• Back To School - family - parenting

    Activity Tax Credits, Mommies and What About Seniors too?

    September 8, 2010 - By 

    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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    Monday Mingle

    September 6, 2010 - By 

    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.

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    Back To School Last Hurrahs

    August 26, 2010 - By 

    Payton and Ainsley in the cool room at Great Wolf Lodge Great Wolf Lodge- Niagara Falls Father’s Day at Bingeman’s Park – Kitchener Ripley’s Believe it or Not Museum – Niagara Falls Well, less than two weeks to school starting here and I am on a mission. We’ve had a fabulous summer of fun activities like the excellent Great Wolf Lodge weekend on Canada Day. Many thanks to Lay’s Chip Trips and Mom Central Canada. As a Trip Advisor, I have seen a lot of fun Ontario sites and enjoyed a few deep discounts. All that for the price of a few…

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    Weekend Sale Roundup

    August 21, 2010 - By 

    Blogging from the beach was trickier than I thought. Sorry these are a bit late, but here they are: Bonnie Togs – $10 denim sale. $15 for coveralls.Shoppers Drug Mart has their use your points event on this weekend. This is a good deal. Real Canadian Superstore: spend $150 or more and receive a free box of Nestle favourites chocolate bars and treats.Chapters/Indigo has buy one book and get one 50 % off  just this weekend.Also just this weekend at Children’s Place is spend $50 or more and get 25 % off purchase.Old Navy has $8 hoodies. Happy Shopping! Also…

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    Fun Foam or Volcanoes

    August 14, 2010 - By 

    So today we woke up looking for things to do and we came up with this Backyard Science Vlog for you. The only other thing I want to add is that sometimes this experiment can help children to talk about emotions too. You fill up all the ingredients in the bottle and describe the bottle as a person, or a child. Then when the foam froths over the top, you can tell them that’s a bit like what happens with anger when it grows so big you can’t hold it all in. It explodes. Then talk about some ways kids…

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    Cora’s

    August 10, 2010 - By 

    We finally had a chance to celebrate summer holidays with a brunch at Cora’s, something my niner has been asking for well about three or four months now. It was my second time there, at the breakfast place, with two locations now in London. Both times I wasn’t disappointed. The menu is exclusively crepes and waffles and bacon and eggs and breakfast foods. But as you can see here (to the left) this isn’t your average breakfast spot. The waffles my daughter chose were flavoured with cinnamon, covered in fresh fruit and drizzled with icing sugar. Yummy and also from…

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    My Answers to Lisa the Party Mommy at YummyMummyClub

    August 10, 2010 - By 

    1. Did you attend Blogher10? No. Dammit! I was actually a bit afraid. The swag frenzy and scary anecdotes from last year’s Blogher made me think umm.. nope I’ll try Type A Mom Con for my first conference. Thanks. 2. Are you attending BlissdomCanada this fall? I am crossing fingers and toes and approaching sponsors right now so I don’t need to remortgage house just to go. That would be frowned on by my husband. 3. When are you at your blogging best –  I guess night. Here it is 10 p.m. again and I am bloggy baby. 4. How many…

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    Disney’s Geppetto and Son

    August 7, 2010 - By 

    Once again the Original Kids Theatre Company brings a magical performance to life and a clever commentary on parenthood. This weekend is the last chance to catch Disney’s Geppetto and Sons at the Rotary Reading Garden downtown London. It is a funny take on Pinnocchio and a great family performance. We caught this one last night. Bring blankets or chairs. It is pay as you go and runs through tomorrow. The performance lasts about one hour or slightly longer. The ensemble here works very well together. Musical numbers are dazzling. Tonight and tomorrow a.m are the last chances to see…

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    Welcome Wednesday and Waterpark Love

    July 14, 2010 - By 

    I am bringing Welcome Wednesday here with hopes of introducing more readers to my well received travel blog. Follow http://www.takeitfrom-me.blogspot.com/  for more information about Welcome Wednesday. Also today I am including my water park roundup…As some of you know, I blog for Mom Central Canada and have been promoting Lay’s Chip Trips. I posted my review of Great Wolf Lodge, Niagara Falls recently on main blog at http://www.thriftymommastips.blogspot.com/ There are many worthy family-friendly locations at the falls and this one was totally worth the drive. I am a big fan on family water park fun and we have visited a few…