Well I have about 35 hours left before I escape – I mean fly to Asheville, North Carolina for the Type A Mom conference. (Husband laughed at me when I told him what it was called, as if to say Ha! You Type A. Hysterical!) Well, Type A doesn’t mean I am not domestically challenged. Silly man! P-Shawww!Anyways I am in the mood to make lists so here is my top ten list of what I really really hope to get out of my very first blogging/ social media conference. (Did I really just say that?!) While reading please sing the…
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Well the last day of summer is upon us and le premiere jour de-l’automne is here, so naturally my kids are making snow. Say what? Well Mama found this fun product several months ago and kept it for a rainy or sunny afternoon as needed. Supersnow is a powder product by http://www.dunecraft.com/ a company from Cleveland, Ohio. The snow is non toxic and recommended for aged four an up. Add water to the powder and stir. Instructions indicate that warm water makes it fluff up even faster. See picture here. My daughter, nine, who is clearly headed for a life…
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Hello and Happy Monday all. So here we are again with a Monday Mingle and don’t forget to head on over to Eighty MPH Mom to visit Jennifer and the other Minglers. Don’t know how this one led me to an adoption vlog today, but there it is – maybe it is September. For my kids and for me September is a back to school transition month and for those who are adopted it can easily also be a trigger for memories – good, bad and otherwise. I think this vlog in some ways illustrates that. http://eightymphmom.com/category/monday-mingle-vlogs
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For those of you in London, don’t forget Doors Open London is this weekend and LOLA too. Doors Open means you can visit for free a number of area attracions that normally would cost money!!! So what are you waiting for? I have three giveaways going on right now. Also Eden Mills Writer’s Festival is this weekend and I may – depending on the weather – have a fast trip Sunday to the lovely little village where writers and readers meet annually. Over at http://www.thriftymommasbrainfood.blogspot.com/ I am giving away a copy:of 1. Embracing Your Second Calling2. Dork Diaries.Also here, there…
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Happy Monday! Me again mingling with the ladies at eightymphmom.com. Thanks Jennifer for creating this fun way to vlog and gain some pointers on how to grow as a blogger. Type A Mom is fast approaching and meet the teacher night is this week and whew! my schedule is filling up fast. This time I am flying solo without my amateur videographer helpers. (My kids. Last week they taped me and cutely said “and cut” at end of vlog. Lots of you thought that was charming. Thanks 🙂 ) So let’s see how we did…
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This is something I share when I do workshops throughout North America on advocacy. But because I know so many friends with children who can use this information I thought I would post a tipsheet on the topic. I call it the WIN then Build philosophy of advocacy. I run a non profit (Canadian Coalition of Adoptive Families http://www.canadiancoalitionofadoptivefamilies.ca/) in which I often use these tactics and I am a Mom and I have a child with special needs. This is what works my experience. Of course there’s more than one way to make things happen but this worked well…
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So your baby is about to start school and she or he is staying for lunch. That opens up a whole new world of school lunches. I have a bit of experience with thousands of school lunches over the years and I wanted to pull together some questions and tips that I often get asked by friends whose kids are just starting kindergarten. A friend of mine prompted this post as she found it helpful last week when I emailed her in response to a question she had about school lunches and leftovers.  Six Questions about School Lunches Q1: What lunch…
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I am all for activity tax credits and fitness tax credits and anything that keeps kids active and fit and healthy. I can back that any day and, in fact, I would. I spend well over the $500 a year allowed by the federal fitness tax credit each year – $1,000 for a disabled child. I have some extremely active children and they need a lot of martial arts/ basketball/ swimming/ skating/ music/ drama etc. I claim every year the maximum I can and I tell every new parent I know to take advantage of the federal credit. It makes…
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Blue Mountain Collingwood is a spot I haven’t visited since I was maybe 12 years old. When the opportunity came up to check out Blue Mountain this past weekend we were curious to see how things had changed. With my Lay’s Chip Trips once again, we were able to save a few bucks on this trip. In total a day for four at Plunge is about $42. We saved on one free child’s admission. It was a lovely treat to stay in Weider Lodge at the base of Blue Mountain and Plunge was a hoot. I’d very much recommend this…
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Whoops almost forgot to give a shout out to my friend Jennifer over at 80 MPH Mom who started this vloggy fun on her blog. So Happy Monday Mingle. Make some new friends.