This year has been a year of all the good stuff – Good luck, great fortune, and even grander blessings. Despite the odds, we took inconceivable risks (pun, intended) to build our family, and with every step taken on this journey, we had no choice but to close our eyes, roll the dice of life, and hope for a […]
DIY Kids Cleopatra and King Tut Halloween Costumes :: Encouraging Kids to Create
“Mommy, we wanna be Cleopatra and King Tut for Halloween”. Sigh. I wasn’t completely convinced that my 7 year old and <gasp> my 4.5 month old understood what this actually entailed. Ever since our local museum featured the beautiful and everso ornate and interactive Egypt: The Time of the Pharoahs display, my Little Mama has been […]
You Do You :: Back to School Kid Crush USA
You do you. I found myself saying these very words on repeat today, as I brought Smallie to school for her first day of Grade 2. I don’t even really like that catch phrase to be honest. So cliche, but what’s a mom to advise her little girl who spent most of the summer saying she was pretty […]
My Baby’s Growing Up – Kid Crush USA
Ugh. My baby’s growing up. At lightening speed. It’s been an incredible summer spending every waking moment with my family, adjusting to our life as a party of four. And even with my daily dose, I am noticing very quickly how much change is taking place in both my children. Easy to spot the transformation that […]
Pedalheads Bike Camp :: Building Confidence
It was Pedalheads Bike Camp Week. And what a week it was! Let’s rewind a little bit here. This was life before Pedalheads Bike Camp… Hours upon hours, days upon days – George did his best to teach his firstborn all about life without training wheels. Doesn’t look or sound too bad, right? Well… I’m […]
My Tiny Royal :: Kids and the Royal Wedding
My Tiny Royal. As I sit here at 4:30 am witnessing the event of the year – Prince Harry marrying Meghan Markle, now Duchess of Sussex, listening to the beautiful gospel choir singing an insane rendition of “Stand By Me”, I am in complete awe. My Tiny Royal is happily asleep in her loft bed […]
A Letter To My First Born Before Baby Comes :: I See You
A Letter to my First Born… MY SWEET GIRL, MY FIRST BORN – I SEE YOU… I see you when you look at me with your smiley brown eyes telling me how much you love our moments together, and how you can never get enough of it. I see you when you so desperately want […]
Kids and Music :: How Music Helps a Creative Child
Kids and music is not a foreign concept to me. Ever since I was three years old, I played the piano and kept it up until I was 17 years old. I knew more of music than anything else. It was quite literally, my life. Did I love it? Meh. Did I hate it? Sometimes – Scratch […]
Gender Reveal Tea Party :: A Story of Hope
Gender Reveal Tea Party :: A Story of Hope after Recurrent Loss We have a little secret to share… My daughter is obsessed with tea parties. So much so, that for the last handful of years I have been known to host at-home tea parties multiple times a week, with Smallie as my guest of honor. So when […]
Fight Winter Blues with Livie and Luca Boots
Check out these adorable Livie and Luca boots… After the holiday rush, it’s easy to fall into a new mode…. those good ol’ winter blues. January marks a point of new beginnings, the implementation of new habits, and an overall new attitude towards the coming year. It’s also the time when the weather can either […]
The Making of Little Mama :: My Mini Me
My Little Mama. How, on earth did we come up with this name, Little Mama? I mean, the child has been referred to, many-a-time, as her daddy’s doppalganger. But we all know that passing down our traits doesn’t simply mean, our eye color, leg muscles (or lack thereof), and the predisposition for nearsightedness. More than that, it […]
Frosty The Snowman Gifts :: A Delivery by Frosty the Smallie
Frosty the Smallie is up to her old Christmas delivery tricks again. Frosty the Snowman gifts! Similar to that of years past, we happen upon a theme that evolves into a full blown plan, as the countdown to Christmas continues. Last year Tiny Rudolph made her Christmas deliveries. The year prior was our little Elf […]
Jord Wood Watch :: A Holiday Gift for My Mom
The Frankie Jord wood watch: A gift for my mom… As a parent, we’re so busy thinking about our own kids, we forget that we are also someone else’s child. I’m one of the lucky ones who still have my parents close to me, both physically and emotionally. Once upon a time for two decades, I lived thousands […]
Still A Girl :: Grease Monkey Coveralls #Giveaway #Worldwide
I have a little girl who is 1/4 princess, 1/4 baby (#sorrynotsorry), 1/2 monkey. Monkey breaks down even further – 1/2 tomboy, 1/2 unabashedly headstrong. She’s a very complex little girl. And I’m in love with every inch of her complexity. After all is said and done, this headstrong, princess-y, rough ‘n tumble, rambunctious little monkey, […]
The Balinos aka The Beatles :: FAM-O-WEEN 2017
Oh the Balinos. What will they think of next? This year was one of those last minute scrambles, once again. Every October 30th of virtually every year, since we started our FAM-O-Ween tradition, we promise ourselves “Selves, next year will be better. We will NOT leave our creative brainstorming to the very last minute”. And […]
Building a Healthy Mother Daughter Relationship
Having a daughter has been such a gift. Our mother daughter relationship is so important to me and it’s not something I take lightly. Over the last few years, my Little Mama has become more than just my little sidekick. She’s become the very reason I have chosen to work on myself as mom and as […]
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