• family

    Disney Super Buddies Review

    September 7, 2013 - By 

    My kids are big fans of the Buddies series of movies from Disney and we are rarely disappointed when a new release arrives in the mail for review. So, the arrival of Disney Super Buddies this past week was met with squeals of joy from the girls.  We sat down last Saturday night and had family movie night on the long weekend. Family movie night is always a great chance to connect and cuddle and occasionally shut down all the work projects I have on the go.  Disney Buddies are the cutest little dogs. Santa Buddies, Snow Buddies and Space…

  • Health

    ChromaGen Life-Changing Lenses for Reading Disabilities #specialneeds #health

    September 5, 2013 - By 

    Imagine trying to read when words move from left to right, up and down. Imagine trying to sit in class and pay attention to your textbook when words are blurry, out of focus, floating up or down. Maybe your child sees double words, double sentences and every line has to be read and re-read to make sense. These are just a few of the reading difficulties that will plague students returning to school this month. Up to 30 % of the student population faces reading difficulties like these described above. Symptoms of reading disabilities can be physical causing headaches, nausea, fatigue, loss…

  • Food - Health

    Back to School Means Back to Your Regularly Scheduled Workout Brought to You by Vega Sport #Review

    September 3, 2013 - By 

    August was a little crazy – and frankly the tiniest bit lazy here too. Oh work was plentiful and my kids were very busy. But working out slid by the wayside, unless you call chasing my brother’s cute kids around the beach in Southampton a work out. Anyways, this morning back to school for this mom meant back to my regularly scheduled workout. Because 40, my friends, is not kind to your butt, nor is blogging for that matter, and forget metabolism. Once you hit 40 your metabolism begins a slow geriatric crawl up hill. Every pound you gain seems…

  • FASD - Parenting - special needs

    Bittersweet August Algebra #specialneeds

    September 2, 2013 - By 

    August is the strangest month if you parent a child with special needs. Why is that? Patience and I will tell you. August is day camps, if you are lucky, and if you have found a camp that can accommodate a child with whatever needs your child might have. It is cottage and beach and sand and water and full on sensory experiences pretty much everywhere. Swimming, I am told, by a very clever friend of mine is akin to the body receiving a full head to toe hug. The ultimate sensory immersion experience.  My girl has some special needs,…

  • Food - Giveaways - Health

    Kellogg’s New Products and a #Giveaway

    August 30, 2013 - By 

    Kellogg’s Vector chewy protein bars are the tastiest snack bars I’ve ever eaten. If you love peanuts and have no allergies these new bars from Kellogg’s are absolutely delicious. With 11 grams of protein in each bar and 5 grams of fibre I happily shared these with my kids. Now, obviously these cannot be taken to schools with children who have nut allergies. But at home here or on a family outing these are a great little snack option. I wouldn’t want the kids eating too many of them because they have 170 calories per bar. But to me this…

  • Health - infertility

    Crowdfunding A Baby: How One BC Couple Paid for Fertility Treatments #ivf4bc #bcpoli

    August 30, 2013 - By 

    (This post about crowdfunding a baby was originally published in 2013. It has been UPDATED with 2016 information) You’ve heard of crowdfunding a new product. And crowdfunding to launch a concept like a new app, or the perfect Canadian winter coat. How about crowdfunding a baby? When expensive fertility treatments are necessary and they aren’t covered sometimes you have to get extremely resourceful.   Remember Nick? You might have read of his creative approach to fertility funding earlier this year when he spoke to the Vancouver Sun about crowd funding health care treatment. Nick Beaulieu and his wife were running…

  • Food

    Nasty Stains #Resolvetip and a Chance to Win $5,000

    August 28, 2013 - By 

    You know that rhyme? The old one you grew up with – sugar and spice and everything nice and that’s what girls are made of. Snakes and snails and puppy dog tails and so on and so forth…well, whoever made that cutesy little rhyme clearly never met my girl Ainsley. She is grass and dirt, bloody knees, hugs, exploding science experiments and sometimes bug guts and peanut butter stains all rolled into one sweet little girl package. That’s life with my dolly who I once wrote about in a piece the Globe and Mail dubbed Watch out for My Tornado…

  • family

    Time for #LinkedMoms #GoingBack Party – $100 Gift Card

    August 28, 2013 - By 

    It’s time for a party. #LinkedMoms and Staples Canada are throwing a Back to School Twitter Party and this is your chance to win. We Have five great chances to win a gift card for Staples Canada products.  4 prizes of $25 and one grand prize of $100  What could you buy with a $100 Staples Canada gift card? Well, I think I would start with this:  Because my kids are in love with YTV and these are very hot commodities advertised on Next Star, our favourite show. And they look fun. (I secretly want one to play with myself…

  • Travel

    #WordlessWednesday Summer Sunset Canada #travel

    August 27, 2013 - By 

    There really aren’t any words necessary for this one. Canadian sunsets can be spectacular. This is a beach in Southampton and this sunset is very special to our entire family, especially this year. Mister Linky's Magical Widgets — Thumb-Linky widget will appear right here!This preview will disappear when the widget is displayed on your site.For best results, use HTML mode to edit this section of the post.