Growing up as a Canadian in an American school in Singapore was pretty fantastic – we wore shorts every day of the year, we learned about different countries and cultures, we had friends from
Busy bags are a great way to keep little ones occupied on bad weather days and sick days, while traveling, or during the witching hour leading up to dinnertime, but coming up with fresh
My daughter started kindergarten this year, and while she isn’t really a fan of desserts and sugar, she absolutely loves Halloween, and I am beyond excited to show up at her school with a
One of my fondest Halloween memories from my childhood happened in Girl Scouts. I was about 8-years-old at the time, and we were living in Singapore where Halloween didn’t exist, so the Leaders (is
When we first moved to Singapore, my parents warned me that things would be different, and while I missed my grandparents terribly in the first few months after we left Canada, I adjusted to
One of my most vivid memories of moving to Singapore when I was 7-years-old is the moment when I found out that Halloween didn’t exist there. Sure, we got to dress up at school
While my daughter and I were at Chapters (the Canadian equivalent of Barnes and Noble) one afternoon last November, I saw an Elf on the Shelf and couldn’t resist buying it. It was the
One of my favorite parts of the holidays is that they give me an excuse to take my 4-year-old to our local craft store so we can stock up on the supplies we need