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Date night 2 in 1 (no babysitter needed)
I was challenged by Mari at Inspired by Family Magazine to come up with a date night post for readers that are busy but still want time with the hubby and with Valentines Day coming and everyone needing more ideas (I’ll be reading the other blogs to get more ideas for the future too!) it was a great idea I couldn’t refuse. Since I was challenged, we’ve all been sick and now our babysitter (my mom) … Read entire article »
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Car wash fun!
On March 18, 2012, we had one of our first really nice days, so after nap time we decided to get our dirty van all cleaned up! Nico had never seen us wash the car, so far we were pretty lucky with rain, lol. So I explained to him what we were doing and how and he got right into it! If you do this, we’d LOVE to see a photo of it. Email it to … Read entire article »
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Inexpensive balance beam and outdoor fun
After seeing a 4 yo not being able to walk on a wide cement parking divider and falling repeatedly, I wondered about Nico’s balance skills. He did the same without falling, so I was relieved. I still wanted to give him something to practice on at home. We had an old wood plank from the balcony replacement last year, all we needed was a big 4×4 for him to walk on and put the other … Read entire article »
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Quick indoor picnic
Early February Nico was bugging about going to the park for a picnic. Now I’m up for adventure, but not at -25C (-13F). So I just threw a little comforter on the living room floor made some croissant sandwiches for Alex & I and heated up some rigatoni and little meatballs for Nico (“no sauce, no no no!”) and we sat in the living room watching Stella and Sam (Stella and Sacha in French, no clue … Read entire article »
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Time with Papa – assembling of storage
If you have a child, almost regardless of age, then will know that storage is key and that you can never have enough storage either. With Nico things became a little overwhelming with stuff being all over the place, so when we looked through the weekly flyers, we found a stand with different sized (and coloured) plastic bins and swooped right in. Until we got to the store and found they were completely sold out. … Read entire article »
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Time with papa – Swinging in snow
So it is winter – what does that mean? Shorts, sun and less sweating than in summer? OK, then you might be in Texas, Florida or California, here in Quebec it stands for snow, cold, wind, snow, short days and have I mentioned snow? I have to admit that I wanted to return this particular winter, because I think that it is broken (not much snow, freezing rain all over the place and yo-yo temperatures), … Read entire article »
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Valentines Day 2012
After having our Valentines Day dinner the night before at Wendy’s with our 2 can dine for 8.99 coupon with Nico and his little burber (burger) meal, we were happy. We saved money, no big waiting time and no dinner tantrum, YAY! So the next day it’s back to business, check other blogs, answering their statuses on Facebook, looking for posts to share, I stumbled upon this post from a blog I really like, I Can … Read entire article »
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Time with papa – rolling cars
Sometime we forget how kids love the simpler thing, several times a week Nico loves to roll cars with papa after dinner. Sometimes maman does it during the day while papa is at work but it’s more of a papa/Nico thing. It’s great for a lot of motor skills and a good aim as well and the boy has fun doing it If you do this, we’d LOVE to see a photo of it. … Read entire article »
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Recycled fun (old flyers)
We have a box in the kitchen where we put all the flyers we get every week and once the box is full we bring it out to the recycling garbage can outside. The other night someone decided to have fun during dinner time (still can’t get him to sit through a meal), taking all those out and bringing them to me, little piles at a time, then he brought them back, he did that … Read entire article »
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Rainbow painting surprise!
The other day I bought a Rainbow Art Kit at the thrift store, brand new, not open. I had never seen one like this before, so I had no clue how to use it. Since we bought it, he kept bugging me to use it, so after a few days, I gave in and brought it out. There were several brush sizes and the hard paint pucks were glued to the tray, so he dipped the … Read entire article »
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