Two recipes in one week?  I know you must be shocked and awed to know that I can actually cook from time to time.  This recipe is the perfect example of how to make your dinner simple and not sweat the details.  You know how sometimes, despite your best efforts, planning and skills, a project or idea just flops?  Well, [...]

I know I don’t really write about Creative Moms anymore but I just had to write this quick post to congratulate Genevieve on her recent book deal!  I’m so thrilled for her.  You might remember the piece of flash fiction she shared with us back when Maternal Spark was live – School Bus Musings.  Go have a read if you [...]

While my foodie photo skills leave much to be desired, this easy Cedar Salmon Recipe was so good I wanted to share it with you.   We used real Canadian Maple Syrup (don’t bother using the fake stuff) and while I thought the slaw was alright taste wise, you could fore-go it if you wanted.  We served our Maple Cedar Salmon [...]

As a Calgary parent with a child in the Alberta Dayhome system this story makes me want to vomit. A baby girl aged 18 months, has died as the direct result of alleged abuse suffered in the home of a ‘caregiver’ in a provincial licensed and approved dayhome. From the Calgary Herald: The toddler was airlifted to Alberta Children’s Hospital [...]

Problogger has started a meme called the ‘7 Link Challenge‘.  What’s a meme? Meme Definition: An idea that is spread from blog to blog.  Often a group of bloggers will start a topic and pass it around from site to site thus extending the conversation. So according to this meme definition and the 7 link challenge : The main aim [...]

There was an asinine ‘article’ in the Vancouver Sun that suggests parents should start weaning the bottle at 9 months of age.  9 MONTHS.  The first paragraph reads: A note to confused parents everywhere: at nine months, it’s time to start thinking about taking away that baby bottle. I’m sorry, but at 9 months of age, babies should still be [...]

We’re gearing up for the Calgary Stampede here in town and one of the fun and unique things about our cities most famous event is the free pancake breakfasts you can find going on.  If you wanted to, you could find a breakfast event every day of the week!  There’s no excuse to go hungry,  you just need to find [...]

I thought I’d take a moment to write out some things about ‘when I was a kid’ so when my two are a little older I can read it to them and they’ll realize I’m like a dinosaur or other ancient mythical creature and not really of this world. When I was a kid: There were no cell phones There [...]

We went down to Bowness Park today for a little picnic and some quality time with a few famous Canadians. It was overcast and chilly enough to wear jackets but we still had an awesome time!

I’m pretty sure I’m screwing up in terms of breastfeeding awareness programs when it comes to little H. We were in a toy store the other day and I saw these magic bottles. I remembered having a bottle like this when I was a little girl and using it to ‘feed’ my dollies. I remembered being awed by the way [...]