Dino-Hockey was a gift to my son for his 3rd birthday (thanks Christine!!) and we weren’t familiar with it but it combined two awesome things – my sons love for dinosaurs, and hockey.…

This is one of my go-to crockpot recipes when I need something quick and tasty.  Enjoy! Ingredients Chicken thighs Chopped carrots Potatoes, cubed 2 small onions, or 1 large, chopped 1 red pepper…

    This is the last day of the Olympics.  I’m kind of sad, because I’ve really been enjoying them.   Plus, today is a HUGE hockey game between Canada and the US…

Dijon Mustard (my preference is the grainy kind) Garlic (preferably fresh, most often crushed) Olive Oil Balsamic Vinegar Maple syrup Curry paste Ginger Honey Brown sugar Lemon juice Ketchup Soy Sauce The above…

After seeing a tweet (from who I can’t for the life of me remember – a site out of the United States) from @kindergartentip (thank you!!)  about celebrating the Olympics with our kids. …

Have you been watching the Olympics? I sure have been. I love them. They are fun, exciting, interesting.  But a few thoughts: Medals aren’t everything.  I’m proud to see our athletes try so…

We’ve had a few more sessions with the Boy for speech therapy and it’s going quite well.  He is still eager to do the exercises with me during the week, plus, he happily…

Thank you to everyone who blogged about kindness this week: how you’ve been kind or how kindness was shown to you.  If you haven’t already, submit your posts to the Kindottawa.ca website.  You’ll…

As I mentioned before, this is Kindness Week in Ottawa.  When I started talking to the organizers about getting the word out about kindness, the week, how to celebrate etc., I knew I…

1 year ago today our family of three became four. 1 year ago today I went from parenting a son, to parenting a son and daughter. 1 year ago today you stopped kicking…