Kids
4 Free Gifts to Give This Mother’s Day
Even though I like to think mom’s should be doted on year-round, Sunday is Mother’s Day which hopefully means a little extra something special for moms. I have to admit, I’m spoiled…
Activity: Cardboard Post Office
It’s funny how no matter what fancy toys we buy the kids, the old joke about the cardboard box being what they play with remains true. I love it when we get boxes…
Playing Outdoors with Tag Along Toys
For the Easter weekend, we went to my mother-in-law’s place in Windsor. She lives on a very very large property. Bit of Momsense advertiser and friend Tag Along Toys offered a couple of…
Activity: Teaching Kids about Food and the Food Groups
This was a guest post I had done on one of my favourite activity/craft/book blogs No Time For Flashcards, in 2009. It was an activity I did with my son and I think…
A Child’s Imagination (subtitled: What is happening in my living room?!)
I love love when my kids use their imagination and make up random games or set up pretend scenes. There are plays, and characters, and situations invented out of thin air. Their creativity…
Activity: Have your child create their own comic strip
When I set the Ikea paper on the dining table and tape it to cover the entire thing, the kids usually realize something fun is going to happen. Sometimes I just set the…
Around Ottawa: Visiting the Children’s Museum (Museum of Civilization)
With much excitement, I took the kids to the Children’s Museum (part of the Museum of Civilization last week). For years I’ve heard how wonderful it was, yet hadn’t taken them yet. It…
Egg Hunting in Pyjamas, and other weekend musings
We spent the weekend in Windsor with family. The kids were beyond thrilled and my son kept hoping the van wouldn’t work again when we left (at Christmas, we had the van packed…
Activity: Counting Eggs, Matching and Pattern Recognition
This easy and educational Easter activity had my kids asking to do it again and again. On paper laid out on our table (although you could use an easel, bristol board, anything!) I…
Entering The Twilight Zone
I’ve written before about the hilarity that is my children. They have the greatest sense of humours (to which I credit their father) and are very imaginative. Take for instance the Dance Party…