We've always known how lucky we are, having all four grandparents living no more than a 10 minute drive from us. We've never paid for a babysitter. We get out regular for kid-free nights with friends. We are very fortunate. Last night I blow dried my hair (I never do that), I slapped on some … [Read more...]
First Day of Preschool!
If there's one thing we haven't seen enough of lately, it's kids' First Day of School photos. So, let's fix that problem! Here is Brinley on her first day of preschool. Rocking the whale backpack, of course. The house is oddly quiet. But it's kind of OK. … [Read more...]
Moms in the Social Common
Before kids, I LOVED eating at great restos, hitting the arts & culture scene, and experiencing everything I could that comes with living in the city...OKAY I still do! But the first few years of being a mom has it's limitations on getting out. I wanted my blog here on Urbanmoms.ca to offer … [Read more...]
Come On Feel The Noise!
And with that....our vacation is over. And I think something else is over as well. My history of solo vacations. Yes. I said it. To me, it's like a Dr. Phil moment. I'm waiting for him to come over and start yelling at me, 'But what doooo you mean, Sara.' I am someone that cherishes … [Read more...]
There’s No Place Like Home
On Sunday morning, just as dawn was breaking, I snuck out of my house, dragging a suitcase behind me and blazed a trail to the Kelowna airport where I hopped on a Toronto-bound plane for a retreat at Blue Mountain resort with the lovely UrbanMoms bloggers. It was my first solo vacation (no husband, … [Read more...]
the math behind getting away
I was thinking about the math behind taking the weekend off. The more you 'suffer' before pleasure the sweeter the pleasure also if you suffer you feel you deserve the break more Friday I woke up at 5:30 jumped in the car to drive to pick up my daughter in Kingston -15 and all of her … [Read more...]
We get wild.
My parents are watching the toddler for the night because we're going out for dinner, and they picked him up this afternoon to take him away which gave us a long stretch of freedom before we had to be where we needed to go. My first order of business was a long, solitary shower. The kind where no … [Read more...]
Yes or No to Kid-Free Zones?!
How did I miss this story? I must have been distracted. A 'man' in the U.S. was charged with slapping a crying toddler on a flight. That was right after he used a racial slur to the parents about their baby, who is not the same race as them. Very unreal. And look, there is nothing to discuss on … [Read more...]
Being Invisible
There's a lot going on around our house these days... I feel like I'm constantly on the go for unusual errands lately, and I'm running an awful lot. It's okay though. My extra-long leather gloves, oversized sunglasses, jaunty handbag and gigantic earphones sitting on the table await me. One … [Read more...]
On Being a Woman on Her Own.
I don't leave my family often. That is to say, I don't travel much, and so far, since my children have been born, I've been away via airplane exactly three times. Thrice, in nine years. (Well, it's actually four times, if you include the time I stayed in a hotel for two nights by myself, but that … [Read more...]