When Adam had his debut last week in his school choir, Caitlyn thought it was a good occasion to dress up. Having the two girls all dressed up was a good time for a photo op right? Yeah.
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Busy Times for Families
I have a blog..but it is the Christmas season and who has time for blogging??? I should have been wrapping all day….but noooooo. Oh well. Friday was the kids last day. It was a week of Christmas concerts….from Class Projects, Choirs and Sing a Longs….and of course much Christmas themed art coming home with the […]
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Strange Days At The House Crunch
I am sitting here wondering if I need to be terrified, worried or just bemused. Caitlyn offered to have a bath with Tara since Tara was currently covered in sticky rice from “eating” sushi. While Tara was in the bath, I decided to tackle her bangs as they were starting to bother her. I […]
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Why is Santa a Lie ….
but God isn’t???? Why do people get all pissy about Santa? Every year I hear puffy people telling me that it is wrong to LIE to your kids and that they will be DESTROYED and MESSED UP when they find out the harsh truth. Now unless something REALLY harsh happened to them as kids..I […]
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21st Century Heathens
I grew up in 1970’s Scotland where it was just ‘assumed’ that everyone was the same and “Pakkie” wasn’t considered a racist slur when referring to the proprietors of the local corner convenient store. I attended public school where bible stories were told to us by the Principal and we attended seasonal religious services at […]
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Crayola for Christmas
Just because we are an ‘official’ Crayola family does not make me bias. We do like Crayola products here. Their huge variety of activity sets are at a great price point for ‘treats’ and ‘extras’ at Christmas. The sample stuff that has been sent for our families ‘reviews’ have been great for the rainy […]
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BFF’s
I have a friend. It is her birthday today. We have known each other for a very very long time. Our Grandparents were friends and so were our moms…still are! We really consider our families more to be a ‘family’ than just friends. Over the years they have included us in many special events including […]
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Disney on Ice: Let’s Celebrate!
My daughter was HUGELY thrilled when I told her we had been given tickets to see Disney on Ice: Let’s Celebrate on the opening night of their Vancouver run. The show runs to November 28th at the Pacific Coliseum and then out at Abbotsford from December 3 to the 5th. My son (8) was not […]
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The Search For Wondla
The people of Simon and Schuster sent me a ‘young readers’ book called The Search for Wondla to review. This is a book by Tony DiTerlizzi, the illustrator behind the popular Spiderwick series, which my son loved and was and is his first foray into chapter books. I LOVE Sci Fi. I have loved Science […]
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