One of the joys of living in downtown Toronto with kids is that we’re all exposed to so much culture and meet people from all walks of life every single day. It’s not only the positive things that they see either. Our kids are used to seeing homeless men and women, people down on their […]
A few months ago, I shared the story of our Little Man’s struggles adapting to Junior Kindergarten. After we made the decision to enrol him in school when he was two months shy of his 4th birthday, it initially appeared that he just wasn’t ready. His older sister had started school two years earlier at […]
How many times have you heard your elders say, “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day”? Growing up in Dubai and rushing to school every morning, I would often try to skip out on breakfast but my diligent parents always made sure that I was fed before heading out the door. I now do […]
When our family recently returned from a 148 day trip through Europe and Morocco, we had six days to prepare the kids for school. Our daughter, AKA Little Monkey, would be entering Grade 1, and she was pretty excited to see her friends after being away for 5 months. Meanwhile, our son would be starting […]
It has been a month since Baby Boy started Kindergarten and as you may recall, we did see signs of him not being ready to start his scholastic journey. In the end, we decided that he was going to school despite not being 4 years old just yet. No, he doesn’t like school at all […]
15 days. I think anyways. 15 days is what we have to get Baby Boy ready for his first year of school. I’m shitting bricks as the brown dads would say. With Little Monkey I wasn’t as anxious as I am with Baby Boy. It might have been because she went to a preschool for […]
As many of you know, the Little Monkey might as well be a fish…or a mermaid! The girl loves being in water and given that her parents were each born on an island, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. Her one request for our trip was to live on a beach and I am ashamed […]
I often worry that my children are growing up in an entitled world, not realizing how fortunate they are. Like any nurturing parent, I want my kids to grow up to be caring and compassionate human beings, but figuring out how to teach those values to young kids can be a daunting task. We want the kids to […]
One of the early decisions we made during our pregnancy with the Little Monkey regarded her schooling. You may recall that we had both kids baptised in Toronto and while I should be ashamed to admit it, one of the reasons was so that they could get into a Catholic school in Ontario. Of course the hubs and I […]
I don’t know about you but when I go grocery shopping it’s always a confusing mad dash through the store. Living in downtown Toronto we try to go grocery shopping at least once a week and usually both the hubs and I tend to do the grocery run together. Yes, both kids also join us so […]
