So you’re the mom who waited to get costumes for the kiddos? Yah, me too. We’ve been talking so exhaustively about what they want to be, but actually braving the stores… that’s a whole other thing. I was planning to…
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I’m just going to say it: I HATE pumpkin spice anything. Hate it. I don’t know what the attraction is. But I don’t hold it against you. I get it. From Canadian Thanksgiving to American Thanksgiving, pumpkin spice is bound…
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The boys drive me nuts some mornings. One doesn’t eat eggs, the other doesn’t like butter. Heaven help us if my husband butters all of the toast. And you know those days where there’s only one bowl of cereal left…
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I don’t know about you, but my boys have gotten to the age where they’re starting to tease me. They’ve got wit, they’ve got a sense of humour and they’ve got some nerve… I remember saying these types of things…
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Grilling and barbecuing is a summertime tradition. There’s nothing like grilling your meals to add that smokey flavour, while keeping the additional heat out of the house. Most of us enjoy it so much, that the summer grill Season extends…
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I’m not ready to start thinking about back-to-school yet. My kids don’t have to start class until September 5th, and I always think of Labour Day as the official end of summer fun – even though I haven’t had a…
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Some of us stay at home with our kids. Some of us choose daycare. But for those of us mamas that choose to employ a nanny, it’s a special dynamic. The nanny isn’t a friend, the nanny is there because…
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Since August is the month with the highest birth rate (I am an August baby – are all you mamas trying to stay warm in November?!?!?), it’s also the month for the most Canadian mommies going back to work after…
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State of joy! State of exhaustion! State of emergency! All those states come into play. But recently, WalletHub undertook a pretty cool study to see which American states are the best – and the worst – for having a baby….
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I’ve been struggling with this thought for the last few days. It was a really painful epiphany when I realized that I’d stolen my grandchildren from myself. I had my first son two weeks before my 37th birthday, my second…
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Oh how my kids loved this last year! They are obsessed with Thomas and Friends, obsessed with trains and this fulfilled their dreaming of being in every episode. A Day Out With Thomas has become something of a Southern Ontario…
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