Happy birthday Ellababy!
We love you more than we can say! You make our lives lovelier in every way..It is so hard to believe she’s only been in our lives for 2 years, it feels like we’ve known her forever.I have an app which...
View ArticleWhen you should be a helicopter parent..
I posted this on facebook last week. I prefaced it with this little rant:Watch this. Show your kids. (There is just one bad swear-word in the middle but if you pre-watch you will be prepared to mute it...
View ArticleFooling around with my husband
One from the archives. Happy April Fools Day!I am a compulsive liarjoker. Some people (particularly men,) are somewhat unnerved by me because (amongst several other reasons I suspect,) they "never know...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Aaron Sayer!
I have some catching up to do…Aaron turned 40 on Good Friday…which is fitting for such a good man. I had asked friends and family to surprise him with funny anecdotes, or memories or just things they...
View ArticleIf you hate being a mom today, this is for you.
My lovely friend Michelle at They Call Me Mummy, wrote a wonderful post today that pretty much every mother who ever lived can relate to. Since she has dubbed me her “parenting guru” (a rare show of...
View ArticleIt’s party time!
Whohooo!! So a few years ago I participated in the Ultimate Blog Party for the first time, and it was one of the most fun things I’ve ever done as a blogger. There really was a sense of festivity and...
View ArticleEaster Pictorial-2013 Edition
Due to popular demand here is our annual family matchy matching Stepford photo. I think people ask to see this so they can laugh at us. It’s ok. I know it’s cheesy. But it pleases me so. Whatevs. So,...
View ArticleHow I wanted to ditch my family, and came closer to Jesus. All in one night.
Since I covered all the frou-frou aspects of our Easter celebration yesterday, I thought I’d talk about some of the more spiritual experiences and insights the day brought for me.The Sunday before...
View ArticleWe need to stop lying on facebook (and everywhere else)
Last night I posted a really real and really entertaining article article on facebook -if you want to read it I guess you’ll have to come over and LIKE my fb page. Don’t question it, just do it. (I...
View ArticleDear Winter
Ok so I’m just going to say this. It’s really awkward but it’s been a long time in coming and I think we both know where I’m going with this.I feel like it’s time we take a break. For, like… a year, at...
View ArticleWonderful World Wednesday
Here are a few little and big things that are wonderful in my world today:<3 This little girl showing her “Mimi” mouse the flowers in the early morning sunshine. Her sweet little voice, saying “Wook...
View Article5 Wonders This Wednesday
Oh dear, it’s been a week…and I’m quickly spiraling down that “I haven’t written so long and there’s too much to write about so I just won’t” rabbit hole which is ironic because I haven’t written only...
View ArticleSometimes I don’t want to blog anymore…
this picture which I took on my iphone when I was not driving, is totally random. Onwards.In the last few months I have given serious consideration to ditching the whole blogging thing. There’s the...
View ArticleCheck Save A Life Off Of Your Bucket List or Why I Decided to Keep Blogging.
On Thursday I talked about how I came perilously close to shutting down my blog last month until I received an invitation to do something really meaningful with it. Today I’m delighted to tell you...
View ArticleThese are a few of my favourite… Apps
(this is something Ella-24 months old- created using Wurm)Yes we all love our instagram, our hootsuite and our facebook app, of course. But I am constantly amazed at how useful and productive the...
View ArticleStart a new tradition this year! May Day baskets!
Happy May Day m’peeps. So here’s the thing. Every year I post my May Day recap a few days after the fact and every year someone says, “oh that’s such a great idea, I wish I’d seen this earlier so we...
View ArticleMotherhood: A shot at life
Sisters From Another Mister, proud Champion for shot@life and the UN FoundationAt last! This is the post I’ve been so excited to share! I am so honoured and thrilled to have been invited to be oneof 20...
View ArticleI have “May Stomach” aka: Mayday!Mayday!
On the night of April 30th I felt it creeping up on me..May stomach. I spend the entire month of May with a this weird unsettled feeling in my stomach. It’s not entirely unpleasant and it’s not...
View ArticleThe Finnster is NINE. An all inclusive bday report.
It’s hard to believe since he was 5 last week, but there you go. Nine. I knowOne of the many things I love about Finny is that he knows what he wants. He isn’t much for hemming and hawing. Has a clear...
View ArticleMother’s Day. Bah! Humbug!
I was talking to a friend today when I realized that this Sunday is Mother’s Day. Wa-wah (sad trombone)Meh. I’ve got 5 amazing kids, I love being a mother, and I love my mom, but I’m not a fan of the...
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