a mom blog : writing, living and parenting in Calgary Alberta
Mason Jars. Oh, how I love em. They bring up all these wonderful nostalgic feelings of my grandmother and family dinners. So many delicious things came from my grandmothers mason jars. Home made pickles, relishes, jams and more. I can’t help but smile when I look at a mason jar so I went searching for [...]
One of my bestest bloggy buddies did a super fun post over on her blog and as I stared into the bleak abyss that is blogging block I thought I might as well steal her idea and do a ’10 Things’ post too! You can read Cheryl’s HERE. OK – 10 Things You Wouldn’t [...]
From time to time I post a snapshot of google search terms that bring people to this site. Often they are weird or odd or just make a person go Hmmm. Here are the latest findings:
I’m a girl. Whoa, who knew captain obvious? I know. And I’m raising a girl. A boy too but I’m not so concerned about him. It is a man’s world after all. Raising a girl makes me insanely aware of sexism and fairness and how women are treated. Do you think that there will ever [...]
*thanks to Cesar Bistro for providing product to facilitate this post.
I’ve been wanting to try Quinoa for a long time now and I’ve finally gotten around to it. This was my first go with the ancient grain and it was super painless and quite tasty too. Even picky eater Little H downed her portion without too much arm twisting. Here’s what I did: [...]
Heritage Park is hands down my favorite attraction the city of Calgary has to offer. We’ve been a number of times now and each time we see new things and find different experiences to enjoy. Sunday, we attended A Day Out With Thomas at Heritage Park for the second year. You can read last [...]
I put him down in his jumper making sure his chubby little feet pop through the leg holes and rest on the floor beneath. He’s surrounded by toys that rattle, that sing, that blink their LED lights at him. It’s a baby’s fantasy come true…so many objects to delight the senses. He doesn’t press his [...]
The grass is turning green, the trees have leaf buds on them and the weather has warmed up! If it snows again you might see my head explode. Here’s to hoping it stays warm enough to play outside because Little H has a serious cabin fever back up going on. Can’t you tell by the [...]
