I finally managed to watch the lovely documentary ‘Babies’ last night. I highly recommend it if you haven’t yet seen it. It is so much fun. Babies are fun. Babies are fun no matter WHERE in the world they come from. And that is the great lesson….a great lesson for peace, respect, and understanding. No […]
A Pain in the Back
Thursday morning had me filled with anxiety and upset as we stared at the boards posted outside the kids school. On it were the class listings…every grade split. Every single one. I realize that some think this is a fine way to do it…..I am not so sure. I had gone with Patrick to take […]
School Daze
So I was just sitting down to write my annual rant about why school sucks and why especially (it seems) the Vancouver School Board sucks and why this time of year fills me with more resentment than tears or whatever and then I read this. GO NAOMI!!! I did not have tears when either kid […]
My Own Personal Fail Whale (er Hippo)
In July, thanks to the kindness of the people behind Booty Camp Fitness, I survived 8 sessions of jumping, crunching and other various instruments of torture that our dear instructor could come up with to get our blood flowing and our muscles aching. It worked. I lost ten inches around my plump frame. I […]
Natural Healing
When we had our BlogHer Pity Party this summer, the people behind the Thera Wise products asked if I wanted some of their Skin Healing Ointment to hand out to our guests. “Sure” I said. It was happily grabbed by people, some who already loved it and regaled me with tales of its healing prowess on […]
Dear Telus, Give Tara a Job
because see…..this child, she loves your commercials….from the moment she saw them her eyes lit up and she quivered with excitement. She now RUNS to the TV as soon as she hears the music. Her favorite one’s are the Hippo one’s. She YELLS when she sees the Hippo…. So we thought we better try to […]
Milk That Can Last All Day!
When we decided to visit the Greater Vancouver Zoo yesterday, I packed a wack of snacks, including juice boxes and a couple of ‘special’ boxes too… Getting Milk in the mail was cool for the kids. The children in this family are milk junkies so discovering ‘milk-to-go’ was most awesome for them. Now I grew […]
Shorter Days Longer Nights
As I sit here …there is a brief moment of silence. Tara is napping and I have about 30 minutes before heading to pick up the kids from their last day of Summer Camp. There they are celebrating with pizza and movies apparently. The kids managed two weeks of the day camp this year. Adam […]
LeapFrog in da House…
For the kids sake, I was happy to be asked to review some more LeapFrog products..especially their new LeapFrog Explorer. . “Offering far more than a traditional handheld gaming platform, Leapster Explorer is also a portable hub for dozens of downloadable Leaplet™ Learning Apps, including e-Books, videos, game apps, and flash cards. And the Camera accessory […]






