Our house has become a serious Lego centre. Having 4 boys who love to build things, it’s a perfect activity for them. Keeps them busy, and is great for fine-motor skills and hand/eye coordination, not to mention creativity, spatial awareness and imaginative play. I’ve been pinning Lego party ideas for a number of years, and our newest 7-year old said ... Read More »
Just a quick tip this morning. We got a water softener a year ago or so, and they said that we should be able to cut back on the amount of dish detergent we use. But we use the Finish Tabs, so we can’t really regulate the amount we use, so we’ve been using too much. I realized about 2 months ... Read More »
We have homemade pizza every single weekend that we are home. It’s a fun meal to make, and everyone enjoys it – like a special treat. And because it is homemade, I make sure that the crust is whole wheat, and it’s loaded with veggies, so it’s not even unhealthy. Today was going to be pizza, but I thought I’d ... Read More »
Just thought I’d share another one of my favourite things with you. My sister/co-author of the blog got her KitchenAid about a year before me, and was very excited about it. I thought it was a really nice-looking appliance, but wasn’t sure if I needed one. My mom came across a second-hand one for me later on, so I ... Read More »
We don’t have cable. Or satellite. Crazy, right?! But I’ve never seen the benefit in paying $50+ dollars a month for something that we shouldn’t be watching so much anyways (and even with those hundreds of channels, there’s usually nothing good on!). So when Netflix started in Canada, we were so thrilled to be a part of it. $8 a ... Read More »
I used to be a scrapbooker. Not a hardcore one. I’d buy dollar store items and cut & glue my stuff. It looked kind of nice, but would often fall apart. And it would take so long to get out all the supplies, not to mention getting the pictures printed and picked up. Eventually I fell behind, and once ... Read More »
Our kids have really been into Perplexus these days. It’s a big 3-D marble maze in a ball, which is really clever and challenging. So we thought about making our own marble maze. My 5-year old took to it right away. He worked for about a half an hour, perfecting his maze, trying different paths and combinations. He tried with ... Read More »
(MR) So as you may have noticed, I’ve been out of comission lately, with a badly broken wrist (of course, my right hand!). My broken wrist and my son’s 3 teeth that got knocked out But I figured that I have to do something – I’m getting pretty bored these days. So I thought we’d try some soft pretzels. I ... Read More »
We’ve been using our public library for years, and we love the selection they have, and their printout they provide of all the books we have out. But recently, our older two have also started bringing home 3 books a week from their school library, and they tend to be smaller in size (paperback novels) with no printout. We end ... Read More »
Am I the only one who struggles to deal with the important papers that seem to arrive daily? And now that our boys are at school, there are so many more! I’m always surprised at tax time that I’ve actually found most of our forms, though it takes a lot of searching. A lot of my papers get shoved behind ... Read More »
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