Category: Parenthood
Movie Night: Monster University
After a very hot week with one child home, one at tennis camp and husband busy with a crazy week at work, we planned a first ever family movie night at the cinema. I have come to terms that movies are expensive these days and now that we are four …
Family Movie Rating System: Real Life Guide
So now that we get to watch movies as a family. I will do my best to blog what we see and I suppose a rating system would be helpful. Source: theatre, drive in, independent movie house, Hulu Plus, Netflix, IMAX Age: Current age if the children when we watch …
Keeping Cool With a Tool Belt: Home Depot is a Parent's Best Friend
I love free family events and from the day I got home from the hospital I knew every mom’s group, baby friendly movies, drop in group, story and sing-a-long schedule in a fifteen mile radius. I also thought I has a pretty good radar for what was worth traveling for …
Movie Night: Opposite Day (Hulu Plus)
Opposite Day (2009) Source: Hulu Plus Age: 9 and 6 Parent Rating: painless Child Rating: one thumb up Other: One of the main characters is Ariel Winter (Alex Dunphy in Modern Family). You’ll also find Rico Rodriguez (Manny in Modern Family)
Movie Night: Theatre, 3D, Netflix, Hulu Plus, and IMAX
Movie night in our house is a whole lot of drama and that’s before the tv goes on. We’ve all got different tastes and tolerance. Everything is too scary for the kids, or so they fear. Everything else is too trashy for the grown ups, or so we fear. One …
Happy Canada Day, Eh?: A Canada Day Abécédaire-Abecedarian
A is for Alberta, Algonquin, and Aboriginal. B is for Beavers, Butter Tarts, and Beaver Tails. C is for Canuck, CDN, CN Tower, and CN Railway. D is for Ducks Unlimited. Desert Rose Café, Dalvay By the Sea and Danforth. E is for Eaton’s, Edmonton and Eglinton. F is for …
Disappointment: A Parent's and a Child's Worst Enemy
Disappointment is something that drags me down more than anything. It always has and perhaps always will. I know we’re not all wired the same way, but my daughter and I can be pretty tough until we’re faced with disappointment. Then, the rug has been pulled from under us and …
Summer Equinox: The longest day of the year
The longest day of the year. It doesn’t matter if you are a sleep-deprived parent, an ‘angsty’ teen, or a child waiting to hear what the ‘we’ll see verdict’ turns out to be, young or old, poor or rich, pessimistic or optimistic, we all have these never-ending days or moments. …