I hate cleaning. I especially hate cleaning the bathroom. Between the smallest kid who can barely reach the seat, and the biggest kid whose aim includes the seat, my bathroom is seemingly always in need of a cleaning. Yet, somehow, it's one of the rooms that I always seem to gently close the door to, and tiptoe away from while whispering "I'll do it tomorrow". As a … [Read more...]
Chinese New Year Bento Lunch
Kung Hei Fat Choi!! Or Happy New Year in Chinese! Did you know it's the year of the sheep this year?! Ya... me neither... Partially because it's not! Murphy's Law, a Chinese colleague told me that it was year of the sheep this year and that I should make a Sheep lunch to celebrate! So instead of asking The Google to make sure, I blindly made a sheep bento and patted … [Read more...]
Changing on the fly – Keep your car running without slowing you down #DropShopAndOil
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #DropShopAndOil #CollectiveBias We have been one on-the-go family this winter. Between weekend ski trips, daily commuting, and all of our regularly scheduled programming, it seems I've put more mileage on my car in the last 6 months than I have in the 6 years I've owned … [Read more...]
Treat your love, and love your treat at Dairy Queen
As a kid, my baseball team would religiously be found celebrating our victories (and likely our losses), by hitting up the local Dairy Queen in Lynn Valley. It's a memory I fondly cherish, and reminisce about anytime I visit that store. My teammates and I would sit in our grass stained white jerseys (who gives a kids ball team white jerseys anyways?!) recalling the plays of the … [Read more...]
Learning to play, and playing to learn – 4 ways to teach your kids at home
My kids are very close in age, however they differ tremendously in development. This is not to say that one is necessarily more intelligent than the other, they are just different. By 1.5 years old, my son had full recognition of every letter in the alphabet, and could count to over 100 when he started kindergarten in 2013. My daughter on the other hand still occasionally puts … [Read more...]
