*All images in this blog taken by Amanda Barbara Artistry. Visit her Website or Facebook Page for more info. If there have ever been portraits that capture so much of my little one’s personalities, it’s these. The nuances in their silly faces, their body language. The way Oliver’s hands look like at age two and a…
Category: Mother
Words of January [The Last Month in my 20s]
There is something truly satisfying about putting words down on paper (blank screen in this case). Reading, looking back and remembering the days I spend with the people in my life who who I love the most is wonderful. I turn 30 in a few days, and this month, the last month in my twenties….
Reflections from my First Year at Work after [an extended] Maternity Leave
Exactly one year ago, I went back to work after being a stay-at-home mom to my two children for three years. I’ve you’ve been with my blog since then, I’m sure you remember how hard that transition was for me. Perhaps, one of the most difficult moments in my motherhood journey. Every woman is different, and…
The End of Breastfeeding [Weaning after Two Years of Nursing – a bittersweet milestone]
The end of breastfeeding is very much like the beginning of breastfeeding- a beautiful irony. My breasts are leaky, I have a bit of engorgement, and as the days pass, I wait for my supply (or end of supply) to regulate itself. A little bit of Mother Nature’s poetry. It’s been three weeks since my…
Words To The Lullabies I Sing To My Children [stories of motherhood and culture]
When I picked my children up after work today, my mother told me that when they heard the song “Los Pollitos Dicen” on an old CD that she had found, they said “Mama”. I am writing this for you, my darlings, Penelope and Oliver, so that you always remember the words to the songs your…
Bike Rides and Yellow Leaves [just storytelling]
Trying to make the best out of the nicer days we have left this season, the kids and I went for a bike ride this week. It’s been 6 months since I went back to work full time, and after being a stay at home parent for 3 years, a part of me, a big…
Are we REALLY moving in the right direction #YEG? [ “legalizing” helicopter parenting]
I’ve seen it pop up a lot over the past couple of weeks. I’ve seen in it parking lots, billboard signs, sponsored Facebook posts. It bothers me. I wish it didn’t, but it does. The sign I’m talking about is the Edmonton Police Service “A vehicle is not a babysitter” campaign. With this campaign, community…
Flower Crowns and Smoky Days
It’s been a smoky couple of days in the city. The smoke from the forest fires in the province that neighbors us has blown over, and I’m sad for the circumstances, but trying to find the silver lining. At a new moon circle I attended last week, the ceremony started off with the burning of…
Affordable Travel for Families in Canada – finally! [Our Experience with #FlySwoop Airline]
I have always wished for travel to be more affordable within Canada, and it finally is! Canada is such a beautiful country, but it is vast, so unless you’re able to travel 14+ hours in car often – which we have done many times – travel can get quite expensive. In fact, for many years,…
Golden Days and Carnivals
Golden Days and Carnivals; a pretty accurate way to describe this period of life. 3 years old and 1.5 years old, and what a beautiful age Penelope and Oliver are going through right now. Penelope’s personality makes my heart smile. She is an artist. She dances and sings beautifully, and her taste in music is…