Here are the latest titles I’m recommending (and in case you’re new here, if I don’t like a book I read – whether I’ve purchased it or received it from a publisher for review – it doesn’t make the cut. This blog is about the things I love!) The Empty Room by Lauren B. Davis […] Read more…
After two months of excited planning, my husband’s three sisters and I finally made it to Las Vegas! We turned it into a long weekend, flying out of Toronto on the Friday night and back on the Monday afternoon (I would like to make it very clear to the Ontario taxpayers – especially those whose […] Read more…
It’s been a busy month in the Grade 3 class, and at our school! Some highlights from October: Cross Country I usually hit the ground running (literally) at the start of the year, coaching our school’s Cross Country team. We started the month of October taking our team of 85 students to our Family of […] Read more…
I receive a LOT of press releases and information from PR reps every day, and the correspondence really has to stand out just to get me to read it, let alone respond with interest. When information on Pretty In Pink Spa Studio in Oakville hit my inbox, I was intrigued. It was titled “Spending time […] Read more…
I’m working on an article for a national magazine about kids roughly between the ages of 9 – 11 colouring their hair (girls or boys), and I’d love to speak to some parents about it. -Did you allow your child to get highlights/colour/bleach? -Does your child want to but you’re saying no? If either of […] Read more…
I got glasses in Grade 3. The first ones were a cute little blue-framed pair. Then I guess I developed some “go big or go home” attitude, and ended up with what could very kindly be referred to as an “oversized” pair of black-rimmed beauties for several years. By Grade 8, I was desperate to […] Read more…
I sometimes hear talk about how bloggers don’t always present themselves honestly, and only share the sunny, polished, high points of their lives. It’s true that, in keeping with the title of my blog, I usually post about things that I love, which means they are experiences or products that I’ve enjoyed and are worth highlighting […] Read more…
Last fall, I wrote about the Hearts For Hearts dolls (Changing The World One Heart At A Time) that my girls would be receiving for Christmas, and predicted that they would be a hit…and they sure were! (A sign of successful Christmas gifts is when the kids are still playing with them in October.) When I […] Read more…
I’m making it a goal this year to share a monthly roundup of all of the great things that have been happening at school, partly as a way for me to record what has gone well so I can attempt to repeat it again in the future, but also because I figure that I should […] Read more…
I’m very excited to share my first byline for Today’s Parent magazine: an article on the physical differences between first and second pregnancies. The October issue of Today’s Parent arrived in my mailbox just over a week ago, and I quickly flipped through the magazine until I found it…and yep, there it is, “Kate Winn” […] Read more…