Our household has been full of Kandoo products for a while now. After reading about the potential dangers of antibacterial soap for pregnant women, I’ve even put away the adult hand soap in the bathroom and my hands have been smelling like watermelon ever since. My four year old has become pretty good at bathing…
Childhood
Loving Learning
When I picked my kids up from (their new) daycare, Gavin had a black eye. I wasn’t surprised. The wonderful daycare had called me as soon as it happened, gave me an update on how he was reacting, and had an incident report for me to sign when I arrived. For my part, I wasn’t…
September is for Sniffles
I love Autumn. I love everything about it. I love the cooler temperatures and I love the gorgeous colours and I love the sweaters and the scarves and if I had any, I’d love the boots too (I am in serious need of new footwear!). I love the spices that are re-introduced during this season….
On the Road with Kids Without Trippin’
Driving is not a big deal for me. I feel like I spent a good portion of my childhood in the backseat of cars or vans, with family piled in around me. Sometimes we went places, sometimes we went no places. We drove across Canada and back through the northern states, we drove down the…
We C U
Cameron, my 4 year old, has been asking for a new baby sibling for a while now. He has been through the whole getting-a-new-baby process and has watched aunts and friends’ parents grow babies inside of them so he understands that babies start in mommies’ bellies. When we finally broke the news to him, he wasn’t at…
I Suck at Conclusions
Life has a funny way of working out sometimes. Funny might not be the right word, here. “Shitty” is probably more appropriate. While I pride myself in not resorting to curse words when I’m trying to express myself, some situations simply do not call for eloquence. Last Wednesday I sent my boys to daycare and…
Your Last Not First Day of School
We drove him to daycare this morning just like we do every morning, like we have been doing every morning this summer. We drove to daycare just like we’ve been doing every morning since I went back to work over a year ago. There is nothing different about today. No new shoes (though my growing…
Making Hand-Washing Fun
I used to try to cut as many corners as I possibly could when I was a child and a young teen. How much toilet paper could I use to still leave enough on the roll so I wouldn’t be required to change it? How far would the car drive, and could I justify not putting…
The Importance of Reading with Kids and a Disney Baby Giveaway
I was solo-parenting on Thursday night while Dan was away on a work retreat. I was absolutely dreading bedtime, knowing how my kids choose their bedtime behaviour based on which parent is dealing with them at the time. If I’m out and Dan’s parenting alone, they’re angels at bedtime. If I’m around though – well,…
Back to Everything
Here we are again. Back To School. Except, to be fair, just like last year there is no Back To School for my family this year. We’ve got two parents who work full time and two pre-school kids in daycare. Even in the summer. We did have a brief Back to Daycare experience at the beginning…
Bubble Baths
My kids love having Nana take over, even if it means that Mom and Dad are going out. My parents came over to babysit earlier this month so that Dan and I could celebrate our sixth wedding anniversary. As we said goodbye to our kids, they barely stopped playing with their grandparents long enough to…
