Spring Has Sprung

Miss C is still on the road to recovery, with a lovely bark-cough that crops up when she: wakes, sleeps, breathes cold air, lies on her back…  But she is in good spirits and working on sitting by herself, rolling over, cutting her second tooth, and chanting, “Dadadadada.”   Um, who just spent 6 days [...]

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Turning 5: Snapshots of The Party

Miss Q turned 5 last week.  On the weekend she had her princess/fairy/Fancy Nancy/twoonie/save the baby pandas party with four of her friends at our house. It was so cute watching her guests arrive dressed to the nines in their best jewels and fanciest dresses.  Miss Q was beside herself with joy.  The squeals filling our [...]

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For the Birds

I hate birds.  I hate their oily feathers, pointed beaks and beady eyes.  I hate their scratchy claws, unpredictable nature and over all fickleness: if their young smell like humans, how can they leave them to die, but have no problem consuming food prepared by or half-eaten by said humans? Don’t get me wrong.  I [...]

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Magical Moments

With the goal of filling Miss Q and Miss S’s days with magic and fun; all the while resting myself, here are three things that have captured their interest and kept them busy for hours. 1.   MAGIC POTIONS To make you’ll need: finger paint, dish soap and sprinkles. You’ll also probably want: towels and [...]

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Drowning In Art

Our house could double for the Louvre.  Thanks to preschool, Miss Q has filled our house with colour and design. It started out slowly, with one or two paintings coming home a week, but by October 2010, the art work was coming home in twos and threes. Then, I made a fatal error and used [...]

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Gumboot Season

During the rains of the summer, Miss Q started fretting about getting wet.  She reminded me of my grandma, who, at the first scent of rain, would stop, pull her plastic see-through rain bonnet out of her purse, and tie it snuggly under her chin in order to protect her perfectly coifed hair. After watching [...]

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Fire in the Kitchen

Miss Q really wanted to do something this afternoon.  Unfortunately due to a tight turn-around time between her daddy coming home from work, and me leaving for work, all of her grand ideas had to be shelved.  Enter my bright idea of the day: baking 101. The recipe had to be short; it had to [...]

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The New Kid In Town

Oh Jelly Salads.  You’re a dying dish; a relic from yester-year, when you sat proudly between the roast and rolls at Sunday dinner. What a culinary feat for you to emerge from your mould in perfect wobbly form; bits of carrots and pineapples hidden like diamonds beneath your surface. There was always excitement when a [...]

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Good Clean Fun – Even When It Goes Awry

My husband thinks I don’t think projects through.  He’s wrong. I do think things through, but usually, I go ahead and do them anyways.  My motto is: if it’s safe (i.e. doesn’t hurt anyone) then do it.  Messes can be cleaned, so the messier the  better. This isn’t to say my brilliant ideas don’t go [...]

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