Your little says, “We should get to the mall faster, Mum.” “We’re almost there,” you say, looking around at the bumper-to-bumper traffic. In the silence that follows you wonder why she hasn’t fallen asleep, and if the mall is going to keep the littles entertained. No sooner have you finished those thoughts than the projectile [...]
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A Beautiful Autumn Day
Posted in Motherhood, Travels with Kids on October 15, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Remember the Pee Bucket? I didn’t.
Posted in Motherhood, Travels with Kids, tagged ambulance, automatic flush toilets, BC Ferries, diapers, Easter Road trip, family room, ferry, Ikea, Ladner Trunk Road, pee, pee bucket, public bathrooms, sensor on May 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Who designed automatic flush toilets anyways? Sure, they’re great for adults – albeit unpleasant if you happen to move. But for children, namely preschoolers who are just getting used to using public bathrooms? They are terrible. The BC Ferries should take a chapter from Ikea, where, in the most pleasant of surprises, the family room [...]
Good-bye Island
Posted in Motherhood, Travels with Kids, tagged ferry, hand sterilizer, phobia, playroom, reservation, The Wonder Pets on May 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The last thing you want to hear at 06:00, after being up since 05:00, is the concerned voice of a ferry worker, asking if you have a reservation. Her reason for asking? There was a one sailing wait; the next boat left at nine. Nine. Three hours to wait with two children, one of whom [...]
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