How much does a babysitter cost anyway? I have honestly have no idea. I've yet to leave my kids in the care of anyone other than family. I know, don't get too close or I might nick you with my helicopter parent blades.
If you're attending a Halloween party this year, get down and get spooky, but be aware of these dos and don'ts — from a ghoul who knows her way around a jack-o-lantern.
Do dress up. Guests who come to a costume party in street clothes should be forced to wear a pumpkin on their head for the night. Have you ever smelled the inside of a day old pumpkin? Wear a costume. Even if it's just a lampshade on your head.
Sometimes it's difficult to tell the adults from the children at my house. I enjoy puns and pranks and wrestling on the floor. I play basketball with my kids and beat them silly at Four Square. We crank up the tunes after school and dance in the kitchen until we're sweaty. Being a kid at heart is one thing (a healthy, awesome thing), but acting childish might be another.
Every year around Thanksgiving, the internet is flooded like gravy with posts about gratitude. It's wonderfully heart-warming to read about kindness and thankfulness; we need as much positivity as we get.
I am thankful, too. For so many things like family, health, friendship—the biggies.
To me, "things" don't matter much, but experiences and relationships do. In the animal world I'd probably be something like a baboon, rather than a peacock. Not that I have anything against peacocks — they're lovely, but I'm more about climbing trees and having fun and I don't actually mind if my fur gets tussled.
Parents are like tour guides. We take our families places and expose them to new things and when we can, share a bit of our past with them. This is why family road trips are so special. We took our kids up north this summer and took a slight detour along the way to take them somewhere extra special.
You're cruising the open road; tunes playing, elbow out the window, hair blowing in the breeze and you're lookin' cool. Then you remember that you're driving a minivan and that you have a spouse and two kids in your vehicle and that it's 2013, not 1992 and you blame the Def Leppard for the realistic flashback.
Nervous about attending a conference? If you’re attending BlissDom Canada this year, you’ll be in the company of the friendliest and most gracious group you’ll ever meet. If you’d like me to put your mind at ease, I shared a few simple tips in this post called Be Conference Classy, Not Conference Clueless.
An hour before we were set to leave for our family vacation I nearly POISONED my husband and myself. Yes that’s right, apparently I’m some kind of black widow. It turns out we had an adverse reaction to a vitamin. The result was a bright red flush from head to toe. It wasn’t serious, but boy was my face red — from the initial panic, the reaction itself, and from overall embarrassment.
There's an indoor playground called "Balls of Fun" where my mom friends and I take our kids for some rainy day fun. Let me tell you, there's no shortage of ball jokes to be made the entire time we're there. We're clearly pubescent teens disguised as mature mamas.
Hear that sound? It's the muffled sobs of mothers lamenting the end of summer, followed by squeals of delight as they taste the freedom that comes with fall.
Whether you're happy or sad, there's no escaping it — our kids are heading back to school. Life marches on like that. And my kids are marching while carrying swanky new back packs!
To be clear, this post is NOT sponsored. My family and I paid the full-ride for this vacation. Last summer we were invited up to Clevelands House as part of a Yummy Mummy Club event. We loved it so much, we booked to come up again for a second year and we plan to make it an annual vacation. We hope you can come too!
We were driving along the highway recently when my son noticed a sign for a Family Nature (Nudist) Camp. After mulling it over a minute or two he asked, "Mums and Dads and kids are go there? AND.....grandparents too??"
How can something be so frustrating and so ridiculously hilarious at the same time? Autocorrect just may be the "parenting" of the spellcheck world...
This cheeky program was created to "help" busy and/or spelling challenged people send literate texts and emails. How does Autocorrect work? Apparently a team of twisted individuals at Apple set up an algorithm to determine your 'intended' word. Yes, because I intended to type anal to my mother. It also learns from experience and gathers clues from the context.
Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, texting — we have instant access to human contact 24 hours a day. We log in and tune out. We overshare with strangers and don't share enough with our families. For these reasons, I have a love/hate relationship with technology.
Canadians spend more time online than any other country and that can mean that every member of a family is online on their own device, even in the same room. I just emailed this to my husband sitting across from me on the couch and he totally agrees.
What better way to get party guests laughing than to play a silly game? Warning: Heavy laughing may result in snorting, gasping and/or punch shooting out someone's nose.
Trailing through my photos this summer in a feeble attempt at organization, I stumbled across pictures of my elementary school days. I found this classic shot of me with some of my fifth grade pals. Of course I chuckled. How could I not? I'm wearing a puka bead necklace for crying out loud. Then it dawned on me. This is me at age ten — the same age as my son is now. It's freaky. And by freaky, I'm not just referring to my gap toothed smile and tragic bowl cut.
My husband and I planned on having a large family, but two seems to be the magic number for us. So, we're DONE. That sounds pretty final doesn't it? The only word with a stronger ring of finality is the V word. Yes, vasectomy (any men reading this just crossed their legs and audibly groaned in unison.)
I've made sangria from scratch with all kinds of fancy ingredients and it's goooooooood. But really, who has the time? So hang onto your melons, here's how to make the most delicious (and potent, so be careful!), quick and easy Melon Sangria!
You'll need.... Boones, or any brand of bottled Sangria (you can usually find it in the chilled section of the liquor store where they have the coolers. Boones is a whopping $6.40), your favourite white wine, ginger ale, OJ, watermelon and oranges slices, grapes and melon liqueur (optional).
When Is Taking A Nude Photo A Bad Idea? 
