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olympic family fun
Filed Under Events, Favourites | February 1, 2010
Are you ready for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games? Do you have all your events planned or your tickets booked for a getaway or are you hunkering down and staying close to home to avoid road closures and insane transit lineups? No matter what you’ve got planned we’ve compiled the only – to our knowledge – exhaustive list of everything kid-friendly that’s going to be happening around town. And lots of it is free!
games people play
Filed Under Favourites, Stuff, Tips & Tricks | January 22, 2010
We must admit that this wet weather has stretched our resources when it comes to thinking of ways to while away indoor time with our tots. Here are a few fun things we’ve come up with that we thought we’d share in case you’re experiencing a similar bout of cabin fever.
mummy style
Filed Under Favourites, Tips & Tricks | January 19, 2010
The New Year is a natural time to think about a “new you”, so we asked local personal stylist Jessie Carlson for her advice on dressing for your mummy body without bowing to the whims of fashion or resorting to “mom” jeans. Carlson’s a big believer in classics that don’t go out of style and dressing to flatter the body you have now rather than the one you’ll have when you lose ten pounds or stop breastfeeding or…
strong, smart and wordy
Filed Under Favourites, Stuff, Tips & Tricks | January 18, 2010
What encourages lifelong learning, strengthens your family relationship and is lots of fun? Reading to your children. In honour of Family Literacy Day which is coming up on January 27th, we wanted to share some ideas for fun activities to help develop your tot’s literacy skills, find out about family literacy events across Canada and three books that will provide you with myriad inspiration for what to read with your kids.
like beans in a pod
Filed Under Favourites, Going Green, Multi-tasking, Stuff | January 15, 2010
Mothers are some of the most inventive and creative people we know. One chilly day after local mama Carleigh Kage noticed that while most of the kids in the playground were wearing hats their ears were still exposed, she went home and developed the Bean Pod a head and ear protector that can be worn alone or under a hat.
mamas rock: danielle laporte
Filed Under Favourites, Mamas Rock | January 13, 2010
This month in honour of the new year, we’re taking inspiration to another level with our Mamas Rock profile of Danielle LaPorte, published author, inspirational speaker and intuitive business advisor. If you are looking for unique and exclusive insight into your business and life then Danielle is your woman. Danielle is the former director of a Washington DC think tank and lead author of Style Statement: Live By Your Own Design.
promoting peace one school at a time
Filed Under Events, Favourites, Stuff, Tips & Tricks | January 12, 2010
If you’re looking for a cause for your child to embrace it would be hard to find one more compelling than Pennies for Peace. The program helps children learn about their capacity as philanthropists through supporting best-selling author Greg Mortenson’s work building schools in the remote villages of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
super sipping
Filed Under Favourites, Going Green, Stuff | January 11, 2010
We’re always on the lookout for safer sipping options for our kids and we’re particularly fond of stainless steel bottles from OrganicKidz. Not only are they a Canadian company but their bottles are made from food-grade stainless steel which is naturally bacterial resistant and they’re lead, BPA and PVC-free.
mini money manager
Filed Under Favourites, Tips & Tricks | January 8, 2010
In the wake of the holidays when the bills start rolling in our thoughts naturally turn to money and how we managed (or mismanaged) it during the past season of giving. And the next natural place our thoughts turn is to teaching our tots money self-reliance and management. So we asked Ruth Kewin, one of the mums behind local company Four Quarters Literacy Inc. for some fiscally wise advice on helping our kids develop good money habits.
it smells like bees are making honey
Filed Under Favourites, Stuff | January 6, 2010
Is there anyone in the world more fascinating than your child? You document their every move on video and putative film, but what about their amazing utterances, first words and funny expressions? This year we’re determined to immortalize their bon mots in print, rather on scraps of paper here and there, and we’re relying on My Quotable Kid, A Parents’ Journal of Unforgettable Quotes for help.
