Surviving the Week: Travel with Kids Recap

Em-and-Me

Sleeping was a bit of an issue on our mini vacation. But sleep did happen – even if it often happened in the middle of the day and not at night, it still happened. The vacation was simple: a few nights away in a tiny rental cottage at a beach closer to our house than [...]

Surviving the Day: Travel with Kids.

Beach

Travel. Travel with kids. Those few words make a great deal of difference. With travel, I envision walks along the beach, browsing for that special treasure in the shops, dining by candlelight while overlooking a moonlit beach, sleeping in late under crisp Egyptian cotton sheets. Travel with kids, is cavorting in the sand, arguing over [...]

The Conference and Me

Oscar the Grouch

Attending the BlogHer conference in San Diego this year has reduced my brain to mush. I had the same issue last year after BlogHer ’10 in New York City, I found it really difficult to transition back into writing again. Instead of reinvigorating me, attending a blogging conference sucks all blogging mojo from me. It’s [...]

Only One Sloth

Smile

My older sister had her baby last week, which meant my other sister flew out from Calgary to get some baby cuddles in as well. The benefit of a visiting auntie, is that she doesn’t see the kids that often and therefore will go out of her way to be Super Fun and Awesome and [...]

Summer Days

waterpark

Come with us. Some say that it’s been a cold summer. And a wet summer. Not here. Well, it has been a little wet. But we’re happy about it.