You can’t forecast how a toddler will behave in a car ride…but you can forecast how much fun they’ll have in a toy car! The Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Crawl Around Car is a non-moving car which offers tons of play time fun. I’m going to go out on a limb and forecast the Fisher-Price Laugh…
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Non-Food Halloween Treats
Trick or Treat! 10 Halloween Treats specifically. These non-food Halloween treats are sure to scare up some fun for little monsters with braces, gluten sensitivity and/or food allergies. From Halloween rings to ghostly pencils…these treats are spooktacular. Easy to find and actually very low cost…these 10 Halloween Treats will make for a real ghoul time! …
How To: Girls Emergency Locker Kit
In concluding the September theme of Back-To-School, I had to share this How To Make Girl Emergency Locker Kit. It is like a survival kit for tween and teen girls through middle school and high school. You know…just in case. Bath and Body Works hand sanitizer Always teen sanitary pad Always panty liner Hair elastics…
Parent Club Profiles: Kathy Buckworth
This week I’m featuring past Parent Club Profiles…they are just too good to keep in the archives (some comments are from original post) We’ve read her books (my daughter was shocked at the title: “Shut Up and Eat: Tales of Chicken, Children & Chardonnay” – thank you for that Kathy) . We’ve read her articles (check…
Royally Overjoyed Baby Shower
I admit it: I love the British royal family (truly, I have a ton of royal bio books from Henry the 8th to Prince William). Why? Because its history. And they are a family. I history and families are two of my favourite things. So as I, and the world, wait for the Duke and…
Tween Girl Birthday Party Ideas
Tween birthday party ideas can be challenging…tween girls are usually past the “princess birthday party” phase, the “art birthday party” phase and the “sport birthday party phase”. So being the activity Mom that I am…I suggested my daughter do the activity of creating her own birthday party idea. Her idea?…“just hang out and eat with…
Clean Baby, Happy Baby
My motherhood days (and evenings) are a cycle of messes/clean up (his messes/my cleaning up). Clean baby, happy baby – happy baby, content Mom (circle of life n’est ce pas?!). Of my three kids, this little boy is the busiest and most messy. I can pretty much claim “expert” title status for keeping a kid…
Top Movies For Mom
I saw The Notebook on T.V. the other day and I must say…I laughed, I cried, I connected with the Moms in that movie. It made me think of some of my favourite Mom movies…not so much about movies that have Moms in them…but about the Mother/Child relationships within the films. Here my fav Top Movies For Mom… The Notebook (oh how I love…
Tweens and Teeth
You thought getting a toddler to brush their teeth was hard. Try inspiring a tween with an expander cemented into her mouth (I cringed every night I had to insert the key and turn the expander – poor girl is working hard for a good smile!). I thought it timely to share some tips about…
OVERjoyed: Million Moments of Joy
When I tell people my kids are ten years apart, I often get the question “Was that an accident?”. Not at all. We ignored the sibling age gap and decided there was room for one more child in the family. And it turned out to be him… (he and me together) Yes, I had to…
Need Spring? Look in Children’s Wear
I know. I know. Snow, slush and chill still looming everywhere right?! Need Spring? Look no further than the children’s wear department at your local store for peaceful pink, organic green and beautiful blues. Let’s call it “Fashion Therapy” to get rid of those winter blahs… Tell me those colours don’t make you happier! The opportunity to mix n’…
Quick Alternatives to Fast Food
Facing the weekday frenzy and looking ahead to another week filled with dance, gymnastics, hockey, swimming lessons, music, skating and no time for healthy meals? Tempted to hit the drive thru and tell yourself next week you will be on top of dinner or this weekend you’ll fill every meal with vegetables to balance it…