I have trouble with florals on myself, but I bought this dress on sale from the Gap last year, but during the summer months, it was just way too big for Madame. The shoulder straps are spaced extremely wide... this child's no linebacker. I was completely thrilled to see that it fits this summer! … [Read more...]
Beyond Baby Talk
There are times when my children's chatter (especially my three-and-a-half year old's) is merely blah-blah-blabbity-blah in my ears. They can talk their fool heads off. Sometimes, they're not even waiting for a reply from me... they're just filling airspace. Natter, natter. It's sometimes like the … [Read more...]
They Way They Play
I find the mornings can still be rushed... or, perhaps they're relatively easy at 9:30 AM, but when I look up again and it's 11:05 AM and realise we have to be at camp in twenty-five minutes (where does the time go?) and I'm not quite dressed to leave the house for the day, and one lunch still … [Read more...]
Anniver…say what?!
My husband and I will be celebrating our ninth anniversary next week.Before we had kids we used to plan a weekend away to commemorate our commitment, but then our eldest daughter came along, with a birthday that just happened to fall one day before our anniversary. I remember lying in the hospital … [Read more...]
Still On Lunch Duty.
It's 11 PM and I'm half-heartedly shredding the last of the roasted chicken by hand, into a glass bowl with celery cut into a tiny dice, ready to add the mayo, salt and pepper. There's a reason chicken salad sandwiches cost more than the others - the work of it is painful, yo. (And cubing the … [Read more...]
There’s Just Something About Summer
There's a slowness about this time of year that I sometimes have trouble making peace with. I feel less efficient. This goes against my grain in many ways.To start with, the children have camp schedules that change the flow of our days from what they used to be... and what that comes down to is a … [Read more...]
Urban Kid Closet – May 18th, 2012
I was asked to contribute to The Urban Closet... I'll warn you right now that there *might* be more kid stuff here, since I tend to dress them waaaaaay cuter than I dress myself. I actually snapped this pic yesterday, but since a friend of mine in New York commented that it was "another outfit I … [Read more...]
Craftastic
I suck at crafts. Like so many other things, I wish I were better at them. I consider myself a creative person: I love drawing and graphic design and photography and writing. But give me a kid, some glitter glue and a pile of popsicle stick and I come up blank. I think a big part of my … [Read more...]
Hunger Strike
Karenna used to be a vacuum, clearing everything off the tray of her highchair, contentedly stuffing her chubby cheeks with whatever food she could get her meat-hooks on. Then she turned two and her appetite has almost disappeared. Perhaps she is too busy throwing tantrums and being hurled into … [Read more...]
Mother’s Day Gifts
Barbara Reid is one of my favourite Canadian artists and authors. Even if you don't know her name, you're sure to know work which looks like this: I was fortunate to meet her and, even better, my kids got to do a workshop … [Read more...]
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