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CHILDREN
Let's Discovery: Twice in a Lifetime!
Submitted by HRM Parent on 05.18.12 at 6:54am.
On June 6th of this year, a very rare event will occur in our skies at sunset: the planet Venus will meander through its orbit along a path that takes it between the Sun and the Earth, making it visible during the day as a dark spot on the bright disc of the Sun. This isn't an eclipse (scheduled ...
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Names
Submitted by Nearer Still blog on 05.17.12 at 8:46am.
If you had daughters named Annabel, Alberta, and Margaret, what would you name a fourth daughter? We already have a boy name picked. What sort of name goes well with them? obviously, something new and trendy would stick out like a sore thumb but I'm kinda stumped. I wouldn't be surprised if ...
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Peacocks Peacocks and More Peacocks
Submitted by Getting Out of the Pajamas on 05.16.12 at 7:13am.
The kids were up extra early this morning. J woke up Ri by talking to her "Ri, Ri, are you getting up?" I get out of bed, J comes in my bedroom and gets in the bed by Terry. In a few minutes J's sleeping and me and Ri are reading past due library books on the couch. It's before 7am.
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INSANE JEALOUSY
Submitted by The Newcomer on 05.15.12 at 8:03am.
An overview of parenting problems floating around: children don’t eat vegetables; sibling rivalry; grandparents’ interference; sex down the drain after kids; other peoples’ children; breastfeeding; adoption… There are reams of advice, tips and articles out there on practically any problem you ca...
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But Mommm: Definition
Submitted by HRM Parent blog on 05.15.12 at 6:49am.
The alarm went off at 5:15am. I rolled out of bed, threw on my yoga pants, tiptoed down the hall and walked out the door. A quick drive-through for a coffee and within minutes I was walking through the grocery store filling my cart with everything we’d need for the coming days (remembering things...
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Morning Fun and A Windy Rainy Afternoon
Submitted by Getting Out of the Pajamas on 05.11.12 at 7:23am.
This morning, me and the kids went to a friends house. She has four kids, two at home and two in school. The kids played and played. First it was with play dough, then the trampoline and it ended in a mud pile. Both of mind kids (and one of hers) had muddy hands, muddy feet and muddy clothes.
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Bringing Balance: Eating Healthy on a Budget
Submitted by HRM Parent on 05.9.12 at 6:45am.
Eating healthy on a budget can be tough. Fresh, whole food often costs more than its processed counterpart. That said, we all know the role great food plays in keeping our families' healthy, and with good planning we really can eat great-quality food and keep the grocery bill reasonable. Here ...
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I'm Hungry: Happy Cinco de Mayo
Submitted by HRM Parent blog on 05.3.12 at 6:59am.
Cinco de Mayo is coming up this Saturday and we can't wait. We always love a good reason to celebrate and it’s even better when it includes maracas! Create your own family fiesta this Cinco de Mayo with some great Mexican inspired recipes.
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Get Active: Summer Camp Fun
Submitted by HRM Parent on 05.2.12 at 6:50am.
With technology so readily available (not to mention socially acceptable), it can be challenging for parents to break their children's tech-habits and tear them away from the tv/computer/iPad screen when they have long stretches of unscheduled time on their hands...like two months of summer vacat...
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Fairy Door
Submitted by Crooked House on 05.1.12 at 6:49am.
There are a couple of trees in our yard just crying out for this Fairy Door. You can buy the accessories -- the little windows with the flower boxes and the lantern, which LIGHTS UP AT DUSK AND TURNS OFF AT DAWN -- but I'm wondering if they're overkill.
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Jeux Apres Ski {toy store}
Submitted by Kirsten's Kitchen on 04.30.12 at 7:14am.
A small town in Quebec, up in the Laurentian mountains you will find a place called Val-David. Travelers come from around the globe for this little hideaway. The outdoor activities are great for families from the skiing in the winter to canoeing and biking through summer and so much more! We come...
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One Day, My Child, You Will Be
Submitted by Crooked House on 04.30.12 at 6:45am.
A bishop, a boxer, a bullfighter. Eric Maloberti imagines what the future may hold for his three-month-old daughter June.
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I'm Hungry: Fruity Fish Dip
Submitted by HRM Parent on 04.26.12 at 7:03am.
This is such a yummy recipe for a fruit dip that is a hit with the kids as well as the parents. I've had to share the recipe enough over the last few years that it deserves a post...especially when you see how easy it is.
