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on the road again
Filed Under parenting | July 4, 2011
We’ve talked about traveling with younger kids quite often, but as we well know the five and up crowd still needs a lot of entertainment on long trips. We’ve been lucky that nobody in our family is plagued by car sickness, so a pile of books can occupy our eight-year-old for many hours. But long [...]
time to sleep
Filed Under guest bloggers, parenting | May 9, 2011
Sleep. We love it and we just can’t get enough of it. Our kids on the other hand seem to want to be awake all the time…especially when they should be happily in dreamland catching their zzzzs. So we asked Jennifer Garden of SleepDreams Sleep Professionals Inc for some tips on getting your wee ones [...]
more equal than others
Filed Under eco friendly, parenting | February 27, 2011
We like everything we cover on yoyomama. After all we only share our most favourite of finds with you. But during certain stages of parenting some items rise to the top as most useful and needed. Right now, with both our kids affected by a super long cold/flu/fever combo that’s had us all housebound for [...]
read on!
Filed Under parenting | January 10, 2011
There may be no official stat holidays looming on the horizon, but we still think Family Literacy Day which happens every January 27th, is a holiday of sorts. It’s a good excuse to take a time out and spend some time reading with your tots or attend (or organize) one of the many events planned [...]
dear piggybank: case study
Filed Under parenting | January 7, 2011
Along with our Q&A with Joanna Muir from Dear Piggybank on getting the new year off on the right financial footing, she also included this handy case study to put a human face on budgeting and financial planning. Remember she’s also offered to answer your questions in yoyo diaries through January 14th, 2011. Just comment [...]
happy birthday to me
Filed Under faces & places, parenting | January 4, 2011
No, it’s not my birthday. It’s my baby’s birthday. And she’s turning five today. So no, she’s not my baby anymore, but she is my youngest child and it seems impossible that five years have passed since the day she was born. And as you can see, lots of things have changed, but lots have [...]
summer survival tips
Filed Under parenting | August 8, 2010
Although our six-year-old keeps lamenting that summer’s almost over that’s not the case. As any of us who are constantly trying to come up with fun ways to keep our kids busy over the holidays can attest! So when I got this press release about Barbara Allisen’s new e-book – Summer Survival for Parents and [...]
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 [...]
the happiest place on earth
Filed Under faces & places, live and learn, parenting | April 28, 2010
This April I went to Disneyland on a girls only (my mum, me and my girls – four and six) trip and I came back with so many tips, ideas and recommendations for making the trip easier so I thought I’d share. However you feel about Disneyland, I defy you not to have fun once [...]
A Call to Action for Vancouver Mamas – Speaking Out For Our Children’s Education
Filed Under parenting | April 5, 2010
Have you been hearing about the schoolboard budget cuts on the news? Us too. And even if your kids aren’t in school yet these cuts could still affect them. So here’s Shoni Field, one of the most politically savvy (and smart!) mamas we know about what’s really happening and what you can do! It has [...]
