Canadian Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the holidays for my family. The excitement begins when I start seeing pumpkins everywhere – at grocery stores, at Costco, on school snacks calendars, on print advertisements, on news promoting pumpkin patches and deals on this fruit (yes, fruit) everywhere. We celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving today but hosting a festiveContinueContinue reading “Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! #Thanksgiving #Canada”
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How my second born child’s life is different from (or similar to) her older brother – Part 1
It was under five years ago that I began a beautiful journey with Aaron. As soon as we got engaged and got married three months later, we knew we wanted kids. Plural. We both wanted two kids. Baby J now Toddler J or TJ was born two years later. In fact, I was pregnant onContinueContinue reading “How my second born child’s life is different from (or similar to) her older brother – Part 1”
Waltzing Logdrivers, Christian Ants, Conniving Cats, Deceitful Ducks and Other Aids to Help Your Child Eat, Drink, and Thrive
Almost every parent can attest to the innumerable tactics, strategies, threats, rewards, and/or punishment that naturally dovetail our parenting styles. I don’t care what you name your particular style of parenting – whether you are a helicopter, free-range, no-range, authoritarian, authoritative, laissez-faire or some other kind of parent, you have at one point or anotherContinueContinue reading “Waltzing Logdrivers, Christian Ants, Conniving Cats, Deceitful Ducks and Other Aids to Help Your Child Eat, Drink, and Thrive”
Summer 2015 – Toronto, Canada – I
J and I got to Toronto yesterday. The first phase of our summer and my unemployment has begun. Traveling alone from Chicago to Toronto was little bit of a hassle especially since J had to skip his nap to get to the airport. He was also hungry and tired. In line to check in (IContinueContinue reading “Summer 2015 – Toronto, Canada – I”