If you stay home with kids on Spring Break the choices are simple: endlessly referee cooped up siblings, throw money at last-minute outings or enter the week armed with a low-budget, high-fun plan. Instead of pining over facebook beach pictures, I plan an affordable family staycation every March. … [Read More...]
Parenting
10 Simple Tips to Keep Kids Busy While You Make Dinner
Fact: it is easier to keep kids busy, engaged and calm in the mornings. If only we could do all the things before nine a.m. Including supper and bedtime. When my bigs were little (4, 2 and a newborn) I entered most days with optimism. We had a … [Read More...]
Money Tips
10 Hints For Stress-Free Home Birthday Parties
If you're looking for me during the months of October, November, December and January, I'll be hosting home birthday parties for our four kids. That's high-level family planning right there. The boys have tried to convince me that we need a … [Read More...]
More Hope and Humour
Moms and Sons: Respect is the Secret Sauce
Moms and Sons. Whether we are snuggling our baby boy, or asking our teenager to open the jam jar, relationships between Moms and sons are precious. We bawl when we read Robert Munsch's Love You … [Read More...]
Marriage: Where Mopping Is the New Sexy
My friend recently posted a picture of her husband vacuuming with a caption that read: "Is it just me, or is this the sexiest thing you have seen all day?" Probably not something she would have … [Read More...]
To the Mom Who Cries on Her Child’s Hard Days…Please Pass The Tissues
When do young children tend to become most upset? When socks don't fit properly or their favorite stuffed animal goes missing. Or, quite likely, on the first day of school. We have recently … [Read More...]
4 Reasons Every Parent Needs a Pause Button
Pause. Pause again. A little bit more. How are you feeling? Are you hovering over the exit button, ready to leave this post that seems to be going nowhere (and nowhere slowly - which is even worse … [Read More...]