Clean socks are a privilege, not a right
Just because we are an ‘official’ Crayola family does not make me bias. We do like Crayola products here. Their huge variety of activity sets are at a great price point for ‘treats’ and ‘extras’ at Christmas. The sample stuff that has been sent for our families ‘reviews’ have been great for the rainy […]
I have a friend. It is her birthday today. We have known each other for a very very long time. Our Grandparents were friends and so were our moms…still are! We really consider our families more to be a ‘family’ than just friends. Over the years they have included us in many special events including […]
My daughter was HUGELY thrilled when I told her we had been given tickets to see Disney on Ice: Let’s Celebrate on the opening night of their Vancouver run. The show runs to November 28th at the Pacific Coliseum and then out at Abbotsford from December 3 to the 5th. My son (8) was not […]
The people of Simon and Schuster sent me a ‘young readers’ book called The Search for Wondla to review. This is a book by Tony DiTerlizzi, the illustrator behind the popular Spiderwick series, which my son loved and was and is his first foray into chapter books. I LOVE Sci Fi. I have loved Science […]
As Tara and I sat down to watch an episode of Dinosaur Train (her new thing is dinos), I realized that Tara is probably the first kid o’mine that I have spent a lot of time with all alone. Now that the other two are in school all day, Tara and I get to hang […]
Adam is now 8 going on 18. I am finding this age harder and harder to shop for when it comes to toys and entertainment. He is still young but the pull of cool is starting and while the role play and imagination is still there….the lure of things like video games over all […]
Many people think babies are tough….yes you are new to the game and so are they and they don’t sleep and they cry and they poop and you barely have time to shower…..but wait for the school years….as soon as your kids is hitting the preschool things get crazy and you turn into an Event […]
My own mom has contributed to the Purple Crying Awareness Campaign!!! I shared my own experiences in this post and how we were given the dvd about purple crying AND how even “experienced” parents like ourselves were helped to know that the crying was not anything we were doing wrong and WOULD amazingly end and […]
A while back I had posted about a contest that OxiClean was hosting where people could share their laundry stain triumphs for a chance to win a LG washer and dryer. Pretty nice PRIZE! I then laughingly had to admit that I had actually never ever used any OxiClean products. She then promptly sent me […]
