Life Lessons Learned

First day of school

September 11, 2012

So this happened this week… My baby started Kindergarten. He was pretty excited about school and has been practicing how to say his teacher’s name for the past two weeks. (It’s a French Immersion program and her name is very French). I was excited for him too. Kindergarten is a wonderful time in a child’s life. There is play, there are new friends, there is learning, and of course, there is RECESS! (Which so far, along with Gym time, seems to be the only things of importance that he can tell me happen during his days at school.) The classroom is not a new thing for my kid. He has been at an amazing playschool for the past three years and has had some wonderful teachers, has grown so much in personality and confidence in those years and has made what I think will be, at least one life-long...

A thank you to the ladies

August 27, 2012

By Natasha

This is for all the women in my life who inspire me. Who amaze me daily and who I am so proud to know and call friend, confidante, family, bestie, partner and more… 1. To the woman who finally realized her worth and although I can’t even imagine how much this hurts, took the first steps to getting out of an unhappy situation. I am proud of you and am here for you always. 2. To the two women I call my best friends. Both with three children each, one working full-time with travel time away from her family, the other completely devoted to her role as a stay-at-home mama. You have both taught me so much about letting go, holding on, making the most of these moments and living life as a mother, a woman and a friend. Thank you both from the bottom of my heart. 3....

On writing… {oh wait, someone else already wrote that}

August 24, 2012

By Natasha

Reading usually precedes writing and the impulse to write is almost always fired by reading. Reading, the love of reading, is what makes you dream of becoming a writer. ~Susan Sontag Yup. What she said! There truly is nothing more inspiring than reading someone else’s really great writing to get your own writing juices flowing. And right now, I feel like a flood-swollen river is raging through my brain. I have just finished reading all of the Five Star Friday posts from Schmutzie’s weekly weblog round-up and all I can say is… OH. MY. GAWD. It was one helluva good week for the writers of the interwebs! I can’t possible recap all of it, so just head on over there and read them all! It is well worth your time, I promise. (Also, I may be full-on fangirl crushing on Schmutzie right now, she really is kind of super-duper...

Monkeys and Elephants and Giraffes… Oh my!

August 22, 2012

By Natasha

Monkeys and Elephants and Giraffes… Oh my!

I took the kids to the Telus World of Science today and we went to see the IMAX movie “Born to Be Wild”. You HAVE to see this movie. My kids loved it. I loved it. A lot! All day, all I have been thinking about, is how incredible those two women are to have devoted their entire lives to these precious and amazing animals. And all day I have been day-dreaming about somehow doing the same thing. There it is. My secret. My ‘I wish I could do that when I grow up‘ desire. I wish I could rescue and care for wild animals. Big, endangered, majestic, beautiful, jungles of South America and plains of Africa animals. And the thing that you need to understand is that this wish didn’t just start today. In 2005, Natural Urban Dad and I took THE trip of our lives.We were invited to...

#notbuyingit-part two

August 20, 2012

By Natasha

I wrote a post last night about how I was upset about the gender stereotyping that occurs at stores like Gymboree and Old Navy for Halloween (and all year long really) and I made a terrible and glaringly awful mistake in that post. I forgot about the boys. And it is because I totally got called out by this comment from reader Dave (highlighting is mine), that I am writing this now. …gender stereotyping starts much too young and invades far too much of our society. As bad as it is for the girls who want to be an EMT or Astronaut, and it is really bad, it is even worse in the opposite direction. That’s right, if girls are highly stereotyped as ‘Pretty’, then the degree of stereotyping aimed at boys is far, FAR worse. It is so bad that it is not even recognized as stereotyping –...

#notbuyingit

August 19, 2012

By Natasha

Okay. So I am usually not one to get all worked up about shit like this, but for some reason today, this is really, REALLY bothering me. I opened up my email this morning and the first thing that I saw was this. It’s the new Halloween Ad from Gymboree. And according to the fine folks at Gymboree, my girl’s choices for Halloween or dress up are Pixie, fairy, flower or bug and my boy, well, he gets to have an awesome job. Now, you’ve all seen my girly girl and you and I both know that she would gladly choose any of the above girl costumes. But what if the EMT or the Astronaut picture was of a girl model instead of a boy? Would she perhaps choose one of those instead? This kind of advertising is not just happening at Gymboree. Old Navy’s gender stereotyping for Halloween...

18 things that I think about EVERY Day

August 18, 2012

By Natasha

Since I can’t remember the awesome blog post idea that I had only hour ago is, I am taking a page from @Schmutzie’s playbook today and I am going to give you a list! So here ,in no particular order, is a list of 18 things that cross my mind daily… 1. Why is there not a specialty coffee delivery service/van/company? Seriously, someone please get on that! 2. Why is it that my kids can remember EVERY SINGLE bad word I say, but can’t remember where they put the toy they were playing with not 10 minutes ago? 3. Did anyone else secretly wish that Victor Newman was their long lost father when they were growing up? 4. Why are there so many damn spiders in my NEW house!!?? 5. I really need a pedicure and a massage. At least bi-weekly. 6. How exactly does one know if the...

LOTS of Words Wednesday: A Vlog Post.

August 8, 2012

By Natasha

It was a gorgeous morning. I found a shady spot at the park and then I recorded this. Enjoy! Mwah! Natasha~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the Day 8 post for the Summer Blog Challenge and look how EARLY I am posting it! Woohooo me!! These are the links I was talking about. Click, read, comment, subscribe and join in on all our fun, fun, fun! Zita at The Dulock Diaries. Meaghan at MagzD Life April at This Mom’s Got Something to Say Aramelle at One Wheeler’s World Jessica at 2plus2X2 and Liam at In the Now

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Life Lessons Learned

First day of school

A thank you to the ladies

On writing… {oh wait, someone else already wrote that}

Monkeys and Elephants and Giraffes… Oh my!

#notbuyingit-part two

#notbuyingit

18 things that I think about EVERY Day

LOTS of Words Wednesday: A Vlog Post.

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