By: Brooke Takhar You Conquered Christmas T’was the day before Christmas Eve and you should be feeling amazing! Presents bought, wrapped and tucked under the tree. Lights twinkling. Cards mailed and received. Litres of eggnog downed. Santa pictures snapped. Cookies crumbled and devoured. You have…
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‘Tis the Season for Family Learning The winter holidays are here Kids off school plus adults off work adds up to family time for learning new things and practicing literacy skills together. ABC Life Literacy Canada offers these holly jolly holiday family literacy tips to…
Read More...Christmas Baking with Kids
By: Lisa Mackell One of my favourite things to do… with my children each Christmas is to do some baking and two of our favourite recipes to make are Truffles and Lemon Loaf. If you don’t mind the mess… Baking with kids is almost guaranteed to be a…
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We recently visited Las Vegas to attend the ABC Kids Expo. We have typically liked to try a new hotel each time when visiting Las Vegas. After one dissapointing night in a different hotel, we went back to the Bellagio. 5 Reasons I love to…
Read More...A Very Merry Birthday: Keeping Birthday’s Special for Christmas Babies
By: Amber Clouthier Happy Birthmas! A couple of years ago while browsing for a birthday card for my husband I came across a card that disturbed me. No, it wasn’t something inappropriately raunchy or annoyingly musical. It was a simple card with a simple two…
Read More...Give the Gift of Music this Christmas
FA LA LA LA LA . GIVE THE GIFT OF MUSIC! Hearing holiday music brings a smile to my face. Maybe I’m just feeling nostalgic, but there’s something about those seasonal tunes that gets me in the holiday spirit. I think the feeling is infectious! I see the joy…
Read More...A Minimalist Christmas: What do you believe?
By: Daina Sparling Making the holidays bright, with gifts? It happened the Thursday after Halloween. Thunk. The sound of the glossy ads hitting my front doorstep was music to my ears. But as I scurried outside to retrieve the booklets which were undoubtedly full of…
Read More...More Trends in Baby Gear Part 2
While visiting the ABC Kids Expo in October I witnessed several fantastic new trends in baby gear evolving. Along with leather, covered in my previous post, there were a few others. Turquoise Baby Bjorn introduced turquoise in their Potty Seat and Safety Step this show…
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1 | So true: Sometimes When I Blog I lie About Parenting. Isn’t social media truly just a highlight reel? 2 | GIVEAWAY: Do you live in Greater Vancouver? We’re giving away four Despicable Me 2 Blu-Ray combo packs! Enter here. (local pickup – ends…
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