As you might imagine, I give a few books at Christmas time. Here's a rundown of some people on my list and what they are getting, which might spark some ideas for you. The Young Pirate Fan (2 y.o. girl): Pirate Girl, by Cornelia Funke (Scholastic, ISBN: 9780439716727). This is a terrific twist on a … [Read more...]
And THIS is Why Sex Ed Needs to Be Mandatory
Occasionally I am asked by the ContEd branch of the school board I work for to teach extension classes on evenings or weekends, and often I say yes. Which explains why I was sitting behind the teacher's desk last Saturday afternoon, having just dismissed a small group of junior high students from my … [Read more...]
Friday Highs and Lows
I'm the first to admit that I'm a bit of a bra snob. I was turned on to the French designers years ago back when I had disposable income, and I've found it very difficult to forget them now that all my income goes to things like goalie pads and baseball sliding pants.This is my favourite bra in the … [Read more...]
FotoFriday – CindyLou Who
Who was no more than 2...I love this pic of Eva. It was taken December 2008 - 1 month before she turned 2 and it was the first time I got piggies in her hair. I can't believe how much her hemangioma has cleared since then! … [Read more...]
Scholastic Decoder: December
It's December! (How did that happen?!)Your Scholastic order is probably due any minute, so without further preamble, here is this month's rundown of Scholastic's Book Club flyer offerings, with my top picks from each. ElfDuck & Goose: It's Time for Chrsitmas - I do love me some Duck & … [Read more...]
Keeping Up Appearances
My kids look like hobos. Before I got pregnant, I thought my children would look like this:I love fashion and assumed my girls would always look adorable in cute outfits I hand-picked. They, however, have had other plans. From early ages they expressed very strong opinions about what they did not … [Read more...]
Glee: A Very Glee Christmas
It's all Christmas, all the time on this week's Glee...so it falls into the themey episodes of Glee that are, well, not my favorites. But it's Christmas, so I can forgive them. Mostly.Because there was so much GOOD. Yes. Very, very good....Like Mike Chang's Christmas wish: I want Channing Tatum to … [Read more...]
Superstitious?
There had been some discussions last week on facebook and twitter and again last night at an UrbanMoms event that was attended by several of our bloggers. We were talking about superstitions and telling each other some of the ones we grew up on. It was interesting to hear everybody's and … [Read more...]
do what you love and love what you do
We play this game sometimes in the car. We look at people walking, driving, waiting for a bus and I ask my children "do they seem happy?" When you have children you want many things for them- it is a long list with specifics and ambitions- but really it all comes down to one simple notion. We want … [Read more...]
How to throw a great party-Christmas
Take a beautiful hostess wearing a red boa offering homemade trufflesin a beautiful warm house with wonderful decorationsand make your guests feel so loved and expectedmake delicious things that celebrate the season know that they are as crazy busy as you but that they wanted to show their love … [Read more...]
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