December 2019

Merry Christmas! I’m kind of nostalgic for the younger years with my kids and all the anticipation, both faith-based and festive. The reading of nativity picture books, church pageants and a good dose of The Grinch. The fun of decorating the house together, baking, working on hand-made present after hand-made present and the annual gingerbread […]

I finished my last bite of lunch and put the container in my bag, preparing to head out to drop my daughter and her friend off to their Art class. We were at a library in a community centre the next town over and we had been reading in one of the private study rooms.

I’ve been wanting to put these experiences to words for a long time because they have been such a rich and interesting part of the week with M, S and friends for about three years now. I seem to keep walking down memory lane in other posts with picture books we have read in our

Who Was That? is back with a new Christmas Trivia edition. That’s right! Christmas songs, movies, traditions, facts about both the religious and festive side of Christmas and more! A family collaboration, featuring background music by our oldest son, it’s been a lot of fun to put together. Enjoy this Christmas Trivia App in the

Life can be expensive. Being a parent can be very expensive! There are some aspects we can’t control but we may have more choice around the amount and way we spend than we think (and admittedly some people may not) and a lot of it is related to our mindset. Whether we have a limited amount

There are stories here and there that I remember had an impact on the way my kids began to see time and space. Some were picture books that took us to a specific location and gradually, naturally brought us on a journey through time at that very spot. Others showed the process and effect of