It was game night at our house on the Friday before last. We held a Mattel Game On! Party. It was a roaring success! We tested out the Mattel games: Mad Gab, Apples to Apples, UNO, and Angry Birds Knock on … Read More
Sometimes, important messages from my children are communicated through art and symbolic gestures rather than words. My darling daughter Pippi made this inuit inspired, soap stone bear sculpture last year in grade one as a present for her dad on … Read More
Congratulations to Life Guard Mistaya! Pic is Mistaya skim boarding on the Lake Okanagan, BC (she is 11 in the pic). My eldest daughter Mistaya is now a certified life guard. She completed her NLS last night. We had a … Read More
Families that eat together, stay together—or something like that. All the latest research shows that eating a meal as a family unit impacts the children’s life in a tremendously positive way (do well at school, don’t try drugs and other … Read More
California Adventure Park & Disneyland So many families go to Disneyland. So many families have a great time. We are one of those families. The girls and I accomplished two, 12h+ days in a row–no melt downs, illnesses or injuries. … Read More
Leading Moms Vancouver, BC 2013 I’m back from a fabulous weekend in Vancouver, BC. I attended a Leading Moms conference. My sister also attended the conference; so, we met in Vancouver for the weekend. The weekend weather was sunny and … Read More
Back to school is in full swing around my house. School, music lessons and soccer have all started. My daughters each go to a different school, on three different buses, with different start and end times. It is easy for … Read More
A wonderful break through this weekend with training my Old Boston Bulldog! As those who have been following my blog know, I have had a challenging year and a half raising my bully breed dog. I adopted Pablo as a … Read More
First day back at school for my three darling daughters (grades 2, 8 and 12) and all I have to show for it this morning is a picture of a dead snake. I forgot to take first day back to … Read More
My parents 50th Wedding Anniversary was on August 17, 2013. My sisters and I planned an elaborate, yet intimate, dinner and celebration at a historical hotel, The Hotel Eldorado in Kelowna, BC. All of my mom’s 5 siblings came from … Read More