My motto is: be prepared! And when you have teenagers in your home, you'd better be prepared for parties. And when you have parties in your home, you'd better be prepared for stains. Last Saturday (you know, October 31st?) my son hosted a Hallowe'en party for a whole bunch of his friends from … [Read more...]

Halloween is over.The decorations are taken down. The pumpkins are in the trash. The costumes are put away for dress-up days. SIGH.And all that's left is a whole lot of pesky, pesky candy. Now you are left with one very important question...What to do with all the candy so that it doesn't end up on … [Read more...]

Fine, I admit it. My preschooler is not big on the vegetable. In fact, she's a suuuuper picky eater. I wish I had started giving her whole-grain and whole wheat bread from the get-go, because unless her bread is white white white, she will NOT eat it.(I will not make the same mistake with my son. … [Read more...]

Some people think about their day or dream of their future before falling asleep at night... Here's what keeps me up at night... (McDonald's mysteries???) What is Ronald REALLY wearing under that clown suit? Why are kids scared of clowns, but not Ronald? Who was the person who actually counted all … [Read more...]

I am a nerd. I totally enjoy seeing how the celebrities choose to look on Halloween. I mean, every year I think that I could totally come up with something totally kick ass if money wasn't an issue...but then I end up overpaying so my kids can be star wars characters or people from Lazy Town and … [Read more...]

I am proud to be Canadian. I'm proud of our varying cultures, our "eh?", our changing seasons, and our unique and vast geography from coast to coast. This is one of the main reasons why, instead of the hugely popular and very larger-than-life-pro-usa-star-spangled-banner like American Girl doll, my … [Read more...]

Check out the McMoms recent quest to answer your questions about where McDonald's hamburgers really come from. … [Read more...]

Recently Vancouver passed a by-law allowing residents to have live chickens on their property! What?! Hey, I love fresh eggs and love to know where my chickens come from but that just AMAZED me!   Knowing my children, that would be a sure-fire way to ensure vegetarianism. Hey Jackson & … [Read more...]