Kids
#25daysofchristmas Advent 2012
It’s become an annual tradition that the kids love doing (and so do I!) but the 25 Days of Christmas activity advent is one of my favourites. An original idea I totally stole…
My Toy Shopping Message as a Fisher Price Mom
I am almost done my Christmas shopping for the kids. I usually start early, look for the key ‘Santa’ items to go on sale, and purchase when they do. For some things I…
Speech Therapy x 2
My son has been in speech therapy for a number of years now. He’s done private and now is seeing someone through the school. It’s been a highly positive experience. I credit having…
Frost Bite Equals Love
We ventured out last night to the Orleans Parade of Lights with the kids. I love a good Santa parade. There’s the music, and the lights, and Santa himself and it just makes…
On Birthdays and our Babies Growing up
This past week my son turned 6. The thought of having a 6 year old has filled me with more emotion than I anticipated. It not only brought to light the fact that…
Preschool Activity: Counting and Letter Matching
This was a super easy activity I set up with my daughter. We did it with letters of the alphabet and with numbers. By using numbers, it could easily be set up to…
Fisher Price Celebrate & Save! Coupons and gift ideas!
We are about to enter (if you haven’t already started) a major gift buying season. This means that there will be more people than just Santa checking their list twice. Fisher Price toys…
Writing over on the new CHEO Moms and Dads Blog
Other than this blog, you can catch me writing a few other places from time to time. One of them is the new CHEO Moms and Dads blog. This is a community space…
The 4 year old Fashionista (or: how she torments me with clothes)
What does it look like when your almost 4 year old has very strong ideas about what they want to wear and it happens to be preschool picture day? This is a girl…
Halloween activities: What’s around Ottawa
There is no shortage of Halloween activities and events happening across Ottawa this upcoming weekend (and on Halloween itself). On October 27 from 10 am until 1 pm, our advertiser, The Museum of…