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Girls Who Code

August 15, 2016 By Tara Leave a Comment

Girls who code are lucky when dad’s a computer engineer and runs coding camp in pajamas!

Nerdguy has been running a video game programming camp for Molly and Grace all weekend. Every summer he likes to teach Molly something in-depth related to programming, and she soaks it up as one of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: adhd, parenting Tagged With: computers, engineering, girls who code, molly, Nerdguy, raising girls, school, STEM, summer camp

Do You Want to Build a Castle?

June 17, 2016 By Tara Leave a Comment

We had a taste of summer today and it was delicious!

It’s that time of year again when I am swirled in conflicted feelings of anticipation vs dread, joy vs overwhelm, eating indulgently vs OMG stop eating because the spandex on my bathing suit is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: autism, parenting Tagged With: park, play, sandcastles, siblings, solo parenting, summer

Meatloaf is a Leftover. Not our Daughters. #changedestiny

April 12, 2016 By Tara Leave a Comment

#changedestiny

With three tween girls in the house, it’s led me to ponder the change in power that is gradually moving in. When they were little I couldn’t control who they played with at school, or who they chose … [Read more...]

Filed Under: parenting, sponsored, travel Tagged With: #changedestiny, culture, daughters, raising girls, women’s rights

Bedtime Battles

December 1, 2015 By Tara Leave a Comment

The morning scramble has gotten worse lately, and now we have snow to clear off the van and mittens to match up, because clearly we needed more things to slow us down. Friday is a PA Day and this week … [Read more...]

Filed Under: parenting, sponsored, tv Tagged With: #5moreminutes, #streamteam, bedtime, dinotrux, netflix, parenting

Why Doesn’t Halloween Have a Grinch or Scrooge?

October 30, 2015 By Tara 2 Comments

It actually does…her name is Tara. My initial instinct would be to love Halloween. Really, what is not to love about a holiday involving cartons of bite-sized chocolates? The one time a year that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: holiday, humour, parenting Tagged With: blissdom canada, costumes, dress-up, fall, Halloween, things I hate, trick-or-treating

9 End-of-the-Year Tests (of My Sanity)

June 24, 2015 By Tara Leave a Comment

last day of school

School’s almost over. We’re in the homestretch of the lunch-making, the agenda-signing, and the ever-dreaded alarm clock of doom.  It’s all good news right? It’s just in the nick of time too, because … [Read more...]

Filed Under: humour, parenting Tagged With: dance recitals, end of the year, last day of school, school lunches, teacher gifts

It’s Time to #MakeRoomForPlay

April 24, 2015 By Tara Leave a Comment

My kids are participating in Jump Rope for Heart at their school this month. The twins are definite jumpers, always on the move. Sometimes it is outside with a skipping rope or one of those balls that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: parenting, sponsored Tagged With: exercise, ipad, jumping, screen time, tv

Molly the Scientist

March 31, 2015 By Tara Leave a Comment

Molly is my little scientist. Takes after her father who actually took the school science fairs seriously as a kid. He even went to the National Science Fair. Not to mention that he volunteered as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: parenting, sponsored, tv Tagged With: #streamteam, destination imagination, molly, Nerdguy, netflix, science, science fair, volcano

Connecting over March Break

March 19, 2015 By Tara Leave a Comment

It's March Break for my kids this week. Maggie is off to the camp that she has been asking for since Valentine's Day. Molly, Grace and I have been keeping busy while trying to resist the temptation to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: holiday, parenting, sponsored Tagged With: game night, kraft peanut butter, march break, power outage, screen time

On the Eve of Your 11th Birthday

January 24, 2015 By Tara 2 Comments

Dear Molly, As you were heading to bed tonight you lit up and shared with me how you had been thinking about all of the incredible things that you did while you were 10.  Your first triathlon, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: adhd, parenting Tagged With: birthday, kids, molly

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