03 Dec, 2009
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Easy ways to make kids happy
Mark joked that the activity for our first day of advent should be: Hooray! We’re going to get our H1N1 vaccine! Ha. No. I wouldn’t have put it in the advent (this is what we really did) but we still had to get our shots. And we did, at Tom Brown. They were efficient and […]
01 Dec, 2009
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Easy ways to make kids happy
I made my envelopes last weekend and pulled together our list of activities just last night. I’ve decided to wade into this Christmas thing nice and slow. Today’s envelope revealed: Enjoy a cup of marshmallows with a bit of hot chocolate We’ll be indulging after school today. I’ll upload a pic to this post as […]
26 Nov, 2009
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Easy ways to make kids happy|parenting
We love music, but I have to confess… we’re not very musically inclined here at the Fishbowl. We do, however, appreciate musical skillz and recognize the value of kids learning about music, and possibly picking it up as a hobby. But as much as I love music I have to admit that I value quiet nearly as much. How to […]
My name is Andrea and I live in Ottawa with my husband Mark and our dog Sunny who is kind of a big deal on Instagram. During the day I work as a freelance writer. I am a longtime Ottawa blogger and I've occupied this little corner of the WWW since 1999. The Fishbowl is my whiteboard, water cooler, and journal, all rolled into one. I'm passionate about healthy living, arts and culture, travel, great gear, good food, and sharing the best of Ottawa. I also love vegetables, photography, gadgets, and great design.
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