Archive for October, 2008

Be aware of the melamine-contaminated treats this Halloween

My son was getting ready for Halloween since before Labour Day weekend. Exactly when most shops displayed their Halloween items.
He can’t stop talking about his costume and trick or treating. Here is Canada we go to malls first for trick or treating and then at dark in the neighbourhood.
I’m all excited for him and we […]

Dealing with my almost 2 year old’s tantrum

They call it terrible two, but with my two kids it started at 18 months old. Right now my daughter is 21months old and she already started her tantrums.
Today we were at Costco shopping. I was looking at the book section and gave both kids a book to be busy until I’m finished checking out […]

BPA is completely banned here in Canada

Thank God they finally decided to do something about BPA.
I  hope that government is forceful enough to remove all products that contain BPA. There is a vast variety of products that contain BPA which is kind of scary.
Some of the products which might contain bisphenol A include:
•    hard clear plastic and some tinted water bottles
•    […]

Our Thanksgiving lunch was a success

It wasn’t as tiring as I thought it would be. But I worked on it slowly but constantly the whole week. And it took me almost another week to get back to my routine 
The key was to get prepared before hand. I decided on the menu and did my shopping except for the Turkey at the […]

Thanksgiving and fall toddler’s craft and activity

All my Thanksgiving preparation, including cleaning and decoration is during the day when my kids are around. They should be busy doing something when I’m busy doing my thing.
Here it is, for craft we need some dried fall leaves, some sunflower seeds, some small cedar fruits, a brush and some finger paint and non-toxic glue. […]