Last week, my teenager spilled a milkshake on his MacBook Air and I’m convinced it was on purpose. You see, he’s been lobbying for a PC because my current ability to satellite parent requires the household to be on Apple, lest I will have to come up with different parental controls. Parenting … [Read more...]
A Mess-Free Craft Toddlers And Big Sibs Can Do Together
When you have more than one kid the milestones go something like this: First kid in high chair until two-and-a-half—second kid out of high chair by just over one. First kid in crib until three—second kid in big-kid bed at two. First kid happy to watch Barney and Dora the Explorer for years—second … [Read more...]
Sail Away
We leave tomorrow for a family vacation to Keats Island. I have never been there before, nor have we taken an actual family holiday since we had kids. Travel FAIL. Call me crazy, but the idea of packing up diapers, playpens, bottles, strollers, pureed bananas and paying, like, $7,000 for our three … [Read more...]
The Perfect Bednight Snack
Recently a good friend of mine was visiting with her young kids and watching her go through the bedtime routine with the younger ones really took me back to when my own daughters were young. With older children, you tend to forget that “witching hour” when it seems like all the energy in the … [Read more...]
The Ghost Train at Stanley Park
[youtube id="y__wCfVcobc"] All right. First things first. You can't park for free ANYWHERE in this city, and definitely not at Stanley Park, so this is a big damn deal. This is the Ghost Train, kiddos. This is special. Apparently parking is free anytime the Halloween or Christmas train is … [Read more...]
Saturday Morning.
Not a bad start to the day. … [Read more...]