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Caine's Arcade and old-fashioned Earth Day fun
Submitted by Alison DeLory's blog on 04.25.12 at 7:27am.
Talk about inspiration! With nothing to do last summer while his dad worked in the office of his East Los Angeles auto-body shop, a nine-year-old boy named Caine turned packing boxes into a cardboard arcade. His games included mini-basketball and mini-soccer. He taped old calculators to each game...
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Time Well Spent: Beyond Books
Submitted by HRM Parent on 04.24.12 at 7:03am.
Pop quiz.
1. Where can you go to get free classes in children’s reading support or homework help?
2. Where can you go on a Saturday morning to see a free puppet show?
3. Where can your teens go to hang out, play games and be part of a writing group.
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But Mommm: Worry
Submitted by HRM Parent on 04.23.12 at 6:34am.
I will never forget the advice one of my colleagues gave me in the week following our first daughter's birth - "Welcome to motherhood and a lifetime of worry. The trick is to learn how to live with the worry because it will never go away."
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april 19 (and P's vision)
Submitted by Twenty-Two Pleasant on 04.20.12 at 8:43am.
I've been thinking a lot about colour this week - we found out on Tuesday that Phillip is red / green colour deficient. You may or may not know that I'm a teacher of students who are visually impaired, so I make a living by supporting students with visual impairments and their parents, caregivers...
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Lego for Girls
Submitted by Crooked House on 04.19.12 at 6:27am.
The Ivy on her memories of playing with Lego and the new Lego stuff targeted at girls. What she said.
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Money Matters: Kids & Cash
Submitted by HRM Parent on 04.18.12 at 6:58am.
There are book smarts and street smarts and wise parents make sure their children benefit from equal measures of both. Then there are money smarts - an often overlooked, but equally important, area of education that will pay off for your children as they grow. It's essential to build 'money matur...
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Let's Discover: Into the Fog
Submitted by HRM Parent on 04.17.12 at 7:20am.
Halifax’s famous fog is becoming more common with the weather warming up, and there is no better way to investigate it than making your own at home – in a bottle!
You will need a clear plastic bottle with a cap, some hot water and optionally, a match. A funnel may also help, but is not necessary.
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Baby Bib with Snaps
Submitted by Domestic Bliss blog on 04.16.12 at 7:37am.
This bright and cheery baby bib (made with instruction from the Purl Bee) is a sure reflection of my mood today. It may be grey and foggy outside but I'm not going to let that get me down (truthfully I actually love fog) and I just can't wait to get the day started!
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But Mommm: Three
Submitted by HRM Parent on 04.16.12 at 6:40am.
Three can be a frustrating age. Between whines, cries and all-out tantrums lies a child who is old enough to know what they want yet still too young to do many of things they think they can do. They begin to exert their independence - choosing to share when they feel like sharing, choosing to eat...
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An Executive Decision
Submitted by Little Homestead in the Valley on 04.11.12 at 8:04am.
After a bit of a break and some consideration, I've decided to ditch the public school year in favour of year round schooling. What this means for us is that we'll continue to take breaks here and there as we need them and the next grade's curriculum will be started when the kids are ready inste...
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Bringing Balance: Two-bite Granola Bars
Submitted by HRM Parent on 04.11.12 at 6:52am.
These make a delicious, nut-free & school-friendly treat. They are a great source of fiber, healthy fat and quick energy, and are very hard to keep around in my house. You could easily substitute in a different whole grain flour, dried fruit or seed if you have favourites in your ho...
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But Mommm: 50 percent
Submitted by HRM Parent on 04.10.12 at 6:47am.
For most of us, going to the bathroom is second nature. You realize you have to go, you go, you wash your hands and you walk out the door. For women, however, there's a time in life when that very natural event changes. Every time you realize you have to go you say a little prayer. Every time you...
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lunch lady
Submitted by Days Go By blog on 04.4.12 at 7:50am.
Today is my day to fix lunch at the school.
Peeling, chopping (because our kids get the freshest and the healthiest, and that involves prep) stirring. Soon I'll start laying out the plates. 23 today (I need to double check that, actually) but I'm spellbound by the view out of the kitchen windows.
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Get Active: Easter Fun!
Submitted by HRM Parent on 04.4.12 at 6:59am.
Easter is just a few short days away and for many of us look forward to this time of year to spend a bit more quality time with our families.
It's also a time for both children and adults alike to over-indulge in lots of chocolate and other treats.
As you plan your family's Easter weekend, make...
