I can now say from experience that a truly organized closet can be life-changing. And it’s been a must to help wrap my brain around getting the kids back to school. Several months ago when The Home Depot Canada asked if I might like to reorganize my family’s closets, I thought it would be a…
Back-to-school must-haves for littles
Backpack. Lunch gear. Clothes. Shoes. Beyond that, is there really anything else little kids need to head back to the classroom? Sounds pretty uncomplicated. But after I got schooled in back-to-school prep last year when The K Man went off to JK, I learned that spending time to make the right choices early on saves…
Kidville: welcome to Canada!
When we lived in the city, there was no shortage of extracurricular activities for The K Man. From music classes to baby gyms, the choice was overwhelming and we relied on veteran parents to tell us which ones were the best. It’s about this time of year that I start to get a bit antsy…
PinkBlush Maternity (guest review)
This guest reviewer’s name is Sally. She and I used to work together at a boutique PR firm many moons ago. She works for a certain bottling company that may or may not rhyme with “smoke,” and she’s about to have her first baby. Sally received an item of her choice from PinkBlush Maternity in…
Wordless Wednesday: American Girl’s Bitty Baby
BadMother Tees onesies and T-shirts (guest review)
This guest reviewer is Kristy Holmes, who lives in Thunder Bay, Ont., where she is an assistant professor at Lakehead University. She has two daughters – a nutso two year old and sweet (almost) four month old. She likes wine, running, yoga, 90210 (the old-school one), and when all the people in her house who…
WipesWraps Baby Wipes Cover from CleverRelish (guest review)
Jennifer is a happily married mom of two sons born 15 years apart (yes, you read that right; and no, she’s not nuts), living in Hamilton, Ontario. A former crazy cat lady (apparently there are thousands of photos to prove it), lover of good books, lip gloss hoarder and aspiring chef, Jennifer also spends her days working in…
Stokke Tripp Trapp
We had very happily been using IKEA Antilop high chairs for both kids when, one day, The K Man asked me to put his feet up on my lap while I was sitting adjacent to him. This continued – day after day – until I finally asked what the problem was. “I just want to…
Baby Butz diaper cream
I’m a sucker for a good story. Rewind to last fall. I’m at the BabyTime Show in Toronto, checking out all of the new baby and kid products (and basically salivating in my own personal shopaholic heaven), when I stumbled upon the Baby Butz booth. The founder was there and like any good entrepreneur-inventor enthusiastically…
Imaginetics’ Treehouse Owl Family magnetic playset (mini-review)
THE PRODUCT The Treehouse Owl Family magnetic fold-up playset from Imaginetics USA and International Playthings. THE GOOD The 33 pieces included promise hours of imaginative play, with many opportunities for varied storytelling A great activity for your child to do independently, with friends or siblings and with parents (seriously, this is one of those kid activities…