I fell in love with Clodhoppers several years ago after I saw a documentary on TV about the family who made them. I hadn’t heard of them before, so before my next shift at Ira Lee’s, the sandwich & salad fast food joint in the mall that was my job for all four years through highschool, I picked up a ... Read More »
I’m 1st generation Canadian. My parents were both born in the Netherlands, and while Dutch was never a language spoken in our home (both my set so of grandparents wanted to learn English, so they only spoke English at home – meaning that my parents didn’t learn a lot of Dutch), we were no strangers to Dutch Traditions. Every year in ... Read More »
There’s something that I haven’t been able to figure out yet, perhaps you can help me with this: Why are almost all of the Christmas / Holiday / Winter dresses for Toddlers sleeveless? I understand why Christmas dresses for women are sleeveless: it looks far more elegant and quite a bit more sexy than their long-sleeved counter-parts. For the life ... Read More »
With a 2 year old and a 3.5 year old at home, I knew that carving pumpkins would be more work for me this year than anything, but I couldn’t deny my son the excitement of this ritual that he’s heard so much about in books and seen on Halloween tv specials. He’s not very good at drawing yet, either, ... Read More »
Confession time: I visited Target EVERY SINGLE DAY last week. And not just one Target – there were several days when I hit at least two different locations. What’s a girl to do when ALL of the Halloween stuff is on sale for 70%-90% off, I ask you?! At the beginning of the week, I had precisely 1 costume in ... Read More »
Full disclosure: I was compensated for this post, but all words, thoughts & ideas here are mine alone, and, for the record, I really, REALLY love the OneDay App. Go download it. Now. It’s FREE! Plus, you could win a $150 gift card to Amazon by downloading it. Keep reading for deets! When I was still at my last place ... Read More »
Alright, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that not all bloggers are like this – but the more time I spend on crafts & snacks with the kids, taking pictures for the blog posts, and then actually writing up the blog posts, the less time I spend organizing my house. That means that occasionally when I take ... Read More »
I try to observe Remembrance Day at home with the kids as much as I can. We make our own poppy of some sort or another (check out the ones we made last year!), and we sing the song that I learned in Elementary School – Soldiers, & Sailors, & Airmen, Too; we turn on the TV and watch some ... Read More »
I love my son son much that it makes my heart ache sometimes, which is why it was so tough to deal with him in July and August. He had just turned 3.5, and every minute of every day was a battle. I’d ask him to put on his shoes, a task that he had done perfectly well the day before, ... Read More »
I’m just returning home from a road trip to Ithaca in the Finger Lakes region with the girls from my Wine & Cheesy Book Club – as in, I’m writing this while sitting in line at the Niagara Falls border. Wanna see what we were up to? Search #wcbcroadtrip on Instagram & Twitter. I’m sure you’ll see a blog post ... Read More »
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