“This is the best breakfast I’ve EVER had!” – Cinnamon pancakes. “This morning adventure is amazing!” – A nature walk through our local park. “Mommy, you always have the best ideas!” – Painting sticks found on the nature walk. “Th…

Last summer, I started Operation Two Wheels. I didn’t bother telling anyone about it which meant that Operation Two Wheels was about as top secret as you can get. My mission: to convince my son (then four, now five) to try biking without his training wheels. I can’t recall if it surprised me that my [...]

I am sitting here at this very moment, after an especially tasty melange of bbq chicken, rice, celery, onions, yellow pepper, green beans and watching Hudson struggle with a speech on air pollution.  It is 6:36 and we have been…

My head is practically hurting from all the things I want to write about. So I will start with this one even though I know it’s going to come out in a big jumble.
A few things inspired me to jot my thoughts down on the topic of tweens today, one…

Today is World Autism Awareness Day.  All over the world landmarks, businesses, universities and households will be lighting it up blue to raise awareness for this epidemic.  Yes it is an EPIDEMIC.  The U.S. CDC just released new figures showing…

Irene picked up a bunch of ‘chapter books’ aimed mostly at grade school kids from Boomerang Kids on Friday. Apart from demonstrating impeccable taste in child literature, Irene also demonstrate an uncanny read on the forecast. – Syndicated…

When you are a dad of girls, you’d be surprised at the things you do because you love them! Need tips for when parents travel? We know what it is like when daddy is away and we happily survived the latest trip! Oh, and wondering what a princess m…

Ever since my battle with postpartum when Will was a couple months old, we’ve had a solid sleep routine.  My angel night nurse Nadia set the schedule and I’ve stuck to it.  Bath – books – bed.  We deviate sometimes…

I’ve been blogging for almost three years. Three years ago, when I spontaneously bought a domain and opened up shop I was awash in Kid Stuff. I spent every moment of every day deep in the Valley of Mommydom and I could think about nothing else. I knew intellectually that this wouldn’t last forever, and [...]

PRESCHOOLThe preschool stage is not an easy one in this house.Big A challenged us from the time she was about 18 months old, until she turned 5 last year, when things finally started to improve.  And that’s certainly not to say that things ar…

It’s YOUR job: To know the passwords for their e-mail accounts. To check out their Facebook pages. To be aware of what they are wearing to school. To know who their friends are. To set limits, have rules. To teach them right from wrong. To enc…

This topic has been coming up more and more in the news, online, and several schools in the states are even implementing the practice of making condoms available to students as young as 12 years old, with the hopes to educate them on safe sex and proper usage of contraceptives. Kids Know and Do More than we [...]

Why I won’t be sending my kid to Broadview P.S here in Ottawa.

I try to be positive.I try to be hopeful. I try to act like I manage my life relatively well.But when it comes down to it, if I’m being honest – I really hate autism these days.  I really do. The…

I read over the weekend that January Jones is consuming her placenta in a dried pill form.  Reread that please.  I had a birth plan.  It contained the following.1. Drugs if I ask for them2. My father is cutting the…

Our last vacation as a family outside of Northern Ontario was Florida almost two years ago and Jamaica six months before that (it was a good year).  Tomorrow we embark on another family journey to Cozumel, Mexico and I am…

Will was a slow talker.  I had him on the wait list for speech and language because he took his sweet time.  I went away for a weekend just before he turned two, came back and that was that. Sentences….

My plans for a lovely two-week long reconnect over March Break has hit some loud snot-filled bumps filled with tears and screaming. Those bumps have been loud and long enough that I started to think the whole Great Reconnect idea was a big fat failure. But then my camera proved me wrong. This is why [...]

Once I got into grade ten, I was basically an only child.  This is what happens when you’re ‘the best mistake they ever had’.  My siblings were all working or in university.  My parents traveled a lot.  So….I had many,…

Earlier this week, Dancap Productions treated the McCaig clan to opening night of Shrek The Musical in Toronto. To be honest, I didn’t want to go.  For every great movie to stage adaptation (ie Hairspray), there are at least 5…