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Back-to-School Fashions for Your Fashionistas

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Back to school ushers in not only a new season, but really a new year, and what better way to mark the occasion than with a new outfit?  A new back to school outfit was a tradition in my family growing up, and it's one I've maintained with my own kids. September always brings with not only … [Read more...]

Let Them Eat Quiche

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Several years ago, I read a magazine article about "newfangled" parties. Like, fun ways to celebrate an adoption, or a "reset" party for a newly-divorced friend. There was an idea for a back-to-school party for the mothers of kids off to school, especially for the first time, whereby on the first … [Read more...]

Remedy

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This morning my son walked to school with our neighbours, and a short time later, I took his sister to preschool for her first morning this year.And then I returned home to some silence I haven't enjoyed since June.  Silence really is golden, yo.But, this time of year - the return of the school … [Read more...]

Is this how our schools should be?

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Yesterday a friend of mine sent me the following email. She forwarded it to me after receiving it from another friend and it had caught her eye. In the spirit of back to school, I am sharing it with you. To be honest, it gave me pause. It made me think. I had to ask myself, "Is this how our schools … [Read more...]

Just Like Starting Over

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School is here. (Thank goodness! I was so missing the routine.) For some kids, a little reassuring read just might be in order. Here are a few newer ones to add to the ever-growing list of great start-of-school titles. For the wee one just starting out to a new place of care: Don't Want to Go! by … [Read more...]

5 Ways to Ensure a Successful Start to the School Year!

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By: Cayla from Running, Recipes, and ReadingYou know what I think of when I think of the first day of school?  It's the optimistic odour of freshly sharpened pencils.  Sharpened pencils standing at attention in recycled jars, along with chairs tucked under child-sized desks, and a … [Read more...]

Rough Starts

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Well, my boy started the second grade the other day - he seemed easy about returning to the same school for his third year. I wanted his first morning to be uncomplicated and cheerful, so I prepared a toasted waffle for his breakfast, and Chinese dumplings for lunch - some of his favourites. I … [Read more...]

Back-to-School: The End. And a New Beginning.

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This time of year is such a transition and it always brings about mixed emotions. I am so very sad to see the easygoing days of summer come to an end but I also feel the exciting pull of the start of a new school year. I feel sad looking back on how we have put another summer under our belts and the … [Read more...]