• special needs

    #LinkedMoms Learning Toys Canada Twitter Party

    February 26, 2013 - By 

    I am absolutely thrilled to be able to bring my Canadian readers this great opportunity. LinkedMOMs, aka myself @inkscrblr and @downshiftingPRO are celebrating my new client Learning Toys with a Twitter Party. That’s right, we know how you all love a great twitter party. This one is Wednesday, March 6th, 2013 at 8 p.m. EST on twitter. (That’s the regular Linked Moms chat time and we are the happy hosts.) There will be four great prizes given away during the one hour chat. All toys your children will love. Now let, me tell you a bit about this Canadian company…

  • Health - infertility - parenting

    Infertility Is Not a Choice – Unexplained Infertility #IVF4ON #onpoli

    February 23, 2013 - By 

    Danielle Xavier, Conceivable Dreams board member, 30. I proudly wear this button on my blog and I will tell you why. Building safe families, healthy families in the province of Ontario is an issue that should be non partisan. It should be front and centre every day. It should be the most important item on every party agenda. Plain and simple. Families are economic engines, building blocks, voters and future voters. This week a flurry of articles and TV segments ran on infertility – they framed the issue as one impacting only women. Families and men were absent from the…

  • adoption_and_tweens
    adoption and tweens - family - Parenting

    Navigating Adoption and the Tween Years

    February 21, 2013 - By 

    Just 11 short years ago, my oldest daughter could be picked up and carried around. Sigh. Now she’s a tween. Let me just say the tween years are clearly preparation for the teen years ahead. But adoption and the tween years, well that’s just a special planet in the parenting journey. And me with Payton last summer at a Dove event. My kids are all sorts of awesome. Except when they are not. Sound familiar? I’m not complaining, because I love them, all the time, even when they are not particularly loving. Anyways I slept very poorly last night which…

  • family

    OZ Preview

    February 20, 2013 - By 

    Is this movie one you can’t wait to see? Well, I know my kids are really excited about it. My husband is a bit concerned that flying monkeys may be scary, but I think it looks too good to miss. Can’t wait for the release of OZ.

  • no_done_with_you_yet
    family - parenting - Travel

    Where Will You Go This March Break? #Linkedmoms

    February 20, 2013 - By 

    My Daughter after her last play It’s almost time. Can you believe it? How is it possible that it’s almost March Break?  Well, regardless of where the last two months have gone, the fact is March Break is right around the corner and what on earth are you to do with all that spare time? (Chuckle) Well, there isn’t any spare time here. For sure. My oldest daughter performs with Original Kids and she is in the March break run of The Little Mermaid Junior Musical. So we have been there every week for the last two months – three…

  • family - parenting

    #WordlessWednesday – Singing Linky

    February 20, 2013 - By 

    These are my girls. The oldest one auditioned last week to sing the national anthem at the World Figure Skating Championships. She sang beautifully and was one of only two kids who applied to do the gig. Wish her luck! I never could have done that as a child. I was a proud mom this weekend.

  • family

    Tria Beauty Series – Post 3 – Home Hair Removal Tips

    February 19, 2013 - By 

    Well, I have been at this Tria Home Hair Removal Laser 4X routine for over one month now and I have picked up a few tips to pass on to those who will be looking to buy a Tria for themselves. The Tria is a fabulous invention providing dermatologist services right in your own home. I use it almost every morning and it fits handily into my morning beauty routine without adding a whole lot of time to the process. I will soon be posting my giveaway for one of these incredible little gadgets. So keep reading. In the first…

  • the changing face of family
    Health - Parenting

    What is the New Normal #FamilyDay? #ohip4ivf #onpoli

    February 18, 2013 - By 

    On Family Day I wanted to spend my one thousandth post talking about family and the new normal and the changing face of family. Today, people will spend the day with their children, or their parents. Some may celebrate new births, a few may go out for dinner, sledding or to the movies. In our family we often take the afternoon to go skating on Family Day. It’s a fun tradition here at our house, one my daughter reminded me of today.  I spent a lot of time thinking about family here lately, and policies that impact family. On Family…

  • family

    Iris: The Happy Professor DVD #Giveaway

    February 18, 2013 - By 

    Learning about science is fun for kids and holds many hands on lessons. Iris: The Happy Professor is a quirky, fun bird that will take your kids on an educational adventure. Launched on DVD, this past December by Organa, Iris is intended for children ages five to seven years old. This one was a bit young for my kids, but fun and different from the usual fare. Iris, Kids Collection, volume two, contains five episodes ranging from senses, to hair and hands and feet. Iris’s friends, the piano, plant and skeleton will help him in the classroom as Miss Principle…

  • Food

    #FamilyDay Sweet Cheerios Treats #LMDConnector

    February 17, 2013 - By 

    This Family Day I felt like making a delicious treat I’ve had on my radar for awhile now. These chocolatey Cheerios bars looked so amazing months ago when I first spied them on the Life Made Delicious site, that I couldn’t wait. But we never really had the time, or the right ingredients until the other day.  Now, I modified these just a little. The original version is a yummy Chocolate Cheerios Hearts for Valentine’s Day, but honestly we’ve had enough hearts for the time being and I just wanted something I could make with the fabulous Peanut Butter Cheerios…