Alvin Andrew was a farm boy. He turned 18 in the spring of 1916, but he waited until after harvest was done to enlist in the army. Farm workers were hard to…
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Maybe it’s a mom thing, maybe it’s because I’m not in university anymore (true story I still refer to myself as a “recent grad” LOL), but I get genuinely excited about a…
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When you’re a new-parent (or really, any parent) it’s no secret that coffee is life. The majority of our conversations are about when we are going to be able to drink it,…
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I meant to write a different post today. Inspired this week by Hunter’s fearlessness in learning to take both figurative and literal leaps around his crib — and the living room furniture —…
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Picture this: You wake up at 5:30 am to your alarm, which is your very hungry, very awake and very ready to play baby. You feed your baby. You change them, get…
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“We need to read more,” my husband says to me as he hits the lights. We had just finished a 3-episode Netflix binge, spending our only time together for the day staring…
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“They don’t love you like this when they’re older.” It’s 7:30 am. I’m sitting in bed, beside my slumbering 8-month-old daughter. I’m up writing this post, though technically I’ve been up since…
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In case you’ve been living under the same rock as I have (aka the new-mom-of-twins rock), you should know that this year on October 17th, Canada will become the second nation…
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Firstly, just to be clear, it’s the minivan that’s cool, not me. Secondly, I would like to apologize for my slightly misleading title. I am not yet an actual minivan mom, but…
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“Baby Girl, why do you hate sleep?” That’s how the conversation starts, every day around 10:00 am when the twins first nap should be taking place. This question is usually followed…