Category: Parenting
Learning to read
Our five-year-old is learning to read, and it is totally blowing my mind — but also making my arms sore. I knew he would learn to read once he entered Primary, but I guess I didn’t think it would happen so quickly! I don’t… Continue Reading “Learning to read”
Our family’s simple Christmas gift system
I don’t know what I’d do without our Christmas gift system. Seriously. I know some people love spending a lot of time and money shopping for their kids’ Christmas gifts, but the trouble is it tends to snowball every year as the kids get… Continue Reading “Our family’s simple Christmas gift system”
Dear Surprise Egg videos: I hate you
I thought we had a few more years of innocence before our kids discovered YouTube. They’re only three and five! What could there possibly be on YouTube to interest them, when the whole thing’s pretty much nothing but music, stand-up comedy, and Vines of… Continue Reading “Dear Surprise Egg videos: I hate you”
How our 2010s kids are becoming 1990s kids
We live on a fairly new street where the skinny pie-shaped backyards all run into each other, without fences or trees to separate them. We have wonderful next-door neighbours who have a two year old and a four year old, so it’s always felt… Continue Reading “How our 2010s kids are becoming 1990s kids”
Confessions of a Pinterest Mom
My children are the ones showing up in outfits I lovingly sewed for them. They eat pancakes shaped like dragons and sandwiches cut into smiley faces. They play outside in playhouses we built and painted, and take baths with glow-sticks and homemade body paint.… Continue Reading “Confessions of a Pinterest Mom”
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