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get shorty

Filed Under faces & places | July 25, 2010

When I first started corresponding with Karen from the soon-to-be-launched The Shorty List last spring I was intrigued by her idea: The Shorty List is a soon-to-be launched Metro Vancouver website which will help parents make demanding choices about daycares, preschools, and elementary schools. We will have the hard facts – including satisfaction survey results, [...]

get your knit on

Filed Under faces & places, live and learn, parenting | July 21, 2010

A recent interaction with another mother in the grocery store line up reminded us how isolating the early days – and challenges – of motherhood can be (read more about it in on our Facebook Page) and so when this came across our desk we thought it was worth sharing! Call for Knitters! Are you [...]

best intentions part II

Filed Under eco friendly, faces & places | July 19, 2010

Rather like my best intentions to go to the Farmers Market every week my best intentions to blog about my part in the Community Share Agriculture Co-op run by the Home Grow-in Grocer have gang aft agley. In part that’s because we were away and missed a week and in part well,  just because. But [...]

doodles

Filed Under faces & places | July 14, 2010

Feel free to download these PDF doodling sheets from Pocket Doodles for Boys & Pocket Doodles for Girls:

fear vs. play

Filed Under faces & places, guest bloggers, judgy mummy | July 9, 2010

There are innumerable things parents begin to fear once two becomes three (or four, or, five, or, well, you’re downright brave.)  Fear of them hurting themselves, fear of someone hurting them, fear of them shoving something up their nose, fear of. . .playing? It’s summertime and while the sun is just starting to show it, [...]


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