Playing games on rainy days is fun and can bring families closer together. Find out which games my family and I chose to play on a rainy day. It has been a wet fall…
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A young toddler’s intro to literature with a pile of Little Golden Books. Memories of a busy family and sneaking away to read. Let’s welcome Nancy to Empress Tea! This is her first lovely…
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Travel plays an important role in the life and sanity of many. But Covid-19 concerns make travel during a pandemic both satisfying and worrying. On July 31, 2021 for the first time in almost…
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Growing restless due to the latest Covid lockdown Canadians are finding freedom by going north and going tiny. New cottage owners! As most of the world’s population is feeling it, my children and I…
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Some Christmas’ are rough and some are bountiful. Here is my pandemic Christmas gift list and how I’m paying my bounty forward. All I want this Christmas is… everything I have missed the last…
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Return to school during Covid-19 or try homeschooling? Both scenarios are making parents lose sleep – and hair – across the globe. THE GREAT DEBATE How many of you are sending your children back…
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Gift giving can be such a chore, a source of stress, and a huge waste of money. Will Lem end up buying panic induced presents again this year? This Christmas, for various reasons, I…
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The kids are headed to school full time. Now mom is searching for flexible work hours. But what direction should she take? When we had kids, my husband and I agreed that I would…
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Will gender bias be kind to a new generation of hockey lovers? A story about what happened to one little girl’s love of hockey. Earlier this week, my hockey-loving brother sent the family a…
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, This lunch box mama gets ready for back to school with recipes for her little ones. Bread, muffins, tarts, and even back to school pencil-shaped wafers. I’ve never really been a New Year’s…