It feels a bit like I’m emerging from a cocoon. Slowly. The last few weeks have been cold and miserable as winter kept lingering and there’s just been way too much solo parenting so I’ve basically been housebound except for going to work. All of these things make me cranky. I haven’t been taking care [...]

When I heard the news last year that Toronto was getting its own Legoland Discovery Centre, I may have let out an audible squee. This was after we had visited the Legoland amusement park near Orlando for the first time, and I could just imagine how thrilled the kids would be to have something like that so [...]

I’m not really into imaginary things. I’m pretty practical. I don’t really mind if the kids stop believing in Santa or the Tooth Fairy or the Easter Bunny. I’m barely putting up the pretense. We don’t do God around here. I’m not the person who is going to put that Elf on the Shelf. Am [...]

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If you haven’t taken your little ones to the movies before, the first time can be a little daunting. I don’t know about you, but two hours in a dark room with loud noises and bright bursts of light on a giant screen with not enough popcorn doesn’t quite seem so fun when your three-year [...]

I’ve been lucky enough to attend some pretty sweet brand events lately, and the first to dazzle me was the launch of the Scotiabank Gold American Express® card. It was a great night, and the information presented gave me some food for thought, and so I wanted to write about it. But first. Things you [...]