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Ring in the New Year Anytime You Want with Netflix! #StreamTeam

December 31, 2017 By Tara Leave a Comment

Ring in the New Year Anytime You Want with Netflix! #StreamTeam

My kids are old enough now that they are up until midnight most days during the holidays, so I’m struggling enough with begging them to go to bed every day. New Year’s Eve will be a snap for them. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: holiday, sponsored, tv Tagged With: #streamteam, netflix, new years, parties, tv

Elmo, Barney, Berenstain Bears, and Snow White! Huh?

October 31, 2017 By Tara Leave a Comment

Elmo, Barney, Berenstain Bears, and Snow White! Huh?

Two weeks ago Maddy started asking, “Elmo, Barney, Berenstain Bears, and Snow White!” Huh? This was met with a blank stare from me as I tried to solve this LSAT question about the relationship … [Read more...]

Filed Under: autism, holiday, humour Tagged With: barney, berenstain bears, bus, communication, disney, elmo, fall, farm, farmers market, field trip, Halloween, lifeskills, memory, netflix, Parkside Farms, pumpkins, rebel, school, snow white, special needs, spooky, stranger things, teacher, thanksgiving

Start the New Year Refreshed

December 31, 2016 By Tara Leave a Comment

Start the New Year Refreshed

Just when the jealousy begins to creep in over not having something glamorous to do on New Year’s Eve, I remember that pyjamas rule and high heels drool. I’m typing this at 1:30 in the afternoon of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: holiday, parenting, sponsored, tv Tagged With: #streamteam, dab, food, netflix, new years, onesies, parties, television, tv

Tips for Holiday Entertaining – Don’t Invite Squirrels!

December 19, 2016 By Tara 2 Comments

Tips for Holiday Entertaining – Don’t Invite Squirrels!

Somehow over the years I have become worse and worse about hosting people for anything more than a cup of coffee, and maybe a bowl of chips if I’m in the mood for sharing, and Maggie hasn’t found them … [Read more...]

Filed Under: adhd, holiday, humour, sponsored, Uncategorized Tagged With: Christmas, christmas centrepiece, cooking, entertaining, parties, turkey

Countdown to Christmas

December 18, 2016 By Tara Leave a Comment

Countdown to Christmas

Maggie has been a big fan of advent calendars for a long time now. Unfortunately, even though they are not the chocolate kind that her mother used to pop open all in one day like some kind of carnival … [Read more...]

Filed Under: autism, holiday, sponsored, tv Tagged With: #streamteam, advent calendar, Christmas, Christmas movies, holidays with autism, netflix

Gifts for the Whole ADHD Family

November 18, 2016 By Tara 1 Comment

Gifts for the Whole ADHD Family

We just finished celebrating the twins’ birthdays this past weekend, and I’m now launching full Christmas panic mode. I’ve been flipping through the catalogues and flyers that are arriving in my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: adhd, holiday, sponsored, stuff I like Tagged With: canadian tire, Christmas, christmas shopping, gift guide, gifts for adhd, the wow guide

Halloween Help for Mummy

October 31, 2016 By Tara Leave a Comment

Halloween Help for Mummy

It’s pretty widely known that Halloween is right up there on my list of annual things I hate, that I just have to “get through,” along with invasive gynaecological procedures and wasp season. So I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: holiday, humour, sponsored, things that are trying to kill me, tv Tagged With: #streamteam, costumes, dora, Halloween, netflix, pumpkins, science, STEM, tv, word party

Back to School. Eventually.

September 6, 2016 By Tara 2 Comments

Back to School. Eventually.

School starts tomorrow for my kids. On a Wednesday. At first I was convinced that the theatre camp Molly attended in the summer was backfiring in a big way and had made my truthful tween into a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: adhd, autism, holiday, humour, parenting Tagged With: back to school, bts, raising girls, school, school lunches, shopping, siblings, special needs siblings, summer, summer vacation

New Year’s Eve Countdown

January 1, 2016 By Tara Leave a Comment

New Year’s Eve Countdown

I’m not going to lie. 2015 has been an exhausting year of ADHD med trial and error, sleep studies, whooping cough, and autism behaviour challenges. It’s been tiring for good reasons too, like all the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: holiday, sponsored, tv Tagged With: #nineisthenewmidnight, #streamteam, netflix, new year’s eve, new years, youtube

Kids Helping Kids for the Holidays

November 27, 2015 By Tara Leave a Comment

Kids Helping Kids for the Holidays

All three of my kids have their birthdays in the months surrounding Christmas, which also happens to be the height of cold and flu season. Each year, we find ourselves wishing, hoping, and sometimes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: holiday, special needs, sponsored Tagged With: charity, donations, giving back, hospital, huffington post canada, make a difference, sickkids, toronto

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