Year: 2016

• Using the Diaper Genie? Here's How to Save LOTS of Money!

  The Best Friend of a Parent with Toddlers! For those of who had toddlers, you likely know what the above contraption is.  If you are not a parent, then you can move on and skip this post (unless you really like learn about pee and poop). What’s That Smell? As I walked into my bathroom…

• Would You Like to See Us Shave Our Heads?

  (Bad Photoshop Job…but at least my face looks OK on Brad Pitt’s Head!) All Joy and No Fun Many people ask me, “Is it hard to take care of four kids?” I usually half jokingly answer them, saying, “it gets easier once you realize you no longer have your own life.”  For those of you…

• Pleasant Surprises: A Chronicle of Anne's Birth

  It’s January 9, 7:10 pm and all is quiet in Room 370 at Trillium Health Centre, with the exception of the clacking of keys as I type this post.  Thinking back six and a half years ago, I was doing precisely the same thing, writing the chronicle of Adele’s birth.  When Athan and Audrey are old…

• New Year Resolution: Live Each Day As If I Had Five Years Left to Live

  Happy New Year!  Another year has flown by (sorry, a little cliche…)!  We are still expecting our little one to come, any minute now! New Year Resolution Last night, as we unceremoniously celebrated the new year, Renee asked me what my new year resolution was.  I gave it maybe five seconds of thought and then…