Parenting
In and Around Ottawa – Dates to Remember in December
Wow. I’m writing about December!! Even though the first of the month is packed for me – blog stuff, events, holiday fun – I’ll start to wind down the week before Christmas. The…
25 Days of Christmas – Advent Calendar Activities 2011
Once again I’m putting together our 25 Days of Christmas activity advent calendar. We’ve done this for a few years now, thanks to the creative blogger Andrea of A Peak inside the Fishbowl.…
Preschool Activity: Holiday Felt Magnets
This is a really simple activity to do with the kids and the magnets are great for the fridge, office white board or gifts! What you will need: glue felt scissors glitter glue…
Christmas Tree Decorations with Meaning
We put up one of our two trees yesterday! Yes, two trees. Our main large tree will go up later this week and yesterday we decorated our mini three-foot tree that sits…
In Sickness and in Health – moving forward in health
When I wrote this post last September, I couldn’t believe the words were being written by me. My husband, diagnosed with testicular cancer, having gone through surgery and eventually chemo, was supposed to…
Holiday Gift Guide 2011
Below are some of my recommended gifts for 2011. Some of them I am getting my children this year, some are just very cool that others may enjoy. I’ve listed where I’ve found…
Cooking with Kids: Holiday Baking and Decorating Cookies
Thanks for checking out my segments on CTV Ottawa Morning Live this morning! I really appreciated the words of encouragement. As promised, I’ll be posting the cookie recipe and the craft we did.…
How to make a Paper mâché Yoshi Egg
I’ll write up the other decorations we did for my son’s Super Mario themed birthday party, but here’s an easy craft that you can do for your Mario loving gang, or simply paint…
5 Years Old
Every year, on my children’s birthdays, I reflect how time is passing quickly. I look at them growing out of baby stages, then toddler stages, and into wonderful little people and feel my…
Around Ottawa: A Drive to Merrickville
After school pick up (which is in the morning), we made a quick stop at Starbucks and drove to Merrickville (located on the Rideau Canal) with the kiddos. We’ve been there before (and…