I thought some of you might enjoy these kid’s activities for Easter Monday. You never know when you might need extra tools to amuse the troops. Feel free to right click and save on your computer, then print them out and use for your kids. Have fun!
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Without a doubt adoptive parenting is the hardest thing you will ever do. But it can also be the most rewarding. For us, adoption was the only way we were going to become a family. It is the greatest gift we ever received and we are always grateful. However, adoptive parenting is not the same as traditional parenting. From the start this journey is harder. You will go through all sorts of grief and loss just to get here often. And then it will be intrusive. It will be hard and also very worth it. But you might question that…
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This is our homemade tambourine. Built from the supplies that came in the really fabulous little eco friendly Green Kid Craft Kits.
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It was one of those days. You know the kind where the kids come home sick and you suspect the *flu* bug they have contracted isn’t really viral at all. Especially since the one child quite clearly seems as hyper as ever with no sign of flu, or cold, or anything else really. So, what do you do? Well, luckily a craft kit from Green Kid crafts arrived today and my little sick just turned nine-year-old, was completely over the moon. I made her wait so I could take some pictures. There were three full crafts in the music of…
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It’s the signature green you notice first. But the business atmosphere is a very close second. But wait, what’s that? The smell of fresh baked cookies daily? Gourmet coffee brewing? Free wifi? The open spaces, bright lit aisles and clean organized lines of the London, Ontario storage facility are characteristics of Storage Worx that set them clearly miles apart from the competition. This is not your average storage place, in fact there’s very little that is average about the award-winning Storage Worx. Storage Worx is a top notch business centre that caters to clients who store their goods, files, or…
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There are no words powerful enough to describe what it is, what it feels like, to wonder if you will ever get to be a family. When I think about all the years we waited, then tried to conceive, all the health care ups and downs, and misery we endured before we formed our family, I am humble, grateful, and a wee bit in awe that we eventually were chosen to be our girl’s parents. When I watch this video of Rachel and Brandon, I am reminded of that again. Whether your path to becoming a family is adoption or…
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This past week London played host to the World Figure Skating Championships, and we did so beautifully. This was the light show we saw projected onto Budweiser Gardens one night. It was called the Tree of Light and it was spectacular.
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I have girls. Enough said. They like the bling. They like crafting. They like to drive me bonkers. Wait, did I say that out loud? Lysol No Touch Hand soap, the soap dispenser built for the kid who touches everything, is also made for my girls who like to bling up everything. If your kids are like mine at all, or even if they just want to craft, go pick up the Lysol Hand Soap dispenser and take photos of it all fancied up. You could win a mini iPad right now. For a limited time, visit the Lysol Canada…
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When my baby was this size I would race out of a store holding her ears shut tight if I heard someone drop a swear word at the checkout. Today I swore three times on the drive to the Market where this same baby, now a tween, acts and sings with a local kid’s theatre group. This left me shaking my head and wondering what happened? Am I a bad Mom because I swear now occasionally? When did that become okay for me? What happened to that pristine atmosphere I used to maintain for this new little person? And why…
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Dear Mom: Remember last month when I reminded you all about how we needed to book my summer camps now! Well, I am really hoping you did that Mom. I want to get into the same overnight summer camp I did last year with my BFF. It was the most fun event of my entire summer. Oh I enjoyed Canada’s Wonderland too, but nothing will ever top staying up late, crafting all week long, singing songs and making my own dolls and then swimming in a lake and sleeping on bunks away from home. My counsellors were incredible. In fact,…