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I don’t know about you, but when I was a tween (which, by the way, wasn’t a thing when I was growing up!), I had my utopian house blue prints down to a T.  Literally. Inspired by my best friend Donna, I bought a pad of graph paper and started figure out room layout, door & window placement, & contemplated the ... Read More »

As first time home buyers at the age of 25, my husband and I had a pretty specific list of “Must-Haves.” MUST HAVE 2 bathrooms! MUST HAVE great kitchen. MUST HAVE a good porch for having company over, MUST HAVE a beautiful lawn for our future children to learn to walk on. MUST HAVE space for a play room. MUST ... Read More »

Well, I’m finally one of the many making school lunches every morning. My little man is almost 2 weeks into his school career and LOVING it.  Hendrik’s school, like many, has 2 ‘nutrition breaks’ instead of snack time & lunch time. This means that I need to pack him 2 mini-lunches, because if he was left to his own devices ... Read More »

When my husband and I ‘get away from it all,’ we usually turn from the car to the bike for transportation. When we go to Toronto Island, we ferry the bikes along with us. In Montreal, we leave the van in the parking garage and head to the Bixi bike share stations. There’s something freeing about seeing the sights from ... Read More »

Even though summer is almost over, we are heading into another week of hot, sticky weather. We haven’t had too much of it this summer, so I am not complaining (especially since it will be cold enough very soon). But the hot weather is not great for baking. I love finding “no-bake” options for snacks and treats. The recipe for these ... Read More »

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I am getting a little tired of this “Back-to-School” money gouge. I heard today that it costs the average Canadian child over $425 in back to school items!! I know that there are many expenses that are unavoidable, but I’ve been trying to cut corners whenever possible, and have found footwear to ... Read More »

Last week, GLAD sent us a SUPER fun surprise in the mail – Cars and Frozen sandwich bags!   The first thing that four year old Hendrik said was, “Mom, those are so AWESOME! How did they know that I love Lightning McQueen? I have a GREAT idea – maybe you can put a snack in this bag and I ... Read More »

Last week as we sat out on the back patio of our new (rental) home waiting for the temperature to drop just a degree or two, we saw a little family of skunks casually walk out of a pile of brush in the back of our yard and through a small hole in the fence.  I knew exactly what that meant: ... Read More »

1. Squishing 10 Children + Driver into a 5 Passenger Car  Remember back in elementary school when the kid from the country had a birthday party and there wasn’t enough room for all the extra guests on the bus? Mom would pull up to the front of the school in her Toyota Cressida and all ten of you would pile ... Read More »

About halfway through, I stopped seeing the wires.     I and 3 of my kids just got back from seeing the opening performance of Marvel Universe Live in Hamilton, and WOW- what a night!  You’ve got to hand it to Marvel, they know their audience- I’d say that the adults (skewing towards dads, but plenty of moms in there too) ... Read More »