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bear tales
Filed Under things | May 31, 2010
When I was little I spent a lot of time in the wilds of the Yukon and consequently I grew up with a healthy respect for – and even fear of - bears, in fact one of the first stories I ever wrote featured a bear: “The bere scared me. My daddy scared the bere. [...]
california girlfriend getaway: disneyland. et fin.
Filed Under faces & places | May 27, 2010
Our adventure wrapped up with a full day at Disneyland. We started with a group breakfast at the Storytellers Cafe which included not only an enormous and delicious buffet that totally set us up for the day – the French Toast in caramel sauce caught everyone’s fancy – but also lots of visits from Disney [...]
uncluttering the toys and art
Filed Under faces & places | May 26, 2010
Leah Avery had so much to say in our article on decluttering kids’ rooms that we couldn’t fit it all into an article, so we’ve added a few more tips here including more info on separating your tots from their precious toys and keeping track of their art work. Toys: Never get rid of a [...]
california girlfriend getaway: disneyland day one
Filed Under faces & places | May 24, 2010
The last stop on our girlfriend getaway to California was Disneyland. After a recent family trip to Disneyland I was interested to experience it sans enfants and we were also excited to meet all the other mothers who’d been touring different parts of California while we there – we’d all been tracking each other’s progress [...]
yoyomama reader profile: judy jeffery
Filed Under faces & places | May 21, 2010
We know we tell you about us and lots of mamas who rock, but what about you? We want to start hearing more about some of our fabulous readers and so we’re starting with a reader profile of someone who might not, at first glance, seem like a typical yoyomama reader, but once a mama, [...]
california girlfriend getaway: sonoma
Filed Under faces & places | May 19, 2010
After a day spent exploring Napa the California Travel & Tourism Commission had us heading over to Sonoma, so we jumped into our Prius, programmed Martha and hit the road heading for the Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel & Spa in Santa Rosa. The route was very scenic – traffic jams notwithstanding – and we were [...]
director of sales & marketing wanted
Filed Under job posting | May 19, 2010
We have exciting news for Sarah, but less exciting news for us, she’s been offered a position she can’t refuse so this means we’re looking for a Director of Sales & Marketing so if you’ve got sales moxie and marketing sass we want to hear from you ASAP. Check out all the details below: Job [...]
california girlfriend getaway: napa
Filed Under faces & places | May 19, 2010
There’s nothing that beats a girlfriend getaway sans kids and husband. A chance to catch up and do things on your own schedule. With another mother who understands the joys of being responsible for no one but yourself. And who won’t make fun of you for still packing snacks just in case anyone gets hungry. [...]
strategies for spring cleaning your wardrobe
Filed Under faces & places, guest bloggers | May 10, 2010
As the weather improves and I dig out my summer duds (sometimes literally), I’ve come to the conclusion that I could use a little help decluttering my hodge podge collection of clothes. So I thought of Tracey Rossignol, a local mama and the author of Fashion Forward 40 , a mama and former fashionista who [...]
btv lowdown
Filed Under things | May 6, 2010
>> Click to watch Looking for any of the products we talked about on Breakfast Television this morning? Here’s our must-have list: Colour Your Own Costumes from Moojoes. Vapur “Anti” Bottles from Raspberry Kids So Young Mother Cooler Bags from Pebble and online from So Young Mother. RuMe Jr bags from goneshopping.ca RuMe Pocket from [...]
