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Should I Have More Kids? The Dilemma Of Not Knowing

December 20, 2016 by Amanda Wood 2 Comments

When my husband and I were engaged we took a few premarital classes to get prepared for the years beyond our wedding day. One of the activities that we did during the class was to answer questions about our hopes and dreams for marriage separately, and compare the answers together. One of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Parenting Tagged With: being a mom, children, having more kids, motherhood, parenthood, parenting decisions

How To Find Time To Make Healthy Meals For Active Kids

July 11, 2016 by Scarlett Ballantyne Leave a Comment

I know that I am not the only one with super active kids—many parents that I talk to are just as busy, running their kids around town to more than one activity after school. If your kids participate in an extracurricular sport and maybe a lesson or two, you probably fall into the category of a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Parenting Tagged With: active kids, being a mom, busy schedule, healthy foods, home-cooked meals, nutritious food, parenthood, parenting, preparing meals

How Babysitting Has Changed Since My Babysitting Days

June 28, 2016 by Amanda Wood 6 Comments

When I was 13, I had a long-term babysitting gig for a single mother in my neighbourhood that took place every Thursday. I would walk over to my not-so-close neighbour’s house for a 5 pm start time, so I could make dinner for the kids and myself—usually pasta and a jar of sauce. I would then serve … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting, Tweens & Teens Tagged With: babysitters, babysitting, being a mom, parenthood, parenting, teenagers

How To Help Your Teen Find A Summer Job

June 9, 2015 by Hania Ahmed Leave a Comment

 School is almost over and you know what that means for your teen; sleeping in late, hanging out with friends and generally being a teeny bit, well, unproductive. And while a good rest after the school year is totally warranted, you feel they need to get out and start experiencing the world. Help … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life, Tweens & Teens Tagged With: help your teen get a summer job, how to get a summer job, parenthood, summer jobs, Teens

Break On Through To the Other Side

January 15, 2014 by Amanda 4 Comments

  A while back, my husband was combing an old external hard drive for a photo he needed and together we ended up falling down the rabbit hole of old pictures and video archives. There was so much footage of our older girls as tiny babies, cooing and gurgling and being all floppy and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: BABIES, baby days, Gap, girls, kids, life, parenthood

December 31st 2008…Happy New Dad

April 16, 2013 by Ryan Leave a Comment

Since this is my first blog I should start at the begining- November 28th, 1975.  No don't worry I won't put you through that.  Put it this way, I came into this world bald and chubby and 37 years later...I'm bald and chubby. Considering this is a blog about being a dad, I should start with December … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Infants & Toddlers Tagged With: birth, Hospital, new parent, newborn, parenthood, son, waterbreaking

Weekend Update – Mothers Day

May 8, 2011 by Christine

Campbell WilliamApril 9, 2001 5:28pm  7lbsCuyler JamesNovember 13, 20026:48am  7lbs 7ozGeneva ElizabethJanuary 12, 20074:40pm  8lbs 3ozThose are the dates, times and weights that my babies entered the world.  When my life changed and transformed me into who I am today.Today … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: autism, birthday cards, depression, dvds, handmade gifts, hemanagioma, Mother's Day, motherhood, parenthood

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