Lets be honest, Hawaii can make anyone happy. Forget Disneyland, Hawaii is the happiest place on earth, people and I found, that without question, Hawaii makes happy kids. Life gets simpler. Everything is on “island time”. I get lots of sleep (this is key). The vitamin D tank is filled to the brim. Everything… Continue reading Hawaii Makes Happy Kids
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Keeping Us Healthy on Holidays with Honibe (Giveaway)
The kids have been excited for this family holiday for just about a year. We’ve been talking about it and planning and checking things out online and researching for so long that it felt like it would never come. Poof! The trip is here and all I could think about in the weeks… Continue reading Keeping Us Healthy on Holidays with Honibe (Giveaway)
1 Million And 1 Questions From Kids On A Plane
I assure you that reading this will be far less painful than me having to endure it in real time. We had no less that 1 million and 1 questions from kids on a plane. What time are we leaving for the airport? Do we have all the bags in the car? Are… Continue reading 1 Million And 1 Questions From Kids On A Plane
7 Stages of Moving
Wow, what a turn around 2015 has already been for me and my family. I can’t even believe it myself to be honest. First off we can all agree that while 2014 did yield a positive outcome, it was nothing but a big fat mess right up until the bitter end. I’m so excited to… Continue reading 7 Stages of Moving
Is Now The Time To Panic?
Warning: This post is going to suck! I wish I had better news but I don’t, I have cancer…again. I knew in my gut that it was going to be bad news and I walked in ready and bracing for the confirmation. Unlike the first time, when I was oozing positivity almost to the point of… Continue reading Is Now The Time To Panic?
Getting To Know My Kids
Ever had one of those conversations with your kids that goes something like this? mom: Hi love, did you have a good day at school today? kid: yup. mom: What did you do at school? kid: nothin’. mom: That’s impossible, you can’t spend the entire day at school and do nothing. How was school today?… Continue reading Getting To Know My Kids
Roasting Marshmallows
Some of my best memories are sitting around a fire pit or camp fire talking with my friends. We would share tales of the tall and personal variety and of course the ever popular ghost stories. There’s something about being outdoors with nothing but your camping chair and your marshmallow skewer to protect you, listening… Continue reading Roasting Marshmallows
Dear Stella
Dear Stella, Today is your 9th birthday. Every year I think about how you came into this world on a summer day after 6 hours of labour and a doctor telling me, with the most unapologetic face, that it was too late to get an epidural. That also happens to be the moment your dad will… Continue reading Dear Stella
Dear Brigette
Dear Brigette, Today you are 11, I am in awe of you and well kind of in awe of me for having made a human being who is now eleven years old. You came into this world on a bright summers day. The evening before you were born I fell asleep holding my belly and told… Continue reading Dear Brigette
My Almost Perfect Day
When you have 2 kids in half day afternoon kindergarten, life sucks. Mornings are spent cleaning up crumbs after them. Feeding them. Cleaning them and everything they touch and of course driving them to school mid day. My morning is shot. I crank the tunes in the car leaving the parking lot at 12:15pm and… Continue reading My Almost Perfect Day