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Lessons Learned: Creating Active Thinkers
Submitted by HRM Parent on 04.3.12 at 7:54am.
All children are by nature active learners. They are inquisitive and curious and inherently brilliant. But often, when it comes to school learning, their natural brilliance seems to fade.
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Vivi's Hello Kitty Kitten Heels
Submitted by Crooked House on 04.3.12 at 6:58am.
This pair of black patent leather kitten heels belongs to Vivi's stuffed Hello Kitty doll. She likes to wear them around the house. If she'd been one of Cinderella's stepsisters, she would've MADE that glass slipper fit.
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Let's Create: "Hand-made" Flowers
Submitted by HRM Parent on 03.30.12 at 7:04am.
My oldest daughter made one of these spring flowers at school a few days ago and was so excited to show it to me because she thought it would be a good craft to put on HRM Parent. How sweet is that?
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I'm Hungry: Springtime Nests
Submitted by HRM Parent on 03.29.12 at 7:12am.
These easy little nest eggs are one of our favourite Springtime treats to make with the kids. They look adorable on a little cake stand or a brightly coloured plate.
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Funny
Submitted by Nearer Still blog on 03.28.12 at 8:59am.
Anna Kate came running into the kitchen today and exclaimed "I'm pretty sure I broke a blood tube in my arm!" I replied with a forced seriousness, "oh". And then she skipped off. Sillly child. It's kinda like how she calls germs "crumbs".
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Time Well Spent: Family Rules
Submitted by HRM Parent on 03.27.12 at 6:54am.
My 5 year old daughter and I were strolling the aisles at Winners on Sunday afternoon when something caught her eye.
"Look Mommy, that says I love you" she shouted.
She's in grade primary and is near obsessed with reading everything she sees now, so was more than delighted to have spotted so...
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Guess who's six?
Submitted by Nearer Still blog on 03.26.12 at 9:07am.
Oh Anna Kate, she's wild and crazy. The child climbs everything. She has very little time for sitting still but when she does, she creates amazing things. She rearranges furniture with a mad passion and I've finally just let her move her bedroom however she wants... daily. She builds forts o...
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The Flat Stanley Project
Submitted by Dream Big on 03.26.12 at 8:10am.
If you are a parent, or a grandparent, of an elementary school child you probably know the story about Flat Stanley. From the Flat Stanley website: Flat Stanley was first flattened by a bulletin board in his original adventure over forty-five years ago, enabling him to fly like a kite, slip under...
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But Mommm: Reality
Submitted by HRM Parent on 03.26.12 at 7:17am.
"Well, back to reality."
Those are the words I found myself saying to the man next to me as the plane wheels touched down on the runway tonight. After a day by myself in Ottawa and then a weekend with seven girlfriends at a stagette at Tremblant, life has seemed a little surreal for the past few...
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Money Matters: Tax Tips
Submitted by HRM Parent on 03.22.12 at 6:56am.
Tax time already? Yup...whether we like it or not, it's that time of year again, but with these tips and info on the various credits available, you may be able to get more tax savings than you thought.
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First Day of Spring...
Submitted by Crooked House on 03.21.12 at 6:48am.
And baby's got a new pair of shoes. Rainbow glitter with bright pink bows.
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Let's Discover: For the Birds
Submitted by HRM Parent blog on 03.20.12 at 7:05am.
It's that time of year again - Spring is in the air! This means melting snow, the school year's home stretch and the return of Nova Scotia's migrating birds. There is no better way to welcome back the birds than to put out birdfeeders.
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Cheapo Hunger Games Party
Submitted by Little Homestead in the Valley on 03.19.12 at 8:27am.
We pretty much never do anything for adult birthdays around here However, when Limey jokingly suggested I plan a Hunger Games theme birthday for him, I obliged. Why? Because we are juveniles.
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Learning Money with Leo App - $50 RBC VISA Gift Card Giveaway
Submitted by Mmm...is for Mommy on 03.19.12 at 8:25am.
Chelsea received her first piggy bank for Christmas, that was her first real interaction with money, which she simply called "coins" at first, because that's what it is called in one of her favourite books.
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Where The Wild Things Are: A film that should dazzle audiences of all ages.
Submitted by Ron Foley Macdonald on 10.17.09 at 2:07pm.
The long-awaited bigscreen version of Maurice Sendak’s beloved children’s book Where The Wild Things Are has finally arrived in theatres after years of development starts and stops, and even more trouble from the production end.
Directed by the visionary Spike Jonze, who directed two of the mo...
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