The day Erica called and asked me to blog for Yummy Mummy Club was a turning point in my journey from blogger to book author. Have you ever wanted to blog? Write a magazine article? Get your book published? I went from being the Activity Mummy here on YMC, to writing magazine features, to becoming the published author of Boredom Busters.
Here are a few tips on how to turn your posts into pages:
Sometimes you just have to put the laundry aside and enjoy some giggles and family-time. It’s good for the soul. This weekend, I put out some Cadbury Dairy Milk Buttons candy and the kids et moi got creative. And had fun. Yummy fun.
With THE Royal Wedding upon us there is much in the news about princes and princesses. Activity Alert! -- it's a game, it's a thought-puzzle, it's a boredom buster! How many movies can you name - that have princes and princesses as characters...GO!
Cinderella
Snow White
Sleeping Beauty
Aladdin
Pocahontas (we can call the daughter of a chief a princess right?)
Tangled
The Little Mermaid
Beauty and the Beast (the beast was a prince right?)
Whether you are staying close to home or visiting a different province...here's what's on during March Break 2011 across Canada for families.
NATIONAL
Kids and caregivers are invited to daily interactive FREE events at Indigo and Chapters stores nationally. Enjoy arts & crafts plus 20% off kids and teen books.
How do you say "seal" in French? (un phoque - which sounds a lot like the F bomb). Yes, I'm raising bilingual kids and they love messing around with vocabulary in English and in French. Want to incorporate some French activities into your day? Je vais te dire un secret...
There is only so much one can do with a babe on the breast (or hooked up to a pump or busy with a bottle). Just when you get the baby latched (or machine attached or water boiling) the big kids have instant needs. "I'm hungry" "I'm bored" "I need to pee". Here are some "mom-hands-off activities" for big kids; keeping them occupied while you feed baby.
So what does one do when you have kids home with chicken pox and other sundry sicknesses? Activities of course! Thus, we recorded a Vlog (which got the kids away from Hannah Montanna and all I had to do was push record).
Voila! ActivityMummy Vlog: How to make a paper mailbox.
(that low-tired-voice in the background - yep, that's me - le tired)