This is something interesting that got my attention. Classroom Ready and Classroom Interactive is one of the main current events education systems that Canadian teachers have been using in the classroom for ages. I am sure your kids backpacks have been stuffed with some of the printable sheets on various subjects. Especially if they […]
Hallmark Summer
Hallmark Canada do a great job of having a variety of cards that cover ALL occasions. They try to do this with their gift ideas too. The summer holidays or a special vacation is a special occasion and having a special place to keep t hose photographic memories is a great way to remember those […]
Summer Chaos
Summer here is a time of at home chaos. Our family doesn’t have a lot of money for summer camps for the kids and the one car thing does tend to limit our day trips too. Not to mention how crappy the weather has been. So indeed, summer days have meant me losing […]
Chariot Carriers are the Bomb
When I was helping out with Vancouvermom.ca’s Top 30 Vancouver Bloggers for 2011, I was impressed with not only the awesome prize donation, but how cool the Chariot line of carriers looked on their website. I will be TOTALLY honest here….I am not a jogger or a biker…but my kids bike a lot and as […]
The Wiggles are Coming to Vancouver!!!!
I swear, the Wiggles are like the Beatles for the preschooler set. There are four of them, they both have an enormous library of published music. Murray even has a mop top and they both have hoards of screaming fans worldwide. The Wiggles will be at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on August 9th for shows at […]
Hullaballoos About Paying Bloggers
The discussion about to pay or not to pay a blogger for mentioning you or your stuff will never die. There are COUNTLESS posts going on – currently Lorallee (a product and sponsors dream blogger) chimed in with her opinions and the folks behind the Clever Girls Collective have come up with five reasons TO […]
How?
Did this… Turn into THIS!!?? Despite the horror that was your sleep pattern for sooooo long, you have been an absolute joy to us all. Watching your personality grow bigger than your shoe size has been sheer pleasure for all around you. You are a crazy, wild little girl and we all adore you. […]
Negative Branding
I was skimming through Twitter this am and spotted a little thread that had begun with someone stating their dislike of the term ‘Mompreneur.’ Like the term ‘Mommy Blogger,’ this expression is probably starting to outlive it uses and the positive effect may be getting overshadowed with the negative, which is what happened with […]
Kaboom! You Have A Playground!
I have to admit that when I first saw the news about Kaboom helping us get a new playground for our community school and that volunteers were required to build it, I was skeptical. Despite all my years seeing the magic of community building through social media, I had serious doubts that my own neighbourhood […]





