
a mom blog : writing, living and parenting in Calgary Alberta

When I was a kid my mom and dad accumulated a fairly large library of books for me. Berenstein Bears. Cat in the Hat. Fox in Socks. Peter Rabbit. There were so many. I was lucky to have those books and I knew they were special. I remember being so excited to go to Kindergarten [...]

Today I realized that when I became a mom, I also went completely insane. I came upon this realization when Hannah told me she had a sore neck today. She’d been a little sick the last few days. She had a touch of a tickle in her throat (no cough) and a bit of a [...]
This is my Monday Mojo post for this week…I figured if a laugh can’t get the mojo going then nothing will! P.S. You might wanna turn your speakers down a touch

It started with my daughter walking up to me and spitting a mouthful of milk on my face. It dripped down my neck, down my shirt. I resisted the urge to rage at her. I hadn’t even had a cup of coffee yet. I wanted to yell. ‘WHAT THE FUCK HANNAH!’ Instead I said, “go [...]

My baby boy really really loves these little Tonka Chuck toy cars and so we just had to put one on his birthday cake. I kept it pretty simple and clean looking. I wasn’t pleased with my fondant this time and I think it might have been because the marshmallows were a little stale. It [...]
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