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A new trend is causing tongues to wag as it increases in popularity. Coffee...
One of my favourite board games growing up was the “Game of Life.” It...
Late last year a case in Australia made international headlines. It was the situation...
On my travels through the interwebs I came upon this little experiment: what happens...
My baby...
It has been a while, but here is a new freebie. My babies go off to school next week, so in honour of another summer gone and another school year starting, this freebie is called Grade 1. Click the link to download. Feel free to look around at other freebies and articles. Edit: link...
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As the air turns crisp and thoughts turn to going back to school, a special ritual for our family is passed down to the next generation: the buying of a new school backpack. When I was a child, I would get a new backpack every year, and this continued even into university. Now that...
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Today my kids worked all evening pulling up the pavers in our patio. It was hard work: we pulled weeds and piled pavers. All the kids got into: even Ab. He is pretty strong for a two year old. However, only complaining I heard was when it was time to come inside for bed....
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Earlier this month a twenty year old baby sitter was charged with murder. Initially she had claimed that her twenty month old charge had fallen in the bathtub. But two days later, the baby died due to head trauma which was rule inconsistent with a fall and the babysitter was charged with murder. This...
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School is almost back in session in East Providence, but the playground will not be teaming with happy excited children. This is because the elementary schools in this division have eliminated recess: replacing it instead with a beefed-up physical education program. So instead of running, jumping, and creative play, students will be lined up and...
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It hurts my head to think of how much college will cost for four boys. We are saving as much as possible, but sometimes I wonder if it will be enough. Thankfully in Canada we have Registered Education Saving Plans which allows all money to grow tax free, plus the Government gives a 20% grant...
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My kids love to create. They build elaborate train tracks with their Thomas sets, they build castles and boats with every single mega block they can find. They dig in the entire sand cities, complete with subways, high rises and schools. I was contemplating getting them Lincoln Logs soon, but today I found something even better:...
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This is the fall that the children born in 2005 head off to Kindergarten. Jz, being born in 2005, will be joining the line of newly minted Kindergarten students waiting for the school bus come September. However, unlike many of his classmates, Jz will only be four years old. He is a December baby...
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When was the last time your children played? I mean really played, where they screamed in delight, ran around like crazy people and continued to talk of their adventure days later. When did they last play so hard, they could barely keep their eyes open that night because they were so exhausted, yet so...
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