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Happy Delayed Thanksgiving!!!

October 23, 2013 by Sara Leave a Comment

How was your Thanksgiving on the weekend? What? It was the previous weekend? Really? Okay. Ssshhhh. Yeah, I know we were a week late. But we had it! We had Thanksgiving a week late for my boy. I cooked my first turkey dinner to make my kid happy. Anything for you Will. Back story. My family … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Life Tagged With: thanksgiving; family; rutabaga; yellow turnip;

Inspiring Moms and Their Role Model Daughters

October 22, 2013 by Jen 7 Comments

Last week I had the honour of meeting the Canadian Women's Hockey Team in person. I was invited by P&G's Bounty to be a part of a sponsored dinner for these talented athletes where their mothers had flown in to surprise their daughters the night before the big game against the U.S. Celebrating … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Health & Fitness, Life, Motherhood Tagged With: bounty, haley irwin, hockey, marie-philip poulin, meghan agosta, moms, P&G, shannon szabados, team canada

APP OF THE WEEK: Card2Contact

October 21, 2013 by Sonya 2 Comments

I've got this massive glass bowl sitting in my office overflowing with business cards. OVERFLOWING. The contacts are really good and I can generally remember who most of them are BUT not always. Sometimes Jen (boss lady) asks if I have a business contact of someone that I've mentioned meeting a few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life, Technology, Work & Career Tagged With: Android, app, App of the Week, Blackberry, Card2Contact, networking, social network, Way2Smile

The Right Age to Start a Family

October 21, 2013 by Alanna 7 Comments

How old were you when you had your first baby? I was 30. Back in the day that would have been considered old, but in todays standards it's really young. When I was off on mat leave with L'il E I met a great group of women who became my mummy friends. We talked about our first-time babies and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Infants & Toddlers, Life Events, Motherhood Tagged With: age, having kids, having kids young, pregnancy, waiting to have kids

On Divorce-1/11 Ain’t Bad

October 21, 2013 by Nancy 1 Comment

I have just returned from 6 days in Cayman with 10 fabulous people. I have known all of them for 30 years. I feel really lucky to be in this group. On our last night, we were on a pier at a wonderful restaurant with exquisite food, under a truly magical full moon, laughing, toasting and crying and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Adulthood, Friendship, Life Tagged With: away with friends, holiday, mom blog, parenting, separation and divorce, single mom blog, taking time away, vacation

The Ghost Train at Stanley Park

October 20, 2013 by Emily 1 Comment

[youtube id="y__wCfVcobc"] All right. First things first. You can't park for free ANYWHERE in this city, and definitely not at Stanley Park, so this is a big damn deal. This is the Ghost Train, kiddos. This is special. Apparently parking is free anytime the Halloween or Christmas train is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Holidays, Seasons Tagged With: Halloween, halloween train, stanley park ghost train, stanley park halloween train, stanley park train, things to do in vancouver, things to do with kids in vancouver, toddlers, Vancouver

Being Girl…and Having “The Talk”

October 18, 2013 by Jennifer 3 Comments

Recently Sonya wrote about a great app that helps you track your own period. This app is being well used by teen girls to help them monitor and track their periods in the early days, but wouldn't it be great if there was an app that could sit your daughter down and teach her everything she needs to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Fitness, Parenting, Parenting Issues Tagged With: BeingGirl, health, menstruation, puberty, sexuality, Teens, tweens

Home Renovation: The Last 10%

October 18, 2013 by Jen 4 Comments

We are at the point in our renovation where things seem to be moving really slowly. We are all tired of the whole thing and we just want it done. The last 10% of any renovation is the toughest. With all the little details left to be done, with people in your space for the last 6 months and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design/Decor, Home Tagged With: decor, design, home renovation, IKEA, kitchen renovation

Jessica Alba & The Honest Company

October 18, 2013 by Katya Leave a Comment

Jessica Alba and Christopher Gavigan

On the hunt for non-toxic, BPA-free family products that are also stylish and cool? Jessica Alba may just have what you're looking for. The star of Little Fockers, Fantastic Four and the upcoming Machete Kills was in Toronto recently to promote the launch of The Honest Company in Canada. Alba is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Celebrity, Life Tagged With: baby products, baby wipes, celebrity moms, eco-friendly products, Jessica Alba, non-toxic, The Honest Company

The STATUS of Our Digital Society and Kids

October 18, 2013 by Sonya Leave a Comment

The internet has it's pros and cons. We love it most of the time but there are times we hate it. Especially as parents. It's not like when we were young, right? The technology is moving faster and faster each day and if you ask any mom or dad, they often toot how their kids are so tech savvy. But … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kids, Life, Parenting Issues Tagged With: cyberbulling, Facebook, Instagram, internet, kids, online, safety, snapchat, Teens, Telus, teluswise

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