27 Jun, 2009
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Easy ways to make kids happy|parenting|travel talk
After many years of car camping with kids, I finally write down a list of what we pack and what works best for our family. Your additional tips/comments are welcome!
One thing that caused me to roll my eyeballs in my pre-child days was labelling, as in, crazy people waving their label-makers around and using them as weapons against chaos. Then, guess what, kids came along, school started, and we started losing stuff. Suddenly the Martha army didn’t seem so loony. THEY HAD A POINT AFTER […]
I don’t do it every night, but from time to time I like to plant a “dream seed” in the girls heads before I kiss them goodnight. The dream seed gives them something pleasant to think about while they drift off to sleep. The idea here is that if the seed is about a particular […]
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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