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Now 2.5 years old, Clara has been bringing home some masterpieces from art time at daycare. I’d love to display them somewhere, but am a bit baffled as to the best way to do so. I’m a big fan of gallery walls with Ribba frames from Ikea – they’re cheap enough that I don’t mind … Continue reading “How Do You Display Your Kids’ Artwork?”
My favourite local flower shop, Florabunda, won the American Express Neighbourhood Gems contest for best local small business. There’s a video on the Globe and Mail website all about them, their prize, and some tips for other local small biz owners. Oh, and Clara’s wonderful old nanny is in the video (she’s wearing a hat). … Continue reading “My Favourite Local Flower Shop Won Big!”
Clara, who just turned 2, is obsessed with cats right now. This adorably sweet photo series of a little girl and her cat made me smile. And it also made me want to get a cat. Too bad Ian is really allergic. [photo by Andy Prokh, via Taxi]
There’s a great interview with illustrator/painter/author Oliver Jeffers, published today on The Great Discontent. We started reading Oliver Jeffers books to Clara about a year ago, and I just love them (probably more than Clara does). That’s one of the unexpected pleasures of parenting – discovering cool things through your children. Read the interview here…
Today was a looooooong day – we dropped Clara off at daycare at 7:30 this morning, drove 2.5 hours north of the city to attend a funeral, and then drove back down to pick Clara up before dinner. It was a lot of time in the car today (thank goodness for podcasts). Do you like … Continue reading “Awesome Drives and Road Trips”
We have some holiday time coming up in mid-November, and are trying to figure out what to do. We’ve rented our house for 5 nights, so we have to skip town, but don’t want to spend a lot of money. Ian’s parents have graciously offered to take Clara for a week, and my parents will … Continue reading “Finger Lakes Getaway”
This past weekend was NOT one the best for my family. I have a nasty chest cold, and Clara has the stomach flu. Neither of us are seriously sick, but just sick enough to feel really out of it (or in her case, seriously cranky). So each night after finally putting her to bed, I … Continue reading “A Good Read Helps…”
Today I’m running around tying up loose ends, so we can head out of town (again). This time we’re going cottaging – we’ve rented this lovely place on the St. Lawrence River, in the Thousand Islands. Cool thing is, it’s on the American side (yay US shopping!). I don’t know the area at all, and … Continue reading “We’re Hitting the Road Again”
Next month we’re going to a cottage we rented in upstate New York. Since we’ll be in the States for a week, I’m collecting a list of items I want to order from Target.com (and have it all shipped to the cottage). A definite “must” for my Target shopping list is a few pieces from … Continue reading “Kid Made Modern at Target”
Since we’re going to drive to Montreal for our little trip next month, we’ve decided to get an iPad mount for the car, so Clara can watch movies en route. Of course, we don’t plan on letting her watch videos the whole time, but if she’s having a total meltdown, it’s Elmo to the rescue. … Continue reading “Headrest Mount for the iPad in the Car”