End of year means teacher gifts. Our school has strict gift guidelines “Gifts which are initiated and made by the students themselves are particularly meaningful... children are encouraged to express...
We are officially at that stage. Ryan(11) s friends are way cooler than me. My jokes don t usually end in a bodily function punchline. I can t chatter endlessly about Mario levels. My debate on how...
IttyBittyFoodies have donned our superhero thinking caps to find ways to reduce our carbon footprint in the kitchen and we re doing it with a SodaStream soda maker. We never drink soda at home but we do consume about 10 litres of sparkling water...
Today I am posting about one of my favorite rooms in the house the game room. And that isn t JUST because it holds the poker table. It is where board games became art. And it had the bonus of helping...
The emails are flooding in. To set the record straight, we are not related to Chris Mann , finalist for The Voice and trained opera singer. We do have an opera star in our family, though, and while my...
He crawled up in my lap for comfort. I held and rocked him back and forth as he sobbed. Big tears rolled out of his green eyes dropping down onto precious cheeks with a deliberate splash. How could...
Julian Barsotti s new Italian-American eatery, Carbone s is as hot as the meatballs he serves right now. Carbone s joins the popular dining row at The Shops of Highland Park next to La Duni Latin Kitchen Baking Studio, Nosh and Asian Mint on...
A few months ago, I dropped the kids off at school and came home to find this in my kitchen. Two cameras. 4 lights. A camera crew. A make-up artist. A big platter of breakfast pastries. A professional...
I woke to the pitter patter of Travis placing my Mother’s Day gift on the bedside table. Luckily I was able to fall back asleep because I had not planned on waking at 6:45am. On the gift bag he had...
Draft Final Dear Husband and Kids, As you probably know, this Sunday is the day you cannot play golf Mother’s Day. Please don’t misunderstand this letter. It is not that I am unappreciative of last...