The last two weeks have felt like we’ve lived a year. I honestly can’t tell you what I did last week because my focus has been on trying to understand and protect my family, friends, and myself from coronavirus or covid-19. As an adult, there’s a lot of anxiety, fear, and uncertainty about what the next few weeks, possibly months hold, so I can only imagine what that must feel like for our children. As parents, we should be aware that our kids are taking cues from our responses and behaviours. It’s a tough situation to be in as a parent because we need to keep our anxieties and fears in check as we talk to our younger kids about coronavirus. Here are some of my tips on how to handle the topic of covid-19 with younger children.
20+ Easter Crafts to Make with Your Kids
With Easter just around the corner, I figured I would share over 20 crafts that you can make with your kid this year. I know I’ll be making some of these with Wendy. She’s getting to that age where crafting is actually a lot of fun with her, there’s always a huge mess, but ’tis life.Read More
An Easy Ikea Play Kitchen Hack
Chris and I searched all over the place for the “perfect” kitchen for Wendy and to be honest, most just fell short. They just didn’t feel like Wendy’s kitchen. So when I was browsing my local Ikea I fell in love with the Duktig Play Kitchen. Mostly because all I could think of was all the ways I could customize it to fit exactly what we needed. Using leftover paint, and a few extra details this instantly became my favourite Ikea play kitchen hack. It’s been such a hit with my toddler. From the moment she laid eyes on the final product she hasn’t wanted to stop playing with it. Much like her mama, she’ll spend most of her day in her kitchen. Read More
How to take your toddler to Disney World and Have Fun
Planning to take your toddler to Walt Disney World could have you feeling overwhelmed, you’re probably wondering if you’re crazy to even think about taking on such a challenge. Let me put your fears to rest, taking your little one to Disney World will be worth it. I’ve done it, I know many other moms and dads who have done, heck I even know grandparents who have taken little ones and loved it. It just takes some planning and following these tips that have worked well for so many families. Read More
St. Patrick’s Day No-Dye Pancakes
Hello Friends! Happy St. Patrick’s Day. I hope you have some fantastic plans this weekend whether that’s we friends or with family, you’ll probably want to start your day with something filling and healthy. Since I’m trying to be a responsible mom or something like that, I started looking for alternatives for gree dye. I wanted to make green pancakes but I didn’t want to put a ton of artificial dye in them and then feed them to Wendy. So I pulled out the fresh spinach that was sitting in our fridge veggie drawer and started experimenting. Read More
When Given the Choice Between Being Right or Being Kind, Choose Kind
There are moments in life where we get to choose our paths. Although these moments may seem small and insignificant to us, these moments might make a world of difference to someone else.Read More