My wonderful family gave me a trip to the Royal Ontario Museum for Mother’s Day. Can I just say that it is SO much fun going to a museum with children who have learned some history? We arrived with an agenda: mummies and dinosaurs. But on our way to the Egypt section, we had to [...]

Our recent dinosaur study has been giving rise to all sorts of interesting questions from our girls. Hubby and I had planned out what we thought they would be ready to understand in terms of deep time and origins questions. Really, after learning that the dinosaurs lived long ago and that they weren’t alive today, [...]

Recently 5 year-old Charlotte came up to me and gave me a big hug. “Mom, I think I love you.” Having had my coffee that morning, I picked up on the think in that statement and raised an eyebrow. She kindly explained: “I can only think I love you, because you know, this could all [...]

Today was Hubby’s birthday, and we celebrated in Fine Style. He had a (mostly) quiet breakfast in bed. (That is a huge feat in this household, as Tasha and Charlotte are itching to play with him as soon as he wakes up!) For lunch, we made one of his favourite meals: Ball Park Franks. Lemon [...]

Tasha seems to have inherited my sweet tooth and has a passion for ice cream that borders on obsession. (Her career of choice for a long time was “ice cream truck driver.”) This past long weekend brought the long-awaited sign that summer is on its way: the ice cream truck stopped outside of our door. [...]

In yesterday’s election, it was surprising how closely our household ended up reflecting the national results. (Naturally because of the media ban, I couldn’t publish our results until the polls had closed …) A clear Conservative majority with the NDP as the surprising second and the Liberals not even showing up.

Monday, May 2nd: Election Day in Canada. Our girls were very put out that they couldn’t vote because of their age, so we set up a home polling station for them. Tasha and Charlotte had to present identification to the Returns Officer … … mark a ballot … … and put it into the ballot [...]

Hubby and I always thought that we had a reasonably stocked home library, but we’re learning that we’ve completely underestimated the book needs of our children. Tasha (5 years old) has read every good book for kids that we own and has made her way through a good number of those available at our local [...]

… the reason why I have absolutely zero time for blogging … or emailing, phoning, cooking, cleaning, or any other of life’s essentials. House training is a full-time job!

From my home to yours, here is a marriage-saving laundry tip: Don’t wash an iPod. I have concrete evidence that an iPod in the back pocket of someone’s jeans will not emerge functioning from a wash cycle. I just thought I’d share that with you all as I spend the next few days here: _____ [...]