As Tara and I sat down to watch an episode of Dinosaur Train (her new thing is dinos), I realized that Tara is probably the first kid o’mine that I have spent a lot of time with all alone. Now that the other two are in school all day, Tara and I get to hang […]
Christmas Ideas from Bandai
Adam is now 8 going on 18. I am finding this age harder and harder to shop for when it comes to toys and entertainment. He is still young but the pull of cool is starting and while the role play and imagination is still there….the lure of things like video games over all […]
Managing our School Age Life
Many people think babies are tough….yes you are new to the game and so are they and they don’t sleep and they cry and they poop and you barely have time to shower…..but wait for the school years….as soon as your kids is hitting the preschool things get crazy and you turn into an Event […]
Purple Hats
My own mom has contributed to the Purple Crying Awareness Campaign!!! I shared my own experiences in this post and how we were given the dvd about purple crying AND how even “experienced” parents like ourselves were helped to know that the crying was not anything we were doing wrong and WOULD amazingly end and […]
Yes – a Laundry Review!!!
A while back I had posted about a contest that OxiClean was hosting where people could share their laundry stain triumphs for a chance to win a LG washer and dryer. Pretty nice PRIZE! I then laughingly had to admit that I had actually never ever used any OxiClean products. She then promptly sent me […]
The Obligatory Halloween Blog Post
This year’s photos are not about how cool our display was since this year we frankly did not have the energy for a GIANT display. I did make the place look pretty good with the help of Adam and he carved his very own pumpkin all by himself for the first time this year. First […]
Who Are We Failing?
Granted, it is a bit early in the school year….we have only had the brief parent/teacher interviews so far for Caitlyn starting Grade one and Adam in Grade three…but I am very curious about what the mid year report cards will reveal for the kids. Being that I have an 8 year old boy who […]
A Healthy Halloween from Whole Foods
I love candy. We in the House of Crunch LOVE candy….so Halloween is a BIG deal….costumes and too much sugar….whoo eeeee!!! And while I do like that the kids are fairly picky with what they want to keep and what they are happy to share out or discard….it is still a LOT of junk. For […]
Born to Dance
We have a bit of a dilemma here….one that repeats every few months. It revolves around Caity’s yearning to dance. Our community centre has a little ballet program starting with classes for wee one’s and on up…they are all short…45 minutes and pretty inexpensive. This is her third go at it….she LOVES buying the outfit and […]









