If there’s one rule around here for the adults, it’s ‘you don’t go to bed without everything being tidy’. You fill the dishwasher, you wipe off the counters, you tidy the living room and make sure to get rid of the crap that ends up on the kitchen table. Disclosure: I am a P&Gmom. As

Last night’s dream: Olivia and I were going to Thailand – which is a trip I probably wouldn’t go on without the adultier adult (Jamie). We were on the airplane, and we were eating, and then the bill came for the food but I had lost my wallet. Arriving at the airport, I lost the passports. There was

I am an okay-recycler. Sometimes. Most of the Costco two cases of Costco water bottles that come home with us from the store every week get recycled. Most of them get tossed in the blue bags in the garage for the fundraising kids to clear out when they come around the neighbourhood a couple of times a

Last week, Violet had a hit and run incident with a local kid and a power wheels jeep. The result? A knee so bloodied up that she wouldn’t put any weight on it. Refusing to walk on it, she screamed when we woke her to go to the washroom before we went to sleep for

If there were a disaster, would you be prepared to ‘fend for yourself’ for twenty-four hours? Last month, when the power was out for a short, thirty-minute burst in our area, it was near the end of the world for the kids - and I have to admit, I was a little under prepared myself. May

Scooters, for our kids, are the go-to method of transportation. Whether you’re zooming down to your friend’s house, six houses down the street or you’re heading to the local playground with friends - you’re going to do it on your scooter. Violet has favored the Micro Mini Kick. Though Olivia has asked for a two-wheeled scooter, she’s

‘Did you know, that when Mommy and Daddy were little we didn’t have iPads? And Netflix? We didn’t have Netflix.’ If you want to see an eye-roll like no other, just tell that to our six year old. She’s had the injustice of having to share an iPad with her sister over the last couple

It’s one of the common questions parents have – when do you start the talk about money? What’s the right age – and how do you introduce the dialogue? Browsing through the online Moms’ group the other night, I happened upon a box of Lego Duplo with a Cinderella carriage for 10 bucks. We don’t

Today, I was being a good member of the village and caring for one of our best friend’s babies for a couple of days, to cover the couple of days before her real-childcare started, as she has returned to work. It’s the village, everyone’s got to do their part. First, I could never, ever have

On Saturday mornings, the kids are responsible for cleaning their rooms. A good clean, like every corner of their room before Sunday putting away laundry day, so I can walk through it without stepping on nine hundred items. Olivia’s half-assed it the last few weeks, so today I decided to do a toy purge while

Parenting is hard sometimes. It’s harder at night, when you’ve stayed up too late, and you know it. Those nights when patience dwindle and you’ve got less than your best amount of empathy for a six year old with a nightmare, because you just want to go to sleep. When Olivia wakes up with a nightmare,