Christmas Dreams

December 27, 2011 Crunchy Life

The other day, my mom showed me a lovely cocktail dress that she really coveted from Laura.  She sighed and said ‘if only I had a place to wear such a nice dress.’ I felt her pain.  She is retired and so there are no more office Christmas events to get all gussied up for.  [...]

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My Friendship Bracelet and Barrette Maker

December 20, 2011 Reviews

We are getting to the fingernail biting time of trying to finish your shopping – BUT!  But if you have a few tween and preteen girls on your list and are near a Michael’s, who carry this line, these are good products to grab. We received the Ribbon Barrette Maker and the Friendship Bracelet Maker from [...]

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Talking in Circles With Girls

December 15, 2011 Crunchy Parenting

I honestly can’t think of anything more frustrating. I attended the kids Christmas concert this morning.  Yes, with Tara.  ANYWAY, it was a full program with junior and senior bands, the choir and a few classes all performing some sort of Christmas homage.  Adam was up three times for his choir, class and music group [...]

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What Do You Say?

December 11, 2011 Crunchy Life

The other day a man who had been watching all the shenanigans with Tara, asked me why I decided to have a third.  This inocuous but vaguely insulting question caused my mom and I to look at each other and I just laughed and said something like ‘I must have been drunk.’ If only he knew.  But [...]

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Let Hexbugs Overrun Your Home

December 8, 2011 Reviews

Adam received a Nano Spiral Starter kit for his birthday in the spring.  It was a HUGE hit. You cannot NOT smile at these busy robo bugs buzzing around jostling each other. Hexbug Nano’s are tiny robotic bugs that ‘vibrate’ and with their little rubbery legs act like real bugs. Innovation First Trading kindly sent us [...]

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Very Vancouver Christmas

December 2, 2011 Crunchy Life

Every year I have big ideas and long lists about all the Christmas themed events going on around town. Empty pockets, low energy and no time seem to eat away at these lists and we feel lucky if we get the kids to see Santa at the mall. We have done the Christmas Train in [...]

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More Christmas Ideas from Nintendo and Activision

December 2, 2011 Reviews

As they kids get older, their interests change and I figure to keep my blog as personal as possible, the reviews and so forth that I cover will reflect that. I really truly try to stick with products that we would use or buy for ourselves. This is a site about myself and my family [...]

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A Hallmark Christmas

December 1, 2011 Reviews

The kids go mental when a box arrives from Hallmark.  They cannot wait to see what sort of fun things are there to make the season or celebration more fun.  I think they outdid themselves with the sampling from their Holiday Collection for 2011.  Hallmark certainly put us all in the Christmas spirit. There are [...]

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Tag Junior Reader Giveaway!!!

December 1, 2011 giveaway

Phew! Just in time for Christmas!!! Leapfrog have given me a Tag Junior to giveaway to my vast army of readers! The Tag Junior is for ages 2 to 4 years and retails for $39.99. LeapFrog revolutionized how kids learn to read with its LeapPad® Learning System, then did it again in 2008 with the [...]

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BioHazard of Parental Shame

November 27, 2011 Crunchy Children

It has happened.  That shame that every single parent of school age kids dread more than anything else.  Oh the shame. Oh the embarrassment.   Paint a red plague sign on our door….yes, our kids got LICE! EWWWWWWWW So pissed about it.  I KNOW that it is more common than ever these days.    But I [...]

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Elephoto Review & Giveaway

November 25, 2011 Crunchy Life

Every year I make a photo calendar to send out to the overseas relatives and Grandparents, etc.   Not a cheap gift, but a nice tradition that I have kept up for about 8 years now.  I usually use Kodak Gallery and have been happy with the quality and choice of calendar layout. However, when [...]

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Tetley Can Perk You Up

November 24, 2011 Reviews

As a product of generations of working class Scots, I have always been happy with regular tea.  None oh that fancy stuff lassie! My mom drinks Tetley and so do I.  Orange Pekoe.  I will get fancy with the odd cup of Earl Grey but that it about it.  We won’t mention the packets of [...]

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Missed Bliss

November 15, 2011 Crunchy Life

During her panel at Blissdom Canada, the amazing Jennifer Reynolds, Editor-in-Chief of Canadian Family magazine put out the challenge to those in attendance to submit a pitch for a 700 word article that she would pay a dollar a word. Everyone was very excited. I immediately started mulling and note taking. However, life jumped up [...]

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Zoobles for Nintendo DS

November 10, 2011 Reviews

When we first spotted the ads for Zoobles on TV, we all said ‘aaah Bakugan for girls!’   This made my daughter happy. She was even happier when she received her first Zooble as a McDonalds toy (ah marketing!).   When I told her there was a Zoobles game available to check out for Nintendo [...]

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Kicks in Teeth

November 7, 2011 Crunchy Life

So our family is really getting a bit paranoid and jumpy.  It really does feel like every time we have some good or peaceful moments, moments when we laugh and shine, along comes something new to totally kick us in the teeth. Patrick apparently hasn’t been feeling that great since I returned from Blissdom.   [...]

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Lincoln MKX: Luxury Family Style

November 4, 2011 Crunchy Life

I will first admit that for me, words luxury when tied to a car usually means ‘clean’ or ‘cup holders for all.’   Our Pacifica is getting on in years, but with it’s lovely leather seats and auto rear hatchback, we thought we were doing pretty good in the luxury department. However, as a person who [...]

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Happy Halloween

October 29, 2011 Crunchy Life

Halloween is a big deal at our house.  Mostly for the decorating and MOSTLY when we have the energy.   I am not one for baking and cute Halloween crafts.   That said, we have TOTES filled with Halloween decor that we have collected over the years. The people over at Kodak have some fun [...]

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Disney on Ice: Toy Story 3

October 25, 2011 Crunchy Life

When we were on the Disney Wonder Alaskan Cruise, one of the shows was their musical version of Toy Story.  It was amazing.  Great songs, great costumes, great effects. They managed to make the story feel special all over again for us.   So I was happy to see that this years Disney on Ice [...]

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More Tribe Finds – Brownies

October 23, 2011 Crunchy Parenting

This was quite a nice and domestic little weekend.  Us ‘rents really just wanted to take a moment to breathe and count our blessings. Patrick had been feeling quite scarily unwell at the beginning of the week and apparently while I was away at Blissdom.  The week then was filled with him trying to figure [...]

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