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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,...

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Happy New Year! A Video Vlog

Just a quick video wishing you a happy new year! Thanks for reading  A Little Bit of Momsense and I look forward to even more blog fun in 2012. How did you ring in the new year?

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New Year’s Eve with young children

If you are checking out this blog after my appearance on CTV Ottawa Morning, welcome! Please take a peek around and I hope you enjoy. For New Year’s Eve, consider a small ‘kid-friendly’ party with just your own children, or others as well. Have the craft...

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7 Ways It’s Clear That You Are the Parent of Small Children

Here’s my list of ways that I know it’s impossible to hide my motherhood, especially that the kids are still small. Can you relate to any of them? 1)      The ideal supper time is 4 pm.  In fact, you will count 3 pm as supper if it’s the best time to go...

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Guest Post: Organizing After the Holidays

Today is a timely guest post from one of the Bit of Momsense advertisers Smart Space Organizing.  Heather Burke has some great and simple tips to get us organized after the holidays and as we enter 2012.   ________________________ As we move from winter solstice into...

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Finding routine again, but still in holiday mode

This week we are organizing and cleaning and playing and resting.  It’s been a really great couple of days and even though Andy goes back to work tomorrow I’m looking forward to some more time with the kiddos.  Christmas was exactly what I wanted it to be...

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Holidays and Happiness

It’s almost here.  Christmas Eve. We’ve already hosted one get together with family last night and it was a blast.  We are fully in the swing of everything holiday related.  Andy is off work, my son is done school, gifts wrapped, groceries bought and everyone...

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Activity: Easy Science – Making Colours

My son is really into science lately – at age 5 he’s not trying to take apart DNA samples, but he’s really interested in doing easy and fun hands-on experiments and anything that requires eye droppers etc. is a plus. One day I set up different bowls with...

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Preschool Activity: Make Reindeer Food

This is an easy classic that gets the kids pretty excited. For those of you at Shopping and Sweets, you may have picked up a bag of Reindeer food that I made. You can make it ahead and tell the kids it came in the mail, direct from the North Pole, or make it together and...

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Preschool Activity: Make your own playdough

With the holidays (and school break) just around the corner, be prepared for extra fun when the kids are home all day. Here’s an easy to make playdough recipe.  Imagination will do the rest! Playdough: Mix together (I used my Kitchenaid Mixer which made this super...

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#25daysofChristmas Update and holidays are almost here!

So. December 18th.  Really? That’s what the calendar says? Because in my mind it’s what? December 6? I’m prepared for Christmas, I really am.  Short of wrapping, I’m up to date on most things and we have already started to entertain this weekend....