Salt Water Hearts
That was our wedding song. Salt Water Hearts. Tonight, it suits us for an entirely different reason than the original love story behind the title. Tonight, it’s about salt, water, and hearts. Today I tried…
Category: Ponders
Education reform is a study in patience
The first report cards of the school year will soon be sent home. But the province’s report card came more than a week ago – and it wasn’t the gold-star studded A+ masterpiece we’d all…
Fall Time Change and Keeping Kids On Schedule
It sounds lovely when you’re solo – have the clocks ‘fall back’ and enjoy an extra hour of sleep. But parents of little ones know it is not that simple. The fall time change can…
Teaching Critical Thinking and Technology to Kids
Our eldest is five years old and started school this year. Once a week, she goes to the computer lab with her classmates. She thinks it’s awesome, and so do I. I want technology to…
Family of Five Halloween Costumes
One of my favourite things about Halloween is creating homemade costumes – especially now that we can have fun family themes! Here are a few of our past creations. They’re not perfect, but they might…
Rough and Tumble Play Can Be Okay
It’s not often I feel judged about my parenting, but recently my children’s actions drew audible gasps of horror from a waiting room full of families. Me? I was unfazed by their behaviour. It was…
Cure for Wereduck
Settle in folks; I’m about to share one of my biggest parenting crushes with you all. Do you have a parenting crush? You know, someone who you look at in amazement and wonder just how…
Walking to Remember
“Her name is Mayson and she is where our family’s story begins.” Tosh Taylor wrote those words on Facebook this year, on what would have been her daughter’s 10th birthday. It was one of the…
The challenges and changes that come with having multiples
I once had it pointed out to me that within challenge there is change. The saying came back to me this week as I contemplated some of the challenges and changes that have come from…
Gender Neutral Clothes For Kids – Modern Rascals
Want a kids’ dress with fishing boats and seabirds? Shirts with carrots and radishes, or tights with mushrooms? Modern Rascals is the online store for you! Before there were any little Pickles running through the…