Santa Claus is already coming to town, plus there are lots of seasonal festivities to keep your family busy. And we’re working just as hard as we can on our Craft Fair listing (thanks to all of you who emailed asking for more!), we’ll let you know as soon as it’s live.
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Holiday Dedicated Email: Personalized Presents
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This Year It’s Personal Holiday giving is all about making things personal with perfectly picked prezzies and Toronto-based boutique Honeybunch is stocked (both real and virtually) with heaps of fab finds for the holidays. Favourites this season are their seriously …
poppy talk
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Tomorrow, November 11th, is Remembrance Day when we honour those who gave their lives in times of war and commemorate the end of World War I on November 11th, 1918 while reflecting upon the kind of world we want to leave for our children.
slowmo
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We find the thought of our slow cooker more enticing than the reality. Once in awhile we come across an appealing recipe but in general they’re less than compelling. So we didn’t have high hopes for Elizabeth Baird’s Canadian Living: The Slow Cooker Collection, until we opened it that is.
Innocent Earth
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This contest runs from November 9-22, 2009. Is being eco-minded important to you? Then you’ll want to check out this contest for a $100 gift certificate and more to Innocent Earth, where fashion doesn’t come at the expense of the …
common cold, go away
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With all the flu frenzy of late it’s easy to overlook the common cold but runny noses and coughing kids are a staple of the season. No matter how vigilant you are about hand washing it’s inevitable that your tots will get a cold or ten this winter, so here are some tips and products to help relieve kiddie cold symptoms.
jean genie
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After the haze of the first trimester wanes and you enter the much anticipated (hopefully) energetic second trimester, you’re thrown a new pregnancy curve ball – you no longer fit into most of your “regular” clothes. And while you may be living in reworked knit dresses and yoga pants, at a certain point you’ll find you’re really missing that tried and true wardrobe staple – your favourite pair of jeans.
what to do, what to do?
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The city’s taking a bit of a breather between Halloween and upcoming holiday festivities, but there’s still fun to be had, including spirit-building Pulse to the Podium events, the Children’s Trunk Show and lots more families festivities.
steel yourself
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When we were small we had a stainless steel mug and plate set etched with the three bears and though only the mug has survived to be used by our own children, we like to think that Canadian company Untangled Living’s ANYWare stainless steel dishware sets for children will be similarly passed down to our kids’ kids.
bringing sexy back
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We’ve covered how to address the birds and the bees with your kids, but what about when it comes to your partner? If your postpartum sex life isn’t all that it could be you’re not alone, which is why we turned to sexologist Dr. Trina Read, author of Till Sex Do Us Part for some tips that are more about motivation than titillation. And just in case you doubt her credentials, she’s a mother of two (including a newborn), so she knows of what she speaks.