Can you live on $1.75 a day for five days? Some people don't have a choice. This is the Live Below The Line challenge—a fundraising campaign that challenges people worldwide to raise awareness and money for those who have no choice but to live this way. An estimated 1.2 billion people worldwide … [Read more...]
Fun and Games: No Laughing Matter?
When I am too busy and don't play long enough with Toddler, he tugs on my clothes and demands "up, up" and if he cannot get what he needs, he will bury his face in the backs of my legs and whine in his shrillest pitch until I get down on the floor with him and help him find the puzzle piece with the … [Read more...]
Mucho Gusto.
When I was offered the opportunity to travel to El Salvador with World Vision, I didn't entirely know what to expect. I knew it wouldn't be sun and sand and margaritas, but despite the itinerary I received and my discussions with Britt Hamilton, the Advocacy Communications Officer, I still didn't … [Read more...]
Thinking Globally
Some days our kids can feel like their own problems are pretty big. Or maybe they are doing just fine, but we'd like to expand their scope, teach them to look beyond themselves for opportunities to help, and to learn how other people live. There are certainly books that do that - and this new book … [Read more...]
Things That Make You Go “Hmmm… I’m Such an A-hole.”
So, last time I posted a rather long list of woes about me and my home I've been trying to spruce up for the holidays. Since then, Painter has finished the job, and he hasn't been back since Monday, which is awesome - lovely as he was - but we're all ever so happy to have one less body in the house, … [Read more...]
Sharing My Childhood Favourites With My Children – The Booky Trilogy
Reading is part of a regular bedtime routine at our house. One the whole family looks forward to. Whether it be a family affair sharing a great story book or the latest issue of Owl or Chirp or whether it be alone or two and two we try and read for at least a half an hour every night. My son and … [Read more...]