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pod people redux: tech tuesday
Filed Under tech tuesday | June 28, 2011
Back in the day when yoyomama first launched we wrote about the joy of podcasts but I wasn’t a total converts myself until lately. I’m trying to up my exercise ante and I find that a podcast keeps me much more engaged – and distracts me from tiredness, discomfort etc – than music when I’m [...]
let’s jam:foodie friday
Filed Under foodie friday, sponsored posts | June 24, 2011
Its strawberry season, its strawberry season! Hooray! The giant baby consumes strawberries at an alarming rate. In fact, I’m fairly certain he would eat nothing but strawberries 24 hours a day if we let him (and if it didn’t do horrifying things to his digestive system). We’ve been giving him California strawberries much to our [...]
its bike month…time to get peddling
Filed Under guest bloggers | June 23, 2011
Did you know that June is Bike Month? Yippee! While June may be almost over, the time to get our bikes out of storage and on the trails is ripe. We asked Jared Walker from Opus Bikes what his top tips were for getting our kids ready for summer biking season. Top five safety [...]
for the love of the stage
Filed Under events, guest bloggers | June 21, 2011
Today’s post is guest blogged by Amy, a soprano in the Vancouver based singing group, Aliqua. We wanted to hear how a performer can do it all. As a somewhat new mom, and a performer by passion (I will use this acting degree for good someday), I have been afraid to head back and pursue [...]
hear, hear: tech tuesday
Filed Under tech tuesday | June 21, 2011
Father’s Day had me reflecting on one of the best Mother’s Day gifts I ever got. Admittedly I initially thought it was the lamest gift ever, a headset for my home phone. It seemed akin to getting a new iron or something equally domestic for Mother’s Day. Until I realized the freedom it gave me. [...]
feeding a picky kid: foodie friday
Filed Under foodie friday, guest bloggers | June 17, 2011
This week’s foodie Friday is guest blogged (and guest reciped)by Andrea E. Niosi, the clever mum behind My Picky Kid. I recently came upon My Picky Kid as I was tearing through the inter-web looking for solutions to get my own picky kid to eat something other than refried beans, strawberries and mac and cheese. [...]
how cool are you: tech tuesday
Filed Under tech tuesday | June 14, 2011
If you’re like me you’re unable to resist the occasional Google of yourself and with the rise of social media now there are all sorts of new ways to measure your impact online and who’s talking about you, retweeting you or commenting on your Facebook posts. Here are a few we use, though we take [...]
raising m: yoyodaddy
Filed Under guest bloggers | June 14, 2011
We know that our readers aren’t all mamas. In fact, we have noticed a recent influx of daddies…many of them from Touch Football BC. This may be because I play football, but more likely its because of this guy, Dave Pottinger, a yoyodaddy blogger and football player extraordinaire! Dave will be blogging here frequently about [...]
sponsored post (& contest): i’m a little sensitive
Filed Under contests, sponsored posts | June 12, 2011
I’m a rather sensitive person. My skin reacts to the all sort of irritants. I cry at cheesy commercials on TV (more at certain times of the month than others). My sense of smell is very, shall we say, refined. And my teeth cringe at the thought of ice cream or sticky caramel touching them. [...]
all hail the mighty chick pea: foodie friday
Filed Under fitness, foodie friday | June 10, 2011
I don’t know if anyone noticed, but its been awhile since I have posted about my adventures in the wonderful world of wellness (wow…thats a lot of w’s). I think its because I’ve been a bit disappointed in myself and the plateau of death as I like to call it. I’ve lost 15 pounds since January, which [...]
