Parenting articles as a Mother with Twins Plus One Teen, Canadian Mom Blogger
I was half-asleep warming bottles while two tiny voices cried for hunger in the stillness of night. Soon calm rested in their tummies and all you could hear was slurping. The small smiles overflowing with the purest of love, they gaze up at me with admiration. Did that loving moment go unnoticed while I picked…
How to Get the Perfect Curls? Especially for Cheer and Dance? Here’s a fantastic Hair Hack, using a hassle-free and no-friss curl formers for ringlet curls. How to Get the Perfect Curls – Cheer and Dance Hair Hack I’ve most likely spent a small fortune on curling irons and curlers in my lifetime….
Recall the age old question, ‘if you found lost money, what do you do?‘? While out a couple weeks ago, my daughters were eager to get where we were going, so they were at least 10 feet ahead of myself. They were half-running, chattering away and very excited about their day. All of a sudden…
They say that it takes a village to raise a child and I could not agree more. See that ‘I’m gonna drop dead of exhaustion at any minute’ look in my eyes in the photo above? The first few months after the twins birth are a blur, yet I do know for certain that my…
Have you seen the new Barbie Princess Power masked dolls yet? It’s the latest line in the vast and iconic Barbie doll collection, and it’s all about how every one of us is a superhero. Termed Be Super, it’s the recognition and celebration of the everyday superhero that lives within us all. As the mom…
If anything, being a parent of multiples has been an eye-opening experience. As I’ve said before, I don’t feel entirely comfortable in comparing my kids to one another, yet when you have one child and then have multiples – you just can’t help but to compare every facet of their growth. After all, parents take…
Close your eyes and recall the best memories of when you were young. I’m sure your recollections were of play, and times shared with loved ones. These moments which make a lasting impression even years later, is what drives my parenting today. My hope is that one day my girls will recall their happy play…
Is your child ready to start helping you with chores around the house? You can tell if a child is ready by the way they want to help. They will start asking you to help more and they’ll become more interested in what you are spending your time doing. My kids each have chores that…
One of my goals this and every holiday season, is to give back as much as possible. Paying it forward in many little ways and donating toys, food and money to local charities. While we do give back through the year, we focus on this more during the holiday season, since it’s that time of year…
It’s been some time since I talked about our Elf on the Shelf, Elfie. 2012 in fact. Wow. Yet, it’s always been the usual. Move the elf, forget to move the elf – etc etc. It’s relatively routine when it comes to Elfie, the girls still love him to bits, eager to jump out of…
On a day last weekend I shared a series of photos on my Instagram Page, chronicling our usual chaotic life. I’d love to say that a typical Saturday for us is laying around in PJs and watching cartoons, yet I don’t even remember the last weekend when we didn’t have something on the schedule. The photos…
This past summer I made specific goals for myself and the kids. For the first time in almost 10 years {and a total first with the twins}, we were going to spend a lot of time camping. This Spring we purchased a permanent lot at a campground about 30 minutes from home. With such a…
Lately I’ve been finding letters, words and pictures written with PEN on walls and furniture. PEN! I’m super frustrated but adding to that chaos is the response that I get from all girls at once, ‘It wasn’t me!‘. Sometimes you have to resort to trickery to find out who the culprit is. Yet usually … So,…
We remember last year all too well, right? By June May we were a lunch-making-hot-mess. I know I was! Well, it’s that time of year, parents – prepare yourself for 10 months of school lunch making! Right now we’ve got that drive since it’s just the beginning. We {hopefully} have built ourselves up over the summer to…
Today is Back to School! My oldest is now in Grade 5 and the twins just started Grade 1. Myself? I have my days free, a first in 10 years. Yes, there were a few teary moments and it was hectic to get 3 kids settled into 3 different classes in only a matter of…
My birthday is December 31, and it’s always been both a blessing and a curse. As a child, I often felt disappointed that some of my gifts were for both Christmas and birthday, in one. When you are a kid this is a pretty big deal! Then as I got older, I felt that my…
HAPPY SUMMER EVERYONE! {said with so much excitement I could burst} We had a remarkable weekend and a wonderful start to summer 2014! Friday was the twins last day of Kindergarten {sniff}, so after some morning festivities at the school we went to ‘Food Truck Fridays’ downtown with some friends and ate lunch in the park….