Image courtesy of Wiki free images  We are a big Cheerios family. (No, I’m not talking about the Glee Cheerleaders) Love them for all ages and sizes of people. We like original Cheerios and Apple Cinnamon and Multi-Grain, and of course Honey Nut. We have not been without a box of Cheerios ever since darling youngest daughter was about eight months old. Which brings me to my milestone moment. I still remember giving my oldest daughter her first solid food. The first real solid thing I ever gave her was a Cheerio. No, seriously! Another Mommy friend Lisa…

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…

This is a contest I’d like to enter myself. Stress Free Kids sent thriftymomma Sea Otter Cove a couple of weeks ago and we’ve been using it in our house since. Sea Otter Cover is one of several excellent books from Lori Lite, the founder of Stress Free Kids. I first heard of this entrepreneur and author when she landed herself on Shark Tank to pitch her amazing line of books for children and teenagers. The books, and also CD sets, are designed to help with anxiety, stress, anger, relaxation and emotions. What I love about this book is simple: it…

While there may not yet be snow, there’s an awful lot of Christmas-y stuff going on lately to herald the season. London’s night time Christmas parade was last weekend and, as you can see here, we attended the annual kickoff to shopping season. Despite a few glitches, gaps in between floats, and cars somehow not following the traffic barricades and dangerously driving down Dundas Street prior to start of parade, it was a hit. The temperatures, which hovered around 10 to 15 degrees Celsius all day beat last year’s hideous snowstorm that we foolishly braved. My daughter this year purchased…