'Tis the season! When one's mailbox is not filled only with bills, but peppered with happy Christmas cards from friends and family. I love it! I don't send them out every year because sometimes it just feels like an overwhelming/expensive endeavor, or we don't have a good photo to use on the … [Read more...]
Hard Kids
If you think you are a good parent, chances are you have an easy kid. I liken parenting to one's metabolism. There are some people out there who hit the metabolism jackpot and can eat their weight in poutine, never exercise and still manage to easily slip into their size two jeans. There are … [Read more...]
Two At the Top
I had her all to myself for her first two years. The thing is, she was pretty grumpy most of that time. Then her sister was born and the chaos doubled, and finally tripled when her youngest sister made an entrance. She has grown up so fast and can often slip under my radar as she requires less of … [Read more...]
Rice Krispies Treats for Toys!
If you could take some time out of the hustle and bustle of the holiday season to create fun and tasty memories with your kids and, at the same time, help those in need, would you do it? The holidays can easily become a greedy blur of excess but Rice Krispies is doing their part to give back … [Read more...]
She’s Got the Beet
Borscht. It's kind of an intimidating food. I picture a thick, Russian grandmother hunched over a kettle in the fireplace, ladling up steamy bowls of purple soup to a houseful of hungry souls, her recipe perfected after years of cooking it. I dug up a few old beets from our garden, looked online … [Read more...]
A Five-Year Blink
When I was home with three little babies, it felt like it would always be that way: an endless hamster wheel of diaper changes, tantrums, cracker crumbs and exhaustion. Everyone told me "the days are long but the years are short" but I didn't really believe them. Turns out they weren't … [Read more...]
In Case You Didn’t Know, It’s Halloween.
My feed is drenched with Halloween photos today, of course. It's a good day. My girls went to school dressed as a medieval princess, Merida, and an Orca whale. Tonight we'll go trick-or-treating and they'll get all hopped up on high-fructose corn syrup and go to bed with rotting teeth. Whether … [Read more...]
Reclaim the Night! Halloween Is For Grown-Ups, Too!
Many moons ago, before we had kids, we used to host an annual Halloween party at our home and I loved it! The costumes, the pumpkin carving, the candy. Good times. Then we (and all our friends) went and had a trillion babies and the focus shifted to taking toddlers trick-or-treating, so the … [Read more...]
InTVention
The kids have all taken turns getting sick this week. Barfing, coughing, fevers, you name it. And when a child gets sick in this house, it means one thing: unlimited TV. Maybe you do it differently in your home, but I love to get the wee sickie propped up on the couch, barf bucket nearby, and let … [Read more...]
Naughty Nurse
Before we had kids, I used to be a really nice nurse when my husband got sick. I'd dote on him, refresh his ginger ale and bring him a cool cloth to calm his fevered brow. Now, it looks a little more like this: Husband: (in pathetic whisper) "I feel sick. Think I'll take a day to rest in bed. … [Read more...]
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