Where I overhear my 2.5yr old playing with his cow family..
Read MoreDoes January get your creative gardening juices flowing? Do you have a big vegetable garden, or container garden? Are you a "rose rustler"? Do you use thoughts of Spring to get you through the dark, cold days of Winter?
Read MoreWhat do you do when you've procrastinated in getting a hair cut for almost three years and then win a visit to an awesome neighbourhood salon for a new 'do? Why pay it forward, of course!
Read MoreWhat was on your Thanksgiving table? Did you have more than one holiday dinner? Did you host family and friends? What special traditions or recipes are particular to your annual celebration?
Read MoreWhen he is tired, our 2 year old is quite stubborn. Getting him to do what we want or need him to do can take a lot of convincing and often ends up being an exercise in exasperation. One of the most effective techniques in our house to overcome this challenge is utilizing the well-known, oft-joked-about "Toddler Rules Of Acquisition." We went camping this weekend and had many opportunities to put this strategy in action! (link contains video)
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How many times in our lives do we do certain things? The idea of infinite opportunity conflicting with finite experience grabbed my 10yr old's imagination. As an exercise in making lemonade out of an otherwise miserable experience, watching the day break over the water was a success. As an opportunity to experience both a "first" and a "last" with my 10yr old, it was a little heartbreaking.
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