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banjo slingin’ & old time singin’
Filed Under events, faces & places | November 11, 2011
Professor Banjo, also known as Paul Silveria, is a banjo player, square dance caller and all ’round children’s entertainer, who has recently transplanted himself from Portland to Vancouver. In Portland, he had carved out a career for himself as an old time musician playing at Farmer’s Markets, in schools, children’s stores, and at other family [...]
online bullying: are policies enough?
Filed Under guest bloggers, parenting, tech tuesday | November 2, 2011
I’ve recently had some stories of online bullying hit pretty close to home in my private life, and it’s caused me to spend a fair bit of time thinking about bullying in our schools and the role technology plays in it today. In light of the BC Liberal’s new education plan, which allows all students [...]
‘Greenie’ Colouring Page
Filed Under Uncategorized | April 15, 2010
Click the image below for your ‘Green’ featuring Greenie and some yummy broccoli colouring page. Ryan Sias, Are You Eating Something Red?
The Intimacy Of K-Y
Filed Under sponsored posts | April 6, 2010
I think the word ‘K-Y’ makes most people think lube, sex or wrestling, so this was not an easy conversation with my partner when I told him I had K-Y® Intimacy Experiment for us to do and blog about. But luckily, I have mastered the skill of persuasion and I explained to him the assignments [...]
Live and Learn: A Learning Experience for Both of Us
Filed Under guest bloggers, live and learn | January 15, 2010
A Learning Experience for Both of Us On my daughter’s third birthday I had invited 20 people for the party, 7 kids and the rest adults. Danielle was very excited because we had a Care Bear theme for the party. I don’t think she understood the party aspect but she was very excited that she [...]
Cookbook Review: ‘Bite Me’ Written By Julie Albert & Lisa Gnat
Filed Under things | December 15, 2009
Cookbook Review: ‘Bite Me’ Written By Julie Albert & Lisa Gnat Written by two Canadian sisters. This cookbook includes fun, tasty, easy and simple recipes to satisfy all taste buds including the pickiest eater in your family. It is fully loaded, complete with delicious recipes and racy photos, and enjoyable commentary. ‘Bite Me’ contains a [...]
Live and Learn: The Family Christmas
Filed Under guest bloggers, live and learn | December 11, 2009
The Family Christmas Recently I was watching The Santa Clause movie with my 23 year old daughter and she asked me why did I like all those corny Christmas movies and insist that we all watch them together as a family. My response was it reminded what it was like to believe in Santa and [...]
Live and Learn: Bedtime
Filed Under guest bloggers, live and learn | November 19, 2009
Bedtime Until my second child was born, bedtime and naps were never an issue. My eldest Danielle had slept 10-12 hours a night and still took a nap at 5 yrs old. Naturally I assumed that I would be blessed with the same the 2nd time around. Yes, I will admit I was a little smug [...]
Live and Learn: My Kids and Food
Filed Under guest bloggers, live and learn | November 8, 2009
My Kids and Food… When my kids were babies, like everyone else I thought it was pretty cute the first time they rolled there little tongues and a gob of pablum came my way. Overnight that cute little baby became a toddler who wouldn’t eat anything and seem to take great delight in tipping that [...]
Live and Learn: Cry Baby
Filed Under guest bloggers, live and learn | October 27, 2009
Cry Baby When I had my first child, I thought when she cried I needed to pick her up – each and every time she cried. What kind of mother would I be not to? And then I had a visit from the Public Health Nurse. Of course the nurse took one look into my [...]
