This is not a review. I want to be upfront about that. This has become our February family tradition – every year – we race off to see this amazing Disney On Ice show at the John Labatt Centre. This is a post about love and traditions and the ways in which we celebrate being parents and childhood. And the bittersweet way that kids grow so strong so fast and leave us shaking our heads, holding our hearts in our hands. From the time my oldest daughter was two, we would every December, walk over repeatedly to the London Public…

Well, I know you are all dying to know what we cooked or baked together this week, so without any further introduction here it is.  Oh don’t get all healthy on me. It’s Valentine’s so we decided to make treats and give them out to the volunteers and friends that we see at SARI therapeutic horseback riding program every week. We only ate a *cough* couple hundred  ourselves on the way to and from the horses. It is a long ride you know. Anyways, nothing much kids love more than cooking and making candy. This one is easy peasy. I…

We started our day today with crafts – and compassion. It’s a strange combination perhaps, but it works for us. Because I am a Mom, I spend hours thinking about things like the future and how will my kids make a difference. And what are the values I want to leave them with, because if we are all being real, then let’s state it as it is: our children are tiny slingshots, arrows, we shoot forward into the world someday to land a target without us. Sad, but true, and also magical and wonderful and life. I want for my kids…

Wordless Wednesday this week. Featuring my nephew Taiga. He is three. We made a gingerbread tree together. His first time doing anything like that. He is Japanese-Canadian, full on adorable and a hoot and a half. So mischievous. Love that. I think this picture should be called Blackmail. Because I love how he unabashedly, without even contemplating gender stereotypes plunked a princess crown on his head. And there it stayed. Blackmail for his eventual wedding. The best part about this picture was what happened afterwards. When he ate the smallest bit of the green icing and sugar toppings he literally spun…

Toshiba is for me one of those brands that consistently delivers great quality at good prices. So when I was asked if I wanted to take part in the Shes Connected Holiday Heroes, Toshiba Brand Ambassador program, well that was a no brainer for me. My very first laptop and the computer that is most reliable in this house is my Toshiba. So this is a brand I believe in and buy for our family. I don’t sing the praises of every product or brand that crosses my desk. My job as a brand ambassador for Toshiba was to pick…