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 Where’s Walrus. This week we’re looking Sterling Publishing‘s Ten Big Toes and a Prince’s Nose (age 4-7), written by Nancy Gow and illustrated by Stephen Costanza. I [...]
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21 Dec
Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Best Christmas Books
I love the holidays, especially Christmas. Last week I talked about our Top 10 Christmas Albums we love to listen too. This week I’m thinking about books. We have a pretty big library of children’s books at home. There are so many great books out there but I have a real soft spot for seasonal [...]
18 Dec
25 Days of Christmas: Day 13 – Christmas Puzzles
While the kids are still in school there isn’t a lot of time to do much in the evenings after homework and dinner. But not all Christmas activities have to be elaborate ordeals. For Day 13 of our 25 Days of Christmas we planned to work on Christmas puzzles. I love puzzles, always have, but [...]
12 Dec
25 Days of Christmas: Day 11 – The Not-So-Merry Rainforest Cafe Santa Breakfast
Breakfast with Santa is one of those traditions we started when my youngest was born. We use to go to IKEA for their breakfast but then we heard that Santa was visiting the Rainforest Cafe for breakfast. My kids love visiting the Rainforest Cafe, we even visited at the beginning of the month for my [...]
10 Dec
25 Days of Christmas: Day 8 – Festive Pancakes
On the eighth day of Christmas my mommy made for me…festive shaped raspberry pancakes. I bought these Santa pancake molds years ago from William Sonoma but have never used them. They’ve been sitting in my cupboard with all the cookie cutters. So for day 8 of our 25 Days of Christmas I pulled them out. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
30 Nov
Celebrating Christmas in 25 Days
December 1st is tomorrow! That means it’s time to start our advent calendars. In the past we’ve had all sorts of different advent calendars to mark the days leading up to Christmas: chocolate, toys, magnetic, colouring, even a storybook that builds a nativity scene. This year, thanks to Andrea at Quiet Fish, we’re looking at [...]
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?
