Enter for your chance to Win a Family Fun Pack to Wet’n’Wild Summer is here and there is no better way to cool down in the GTA than at Wet‘n’Wild Toronto! Offering family-friendly, water-soaked adventures complete with water slides, private cabanas, a full-service bar and several attractions, including a zipline across the park. Thrill-seekers can experience one of the longest and tallest drop slides in Canada,
There seems to be two camps on school lunches– on the one side we have those that take great pride in creating amazing works of art that are beautiful to look at and also healthy to eat.
For all you social media types, I have to admit I was a little late to the party when it came to Instagram. For those who don’t know what Instagram is, it’s basically like Twitter but with photos – and it’s a favourite social networking site for teens and tweens.
Words are powerful. My dad was an English teacher and word junkie so we were always taught to use our words carefully. The lesson has stuck with me and I have found…
Every year, we host a big Victoria Day fireworks party. For my American friends – this means that yes, we celebrate the birthday of a long dead English Queen, but we’ll take our holidays where we can get them.
Throughout my parenting journey, I’ve generally put value on experiences rather than stuff. I’m not fussed about having fancy furniture or cars, mostly because I’m simply not interested. Those things don’t excite me. My friends often laugh at my lack of interest over things like a new house or new car. When it was time to buy outdoor furniture, my neighbour picked it out. When
I discovered yet another parenting “hot button” topic this week. In the past, I’ve been sucked into every controversial parenting topic possible. We’ve all beaten a dead horse talking about our stance on different types of vaccinations, circumcision, breastfeeding – the list goes on and on.
I visited the Royal Ontario Museum last week, with my two boys (9 yrs & 11 yrs), to check out the new exhibit and world premiere of Ultimate Dinosaurs: Giants From Gondwana, a limited time exhibit on now at the ROM. Earlier this year, I wrote about the ROM’s ‘must see’ permanent dinosaur display…
I recently had the opportunity to read a book. As a busy, working mom of six, it was a rare occasion. We were at the cottage for a week and my kid had been nagging me to read her favourite novel, The Hunger Games.
Over the past couple of months, I have written about a number of the new breed of board games. My intention when I started out was to write 6 articles, but as I write them, it has quickly become apparent that 6 will not be enough. For example, this month I had planned to talk about cooperative games, but then I realised that that I
Last week I told my tween girls that I’d got them a subscription to a magazine. I thought they’d be excited, but instead they responded with “We don’t want it mom – we don’t want to read about lip gloss”. Interesting.
Children of all ages treasure their bedrooms – it’s their refuge, their castle, their playroom and their safe haven. They spend as much time there as they can but is this space actually healthy for them?
Enter for your chance to Win a Family Fun Pack to Wet’n’Wild Summer is here and there is no better way to cool down in the GTA than at Wet‘n’Wild Toronto! Offering family-friendly, water-soaked adventures complete with water slides, private cabanas, a full-service bar and several attractions, including a zipline across the park. Thrill-seekers can experience one of the longest and tallest drop slides in Canada,
There seems to be two camps on school lunches– on the one side we have those that take great pride in creating amazing works of art that are beautiful to look at and also healthy to eat.
For all you social media types, I have to admit I was a little late to the party when it came to Instagram. For those who don’t know what Instagram is, it’s basically like Twitter but with photos – and it’s a favourite social networking site for teens and tweens.
Words are powerful. My dad was an English teacher and word junkie so we were always taught to use our words carefully. The lesson has stuck with me and I have found…
Every year, we host a big Victoria Day fireworks party. For my American friends – this means that yes, we celebrate the birthday of a long dead English Queen, but we’ll take our holidays where we can get them.
Throughout my parenting journey, I’ve generally put value on experiences rather than stuff. I’m not fussed about having fancy furniture or cars, mostly because I’m simply not interested. Those things don’t excite me. My friends often laugh at my lack of interest over things like a new house or new car. When it was time to buy outdoor furniture, my neighbour picked it out. When
I discovered yet another parenting “hot button” topic this week. In the past, I’ve been sucked into every controversial parenting topic possible. We’ve all beaten a dead horse talking about our stance on different types of vaccinations, circumcision, breastfeeding – the list goes on and on.
I visited the Royal Ontario Museum last week, with my two boys (9 yrs & 11 yrs), to check out the new exhibit and world premiere of Ultimate Dinosaurs: Giants From Gondwana, a limited time exhibit on now at the ROM. Earlier this year, I wrote about the ROM’s ‘must see’ permanent dinosaur display…
I recently had the opportunity to read a book. As a busy, working mom of six, it was a rare occasion. We were at the cottage for a week and my kid had been nagging me to read her favourite novel, The Hunger Games.
Over the past couple of months, I have written about a number of the new breed of board games. My intention when I started out was to write 6 articles, but as I write them, it has quickly become apparent that 6 will not be enough. For example, this month I had planned to talk about cooperative games, but then I realised that that I
Last week I told my tween girls that I’d got them a subscription to a magazine. I thought they’d be excited, but instead they responded with “We don’t want it mom – we don’t want to read about lip gloss”. Interesting.
Children of all ages treasure their bedrooms – it’s their refuge, their castle, their playroom and their safe haven. They spend as much time there as they can but is this space actually healthy for them?
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