
I had a few conversations, over the weekend, about the death of 14 year old Brandon Crisp. Tragic. Accident. How does a parent recover from loosing a child over a video game? We talked about Leslie Mahaffy. The anger, resentment and guilt of having a child snatched from your life. The outrage and inhumanity of…