What would I do without Pixar? As the movie mad parent of a six and a four year-old, every new film we watch together is an adventure. I am constantly worried that the film will be too childish for me or too boring for the kids – and if not too boring, then too frightening, […]
As much as Baby Boy is having a great time on this trip of ours, we can expect to hear ” Go BACK to Toronto and get my Darth Vader and come back – OKAY?”. Yes, he forgot to bring his favourite toy and we didn’t realize how badly he would need it. So much […]
Being a manic film buff, I really hope that my kids grow up loving movies. After discovering classics like A Streetcar Named Desire, Dr. Strangelove, and Seven Samurai in high school, I have spent my subsequent years plowing through lists of the best movies ever made, intent on watching them all. Though the kids are […]
You may have been reading about the struggles we have faced in potty training our Little Man. He showed some interest in using the toilet after we told him that he would need to use the potty if he wanted to join his big sister at school, but that motivating factor seemed to have failed. Then, as we encouraged him […]
It has been a while since I worked from home due to a busy work schedule but yesterday I had the chance to battle through my emails whilst the kids were playing in the background. Around lunchtime we learned that Pick Ontario was handing out free flowers nearby our house and so the four of […]
We’re finally ready to share with you our next destination… are you ready for it? MEXICO!! Yes we’re heading back to Riviera Maya and we’re actually ticking one off our 2016 travel resolution list!!!! Remember how I told you about the awesome Air Transat packages on offer? Well, we’ll be spending a delicious four days starting […]
Note: This is the twelfth and final entry in a series of posts looking at the Kid Friendliness, Entertainment Value, and Life Lessons for Kids from the Disney Princess movies. Previous posts covered “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, “Cinderella”, “Sleeping Beauty”, “The Little Mermaid”, “Beauty and the Beast”,“Aladdin”, “Pocahontas”, “Mulan”, “The Princess and the Frog”, “Tangled” , and “Brave” By now, every […]
Note: This is the eleventh entry in a series of posts looking at the Kid Friendliness, Entertainment Value, and Life Lessons for Kids from the Disney Princess movies. Previous posts covered “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, “Cinderella”, “Sleeping Beauty”, “The Little Mermaid”, “Beauty and the Beast”,“Aladdin”, “Pocahontas”, “Mulan”, “The Princess and the Frog” and “Tangled” Mention of the Disney Pixar film […]
Note: This is the tenth entry in a series of posts looking at the Kid Friendliness, Entertainment Value, and Life Lessons for Kids from the Disney Princess movies. Previous posts covered “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, “Cinderella”, “Sleeping Beauty”, “The Little Mermaid”, “Beauty and the Beast”,“Aladdin”, “Pocahontas”, “Mulan”, and “The Princess and the Frog” The Little Monkey has quite the […]
Note: This is the ninth entry in a series of posts looking at the Kid Friendliness, Entertainment Value, and Life Lessons for Kids from the Disney Princess movies. Previous posts covered “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, “Cinderella”, “Sleeping Beauty”, “The Little Mermaid”, “Beauty and the Beast”, “Aladdin”, “Pocahontas”, and “Mulan” A couple months ago, we asked the Little Monkey what […]
