Traveling with the wee ones this holiday season? Here are some simple tips to help alleviate the stress and difficulties…
Tips For Traveling With Kids
Daddy Mo Fo Sho
As with many other sources of culturally inappropriate humour in Brett’s life, a very strange nickname comes from…
Daddy Mo Fo Sho
As with many other sources of culturally inappropriate humour in Brett’s life, a very strange nickname comes from…
About Concussions and Body Checking
Ten things you may not know about concussions and body checking in Minor Hockey in Canada.
Safer Hockey…It IS Possible
Safer Hockey in Canada is an organization formed by concerned parents. They are petitioning Hockey Canada to remove…
A Classical Production For the Small Set – Max & Ruby in the Nutcraker Suite
Having spent many of our own hard-earned hours shopping for birthday gifts, we’ve had enough, and we finally…
Parental Baggage
Tracie learns a valuable lesson about how being a parent means that sometimes, being there for her kids is all…
Dealing With “Mean Girls” – How About We Don’t Help Our Kids?
Tracie learns a valuable lesson about how being a parent means that sometimes, being there for her kids is all…
Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars
The Cranberry Bliss Bar is now one of my favourites. Sweet, tart, delicious; a hybrid of a cookie and a cake, with…
How To Compromise When Decorating Kids’ Rooms
How do you allow your child expressive freedom in their room without having to constantly close the door when you…
Take Them to The Beach (Without Flying)
Suddenly we’re humming the Beach Boys’ Surfin’ USA as we walk the kids to school…don’t you want to know…
Small Presents for Stockings and Hanukkah
Little add-ons, stocking stuffers and Hanukkah gifts (often better than the big, costly gifts) for the people we…
Sensational Seasonal Shopping Solutions
We’ve got lists of five of the best places in Toronto, Calgary, Ottawa and Vancouver to shop right now for unique…
A Way to Give and Give Back
Having spent many of our own hard-earned hours shopping for birthday gifts, we’ve had enough, and we finally…
School Zone Traffic Safety
Do you walk your kids to school? Drive and drop them off? Park and walk them to the school grounds? Whatever you…
Favourite Products for Winter Skin Care
Winter is coming but we’re ready for it with some great tips and products to battle winter skin issues.
One Loot Bag Can Change the World
We’re always looking for an alternative to the loot bags we’ve been giving out year after year at our kids’…
I’m Pregnant, Now What (Advice for New Moms)
Alyson Schäfer, author and parenting expert, knows what moms and dads go through in their quest to amass as…
So You Say You Want to Be In Show Biz…
In Brett’s blog this month he talks about how his ten year old son is a budding star and that while nobody said…
Throwing the Best Birthday Party Ever
We love parties – except when we have to plan them ourselves. We know planning kids’ birthdays can bring out…
Fall Back – Surviving the End of Daylight Savings Time with Kids
In a past, child-free existence, the end of daylight savings time was an occasion to be celebrated. "Fall…
Throw a Froyo Fête at Yogurty’s
Kids and parents both love Froyo, so why not celebrate with lots of it at their next birthday party?
Halloween Desserts to Make At Home
Three absolutely perfect sweet confections for a fall school fundraiser, your wee zombie-hunters’ lunchbox, a…
Utter Joy – By Jennifer Hamilton
I used to be dreadful with accepting change. Having a child, I am now a roller-with-the-puncher, a flyer-by-the-seat-of-my-pants…
Where to Spy Supernaturally Sweet Treats
We sourced out the best places for you to get your Halloween sugar high on in Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary and Vancouver….
DIY Kids Halloween Costumes
Halloween is quickly approaching and our kidlets are getting nervous that we won’t have their to-die-for costume…
Giving Your Child a “Leg Up” the Old Fashioned Way
As parents we obviously want our children to have the best, and be the best. Deep down we all know that success…
The Storm After the Calm
Deb’s kids, rather than have a calm after a storm, gave her a storm of bad behaviour after the calm of well-behaved…
Where to Buy Costumes in Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary and Vancouver
We’ve taken the trick out of searching for Halloween costumes with these great local shops in Toronto, Ottawa,…
Dear Daddy Blog Reader…
This week’s dad blogger hopeful (the last of the five), is the ‘morning parent’ in his house. While he’d rather…