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…
Recipe: Salmon Wellington
This is one of my most favourite ‘looks impressive but is so easy’ recipe. I’ve done variations of it without the asparagus, with green beans instead or just onions and it’s always delicious.…
Blissdom Microsession Notes and Slides: Growing and Organic Engaged Community
Here it is! My presentation from Blissdom Canada 2012 about building an organic and engaged community online. Growing an organic and engaged community from bitofmomsense What’s that? You find it completely confusing?…
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…
Recipe: Baked Wild Rice
This is such an easy recipe, it’s almost silly. I like to use left overs and fry them with egg. Enjoy! Baked Wild Rice: Ingredients 2 cups wild rice (or brown rice) 3…
Welcoming New Advertiser: Concierge Home Services
One of the greatest gifts we were given when Andy was sick was that of someone to come in the house and clean. Not only was it important to keep the house…
Recipe: Slow Cooker Stew
The weather is supposed to be damp, wet and cold this week so there’s no better time than to make a stew! This is almost the exact recipe that my grandmother and mother…
A Visit to Terra20 – the new Eco store in Ottawa
A few weeks ago I was invited to the media sneak peek of terra20, a new eco-living store in Ottawa. My first impression when I walked in was that I loved the feel…
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…