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The Best Apps For Family Fun

April 14, 2017 by Amanda Wood 1 Comment

Without fail, it tends to be the apps of the day that lull-proof family events. Folks of all ages are often quickly brought together by a group-made Snapchat story or introduction to Face Swap, and it's bound to end in laughter and make some memories. Download a couple of these app and have them at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Games Tagged With: apps for the family, crowd pleasers, family apps, family events, family fun, family games, family gatherings, games, holidays

How I Turned My Life Around With A Paintbrush

April 10, 2017 by Amanda Wood Leave a Comment

When you’re young, it’s all about coloring, gluing, splashing paint across the canvas in all directions, learning how to write and read with the help of fantastical bedtime stories and singing with all your heart. But somewhere along the way, we stop being encouraged to create and express ourselves … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Relationships, Self Tagged With: art classes, being creative, creative expression, growing, joining an art class, learning, making art, self-care

5 Reads That Will Get Your Book Club Talking

March 30, 2017 by Amanda Wood 2 Comments

Book club is a great opportunity to read some great titles, catch up with friends and—let's be honest—share a bottle of wine. But it's all too easy to get into a rut once you've been doing it for a while. Did everyone veto your choice because it was 700 pages long? Did someone suggest Eat, Pray, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Club Tagged With: book, book club, chatting, discussion, Homecoming, Milk and Honey, Norse Mythology, read, rut, The Stranger in the Woods, The Woman in Cabin 10

Should I Have More Kids? The Dilemma Of Not Knowing

December 20, 2016 by Amanda Wood 2 Comments

When my husband and I were engaged we took a few premarital classes to get prepared for the years beyond our wedding day. One of the activities that we did during the class was to answer questions about our hopes and dreams for marriage separately, and compare the answers together. One of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Parenting Tagged With: being a mom, children, having more kids, motherhood, parenthood, parenting decisions

Six DIY Halloween Costume Ideas For Kids

October 17, 2016 by Amanda Wood Leave a Comment

With Halloween only a few weeks away, you’ve probably gotten a lot of costume requests from your kids. There’s been a ton of great movies out lately, from Zootopia to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which have probably sparked your kids’ imaginations. Whether your child is looking to dress up as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holidays, Life Tagged With: costumes, DIY, Halloween, kids, star wars, Zootopia

Michele Kambolis: How To Solve Your Nighttime Wetting Blues

October 4, 2016 by Amanda Wood Leave a Comment

Wetting the bed can seem like a nightmare, whether it's the child going through it or the parent dealing with it. It’s an issue largely un-talked about in our society, which can leave family’s feeling alone with their struggles. However, nighttime wetting is much more common than many believe. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Illness, Parenting Tagged With: bedwetting, bladder, emotional, exercises, genetics, kids, michele kambolis, nighttime wetting, solve, Teens, triggers

The Burden Of Being A Teen On A Family Vacation

August 23, 2016 by Amanda Wood Leave a Comment

Remember being a teen, wanting more than anything to spend the summer hanging out with friends? Days spent leisurely soaking up the sun on the beach and cruising around late at night, talking about all the wild adventures you wanted to go on. Inevitably, your parents interfered, dragging you away … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tweens & Teens

Dad Teases Mom With Funny Photoshops Of His First Day Alone With Baby

August 2, 2016 by Amanda Wood Leave a Comment

Heading back to work from maternity leave can be a little stressful. Especially that first day when you have to part with your little one. Matt Coyne, a blogger, and dad, decided to turn the stress into a laugh with some hilarious Photoshop edits he sent to his wife as she texted him from work … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Humour Tagged With: baby, blogger, dad, funny, maternity leave, photoshop

How Babysitting Has Changed Since My Babysitting Days

June 28, 2016 by Amanda Wood 6 Comments

When I was 13, I had a long-term babysitting gig for a single mother in my neighbourhood that took place every Thursday. I would walk over to my not-so-close neighbour’s house for a 5 pm start time, so I could make dinner for the kids and myself—usually pasta and a jar of sauce. I would then serve … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting, Tweens & Teens Tagged With: babysitters, babysitting, being a mom, parenthood, parenting, teenagers

We Are All Swimsuit Ready

June 16, 2016 by Amanda Wood Leave a Comment

Recently making headlines was an article giving tips for how to choose the right bathing suit for your body type and conceal problem areas. While this may sound like every article you see staring at you from in the grocery line, what made this piece newsworthy was that it was in a magazine aimed at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting, Tweens & Teens Tagged With: advice for young girls, being a mom, building confidence in your daughter, parenting, parenting girls, preteens, raising daughters, Teens, tweens

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