Dear Telus, Give Tara a Job

August 31, 2010

because see…..this child, she loves your commercials….from the moment she saw them her eyes lit up and she quivered with excitement.  She now RUNS to the TV as soon as she hears the music. Her favorite one’s are the Hippo one’s. She YELLS when she sees the Hippo…. So we thought we better try to [...]

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Milk That Can Last All Day!

August 31, 2010

When we decided to visit the Greater Vancouver Zoo yesterday, I packed a wack of snacks, including juice boxes and a couple of ‘special’ boxes too… Getting Milk in the mail was cool for the kids.  The children in this family are milk junkies so discovering ‘milk-to-go’ was most awesome for them. Now I grew [...]

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Shorter Days Longer Nights

August 27, 2010

As I sit here …there is a brief moment of silence. Tara is napping and I have about 30 minutes before heading to pick up the kids from their last day of Summer Camp. There they are celebrating with pizza and movies apparently. The kids managed two weeks of the day camp this year. Adam [...]

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LeapFrog in da House…

August 22, 2010

For the kids sake, I was happy to be asked to review some more LeapFrog products..especially their new LeapFrog Explorer. . “Offering far more than a traditional handheld gaming platform, Leapster Explorer is also a portable hub for dozens of downloadable Leaplet™ Learning Apps, including e-Books, videos, game apps, and flash cards. And the Camera accessory [...]

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It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!!

August 18, 2010

If you haven’t noticed…August is winding up.  For the parental types of school age kids this mean the big gear up for back to school. Or depending on where you live….this may have happened already.  Or for people like us…it couldn’t happen soon enough. This is the time when my kids have not only forgotten [...]

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Playdate for Playgrounds Fundraiser

August 17, 2010

For any Champlain Heights parents reading my site…Jump Gym is offering the fundraiser event to be ‘by donation’ for all Champlain Parents….I want to thank them for recognizing that many parents in this area  are on tight budgets when it comes to extracurricular activities …even those for a good cause.

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Sharing the Purple Crying

August 11, 2010

When you think nobody else understands how you feel, the world of the internet and blogger opens your eyes to a myriad of people who have walked in your shoes. Hence why mothers and fathers have loved the community that blogging has built for them.   People on the internet share what they have experienced, [...]

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Baby Bunch Giveaway

August 7, 2010

The fab folks at Baby Bunch have yet ANOTHER giveaway from their cute and fun AND affordable baby gifts. This time it doesn’t matter if it is a girl or a boy…these cute colourful rompers in their fun crayon box are great for boys and girls. If you would like a chance to win a [...]

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Time Enough?

August 7, 2010

When summer vacation was creeping up on us, mom and I chatted about any trips we could or wanted to do with the kids. First on our agenda was to see my Grandfather.  He moved to Sidney on the Island and so I really don’t see him and barely speak to him via phone much [...]

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Booty Camp Fitness Really Works

August 3, 2010

I missed the last class of the first four week stint due to my stupid ankle.    This sucked because this was when Crystal was going to measure us all to compare our measurements from the first class. I actually wasn’t that concerned.  I have already committed to another four weeks as I really like [...]

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Eye Exams for Children at Lenscrafters

August 3, 2010

During Kindergarten Caity was lucky enough to have her eyes checked.  She was sent home with a note that her examination indicated further testing. I had been meaning to get MY eyes rechecked so it seemed to make sense to have both of us looked at. The Optometrist was very thorough and a bit concerned [...]

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Is Karma Real?

August 2, 2010

Do black clouds hang over certain people?  Or is luck and life all a state of mind. I do wonder really just how many kittens Patrick and I must have kicked in an other life. I am not doing a poor me.  There are plenty of people out there with way shittier lives and with [...]

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Fashion by Poppy

July 30, 2010

The lovely Maranda of Poppy’s Boutique sent me a couple of teeny tiny baby hair clips…..between Tara being sick and the great maple syrup incident, getting her purdy enough to model them has been challenging. I found the larger ‘no slip clip’ to work best with Tara’s straight hair….she doesn’t like the little snap clips. [...]

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TUTS Does Joseph Giveaway!!!

July 29, 2010

I seriously love that the crew behind Theatre Under The Stars have been faithfully producing fun family friendly shows down at Stanley Park for like FOREVER. It is a gorgeous location and they always put on great shows filled with enthusiastic casts of all ages…. One of the shows on right now is Andrew Lloyd [...]

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Who Looks After Our Kids?

July 26, 2010

I was thinking about budgets and cost of living after a twitter conversation  with unambig (who rocks by the way) that had stemmed from a snarky convo with angryinYVR who has yet to convince me he is angry about anything except people who don’t agree with him. Anyway…AYVR thinks we should be all thankful for [...]

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New Duds!

July 24, 2010

Well Crunchy Carpets is looking shiny and new thanks to Amanda at Violet Minded Design. I have liked the looks of CC all these years, but I thought it was due an update as it was clunking out on me more often than not. My main goal of the new look is to have a [...]

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Sticking to it…

July 22, 2010

The one thing I am proud of at the moment is that I am actually DOING THE BOOTYCAMP FITNESS!!! I have missed one day….was for a hopeful date night…but have been sticking at it and doing my darndest to work it hard and not pass out in the process. And I am chuffed with myself..I [...]

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Worries for Tara

July 20, 2010

Things have been a tad mental around House Crunch. Tara seems to have come down with something ….we are all not sure what…despite a visit to our doc and a trip to Children’s Hosp ER.  It is either bacterial or viral.  WE thought it was bugs…like bitey ones.  It looked like she was getting chomped [...]

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Baby vs Goat

July 15, 2010

On Wednesday..Tara’s first birthday, mom and myself  packed up the kids and headed to Maplewood Farms over on the North Shore. If you have not been there, I highly recommend it.  It is a lovely place.  It is mellow and quiet and the animals are obviously loved and well cared for. They have a picnic [...]

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Tender Hearts

July 15, 2010

The other day Patrick and I hurt my moms feelings. Not the first time..I will admit AND I will admit that I have probably hurt her feelings AND apologized more this year than past….my foot must live in my mouth or something. It was during the BBQ we were having to celebrate Tara turning one. [...]

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