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Friday Favourites: Pinterest Round up

Here’s a round up of some of my favourite pins from Pinterest this week.  Enjoy!   Source: amy-newnostalgia.blogspot.com via Rebecca on Pinterest Source: tumblr.com via Rebecca on...

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In and Around Ottawa – February Dates to Remember

Wow, it’s hard to believe we are staring at the end of January.  But, here we go again – onto another month of great stuff happening in Ottawa! Have an event you want people to know about? Feel free to add it in the comments!   **ETA: Thanks to a reader...

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A Day in My Life – In Pictures

So here’s a little look into what my day looks like as Stay at home mom, as blogger etc.  I’ve arranged some pictures to give you an idea (ok, this isn’t every day, but I happened to take a lot of pictures today so here you go ——– The...

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Kindness Week in Ottawa

I am really excited to have been asked back as the United Way’s Kindness Week blogger again this year.  This will be my third year writing about kind acts during Kindness Week.  This year, Kindness Week is between February 17 and 24 focusing on themes like...

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Cleaning out the Closets

Purging! January has been about clearing out our space since we have pretty well decided to renovate rather than look for a new home.  So in our small space everything becomes about efficiency – and letting go. This is a hard thing for me to do.  Because that gift...

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Toddlers and Emotions

I’ve been really lucky to write about my toddler lately in some guest posts.  First, about how they can teach us over at Phd in Parenting, and now I have written about toddlers and emotions (and how I get confused by them!) as part of the Mom Central Barbie I can Be...

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Snow Day

Another snow day in Ottawa, and despite the fact that I drive the kids, I decide to follow the buses on snow days.  If they are cancelled, my van transportation is too. It means pjs and extra play time and I’m ok with that. I think snow days are a Canadian...

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Toddlers are more than Tantrums

Over the past few weeks, Annie of PHD in Parenting has been hosting a Carnival of Toddlers with posts about sleep, food and everything in between for our little ones. The toddler age is an interesting one, no longer a baby, but still so little and young.  They try to...

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Smiles

I find it striking how my children can drive me absolutely around the bend, and yet they have the ability to turn me into absolute mush in a second with their smile. There is something sweet and innocent about their faces when they smile.  A glitter is in their eyes that...

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Welcoming New Advertiser: Kindermusik Capital!

Music is a huge part of our lives. My husband plays instruments and writes music and my kids have clearly picked up his skill for it.  It’s a wonderful sound to have in the house. Our love of music is one of the reasons that welcoming another music based advertiser...

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Welcoming New Advertiser: Steel Moon! Take a listen to their sound

I’m really excited about a new Bit of Momsense advertiser.  Lise Larocque and David Milliken make up Steel Moon: a local folk/rock duo who are just about to launch their debut (self titled) album. Take a listen at Steel Moon’s sound.  It sounds really...

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Around Ottawa: Canada Aviation and Space Museum

In the cold of winter Ottawa still has a lot of places to take the kids.  We are big fans of the museums (including the Agriculture Museum – the barns are still open!).  But one of our go-to places is the Aviation Museum. It’s big and open with giant,...

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When Pinterest is an inspiration…but execution is user error

So I was hesitant to sign up for Pinterest (I mean, let’s be honest, I spend enough time on other sites) but I finally jumped in and now, after drinking the Pinterest water, I’m hooked. It’s partially because of all of the house renovation talk that it has...

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My House Layout

For those of you interested in this sort of thing, here’s the floor plan of my current home. The wish list if we renovate (which is what we are thinking) would include a new kitchen, better storage, new carpet (the only carpeted areas are stairs, kids’ bedrooms,...

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Does Size Matter? Making decisions about our home

Oddly enough it was January of last year when I wrote this post about not renovating our kitchen and the reality that we may eventually look to sell and move. It’s interesting to me that nearly a year later, here I am again writing about this subject, only this time,...