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Usborne Books at Home has more than books😊. Hundreds of products are available, including cards, trivia games and even sewing and knitting kits. And, they have some wonderful jigsaw puzzles, each accompanied by a related book. I’ve been a consultant with Usborne Books at Home, the Canadian branch of Usborne Books, for the better part […]

Over the past few years, some games from my childhood have resurfaced and my kids have enjoyed them. There are a lot of new games on the market that are pretty innovative and we’ve found some really fun ones such as Rollick, Speak Out and Wordsmithery. Sometimes, though, the old standards are worth revisiting. You

My hope was for an ordinary week. Last week was, well, a lot …. and just as I thought I’d made it through, it ended with a sudden Friday night stomach flu that knocked the strength and hydration right out of me. My chance to rehydrate and rest in peace Saturday was thwarted by the

The new year always brings the joy of new things and difficulty of knowing what to get rid of in order to make space. Some things are easy to part with and others are harder. This was my thinking this New Years morning when I put up our new Leslie Abram Ontario Wildlife 2020 calendar

I’ve highlighted some frequently recommended winter picture books, several of them considered classics now. Here are some others you might want to snuggle up with and enjoy… Stranger in the Woods: A Photographic Fantasy – Carl R. Sams, Jean Stoick First Snow in the Woods – Carl R. Sams, Jean Stoick A Prairie Boy’s Winter

No big surprises here if you have been seeking out winter picture books for any length of time as these are popular recommendations. Just in case you haven’t been, these might be worth looking for. The first eight are straight from our house from when our kids were younger and the final four are ones

Merry Christmas! I’m kind of nostalgic for the younger years with my kids and all the anticipation, both faith-based and festive. The reading of nativity picture books, church pageants and a good dose of The Grinch. The fun of decorating the house together, baking, working on hand-made present after hand-made present and the annual gingerbread

I finished my last bite of lunch and put the container in my bag, preparing to head out to drop my daughter and her friend off to their Art class. We were at a library in a community centre the next town over and we had been reading in one of the private study rooms.

I’ve been wanting to put these experiences to words for a long time because they have been such a rich and interesting part of the week with M, S and friends for about three years now. I seem to keep walking down memory lane in other posts with picture books we have read in our

Who Was That? is back with a new Christmas Trivia edition. That’s right! Christmas songs, movies, traditions, facts about both the religious and festive side of Christmas and more! A family collaboration, featuring background music by our oldest son, it’s been a lot of fun to put together. Enjoy this Christmas Trivia App in the