I personally love having the opportunity to be a classroom volunteer and I would highly recommend it to any parent, if you can swing it with your schedule.
December 21, 2018
12 Tips on How to be a Great Classroom Volunteer
November 29, 2018
Why I love being a classroom volunteer!
I really enjoy being able to help out in my kids’ classroom and I think there are plenty of perks to lending out my time in this way.
I appreciate that parents might not always have the ability to help out, however, if you have been considering [Read more…]
October 15, 2018
Quick Tips I Learned In our First Year in Hockey
Hockey season is beginning and if you’re anything like me, you might not know much about the sport.
I didn’t grow up with hockey in our household. No one in my family played, or even watched hockey, so I’m really not all that familiar with the game, the culture, or the equipment. [Read more…]
September 30, 2018
Would you like school photos of your twins together?
A long time ago, well before my twins started school, I learned that some schools photograph twins, together, as part of their school photo set up.
At that time, I was surprised (I have never even considered that!)…But I was definitely pleasantly surprised! I mean, I just thought that sounded so great!
Fast forward to when my twins were in pre-school and school photo time arrived. I had completely forgotten about this little tidbit, yet, was blown away when I saw the pictures of my twins together in the proofs.
September 14, 2018
Halloween Costumes for Twins
Photocredit: Mindy Walliser Photography
Now that my twins are six-years old, they have their own ideas about what they would like to dress up as, for Halloween. BUT – we got in four solid years of dressing them up in matching/coordinating costumes…and what fun and glorious years those were!
Each Halloween season, I enjoy looking back at previous years’ Halloween photos. I love reminiscing about how little, and cute, [Read more…]
August 29, 2018
How Telemedicine Can Help Busy Parents Get Healthy
Do any other parents feel like getting (and staying) healthy is a huge challenge since having kids? I know I can’t be the only one (please don’t leave me hanging, here, friends!).
Parenting is hard and takes up A LOT of time! Between running kids to school and activities, working, volunteering, helping with homework, chauffeuring to birthday parties, household management, etcetera, most of us barely have time (or energy) for anything else!
I totally get it!
May 21, 2018
Our YYC Date – Fish Creek Park and Bow Valley Ranche Restaurant
A year and a half ago, I made a pledge that Darren and I would get out for a monthly date night. Some of you might remember that blog post – Keeping the Marriage Alive – One Date at a Time. At that time, it was feeling like life (children, activities, work, etc.) was getting in the way of us nurturing our marriage – and we ‘needed’ to get out and have some dedicated time for just us. [Read more…]
May 9, 2018
On Mother’s Day, I Don’t Want to Spend All Day with My Kids – That’s Just the Truth
Me with the twins on Mother’s Day 2017. This was how the day began…
Of course I love my children – that just goes without saying but, on Mother’s Day, I just don’t want to spend the entire day with them. Does that make me a bad parent?
I remember my very first Mother’s Day. I had new twins…they were only a few months old. I was excited for this right of [Read more…]
February 26, 2018
Review: Bobs & LoLo’s Blue Skies Album
Image provided by Bobolo Productions Inc.
I was first introduced to the musical duo, Bobs & LoLo, when the twins were just toddlers. At that time, Bobs & Lolo had a joyful and musical television program called, ‘Sing, Dance and Play with Bobs & LoLo’ on the Treehouse channel. It was one of the few programs I felt good about letting them watch, at that time. [Read more…]
February 15, 2018
Becoming a Child Scientist at the University of Calgary
The twins with their very ‘offical-looking’ certificates from the University of Calgary
We are always looking for fun and interesting things to try around Calgary so, when I heard the University of Calgary was searching for ‘Child Scientists’, I wanted to know more! [Read more…]
