Welcome to another Write a Review Wednesday, a meme started by Tara Lazar as a way to show support to authors of kids literature. Last week we reviewed Out of Sight. This week we looked at another book from Blue Apple Books, Bunny’s Lessons (age 4-8), written by Harriet Ziefert and illustrated by Barroux. I [...]
Archive for the ‘youngest daughter’ Category
24 Feb
On Raising a 4 Year Old: Don’t Test Their Will
Yesterday the weather was pretty good and even though I’m dealing with some sort of flu bug I still walked the kids to school (versus driving them). If we get out the door on time, the 20-minute walk can actually be good for everyone. Even my 4-year old, who seems to have all her energy [...]
21 Feb
Family Day: World Records and Wet Heads
To mark the 200th anniversary of the McIntosh apple, the Ontario Apple Growers hosted a Winter Apple Ball in Toronto at the Westin Harbour Castle. The event was a free event for the first 1000 people who registered and we were lucky to be invited to attend. About the McIntosh Apple We’re big apple eaters [...]
3 Feb
The Death of a Bedtime Buddy
When you have kids you sort of expect you’ll have a few years of sleepless nights but after the infant stage the novelty of waking up at night (for me at least) starts to wear off, quickly. My 4-year old hasn’t slept through the night since, well, forever. Okay, that’s a bit of an exaggeration [...]
9 Dec
25 Days of Christmas: Day 6 – Mini Me Christmas Trees
If you celebrate Christmas you probably have a Christmas tree in your house. We do. We have a few actually: a fake one upstairs in our family room, there’s the Elf tree on the second floor and our real tree, the main Christmas tree, in our living room. We love Christmas trees so much that [...]
6 Dec
25 Days of Christmas: Day 4 – Santa Cruise
We’ve seen Santa in the parade. We’ve seen Santa in the mall. We’ve even seen Santa on a train. But on a boat? Well for the fourth day of our 25 Days of Christmas fun we booked tickets on the Santa Cruise part of the Toronto Waterfront’s Winterfest celebrations. I actually heard about this on [...]
4 Dec
25 Days of Christmas: Day 3 – The Chocolateria
I love chocolate and really good hot chocolate. I could enjoy these all year round but there’s something about the impending holidays that makes that mug of hot chocolate magical. For Day 3 of our 25 Days of Christmas I met the kids after school and we all walked over the new chocolate shop in [...]
3 Dec
25 Days of Christmas: Day 2 – School Night Christmas Movie
In our house we have a rule of no TV during the week. It helps that we don’t have cable so there’s no temptation but we do have movies and shows that we really enjoy on DVD. So what a treat to be able to stay up and watch TV, on a school night. That’s [...]
3 Dec
25 Days of Christmas – Day 1: the Rainforest and Tangled
Wednesday kicked our the start of a new advent calendar for us, the 25 Days of Christmas. My youngest daughter turned four on that day so our advent activity was determined by her. To the Rainforest Cafe for dinner. The Rainforest Cafe is my daughter’s favourite restaurant, at the moment. Each of our kids has [...]
Trying to balance life at home with my 3 kids (all under 7), while building my business and developing my writing. Oh and throw a load of laundry in and a dinner that isn't burnt. Wasn't working from home suppose to be easier?
