Writing my way through the joys and challenges of motherhood
Life is hectic, am I right? I know ours sure is. Sometimes staying on top of your to-do list feels impossible! Often that means your social life stays pretty quiet. But I’m here to give you ways to throw together a party at the last minute. Sometimes I do this for my kids and their […]
As a parent I spend a lot of time watching my kids play around water. We go to their Nanny’s pool almost every week in the summer, some years we go to a cottage, or camping, and sometimes we go walk along the lakeshore, or around the Rideau Canal locks. Keeping them safe is always […]
How many birthday parties will you throw in your parenting life? We are already at 9 for Emma and 7 for Rose. That a lot of parties, with a lot of kids, and I’m not including any of the “family” events we hold so grandparents don’t have to suffer through endless small kids underfoot! I […]
It’s time to plan a birthday party. Your child wants to invite the whole class. Your house is a disaster that you don’t even want to think about. And you don’t have space to host 20 kids (plus your own) and maybe some grandparents. Enter the destination birthday! While you still can’t invite the whole […]
This past Saturday we had a birthday party for Emma at Kingston Aero’s Trampoline Club. Don’t be confused – Emma’s birthday is in Sept but for the past two years we’ve gone to weddings on her birthday weekend. She has no problem having a party at a later date. And this year we chose to […]
This week Emma brought home a birthday invitation. It came home on Wednesday, and the party is on Saturday. For me, this is very short notice. I don’t enjoy getting last minute invitations I don’t know about other parents out there, but I am always percolating ideas for my kids birthdays. And I mean always. […]