Did you even hear about this? I only found out by accident yesterday when researching dishwashers on the Sears website and saw a link to the Earth Hour page on the WWF website. I clicked through and found out about this amazing event – turning off the lights from 8-9 pm on Saturday and taking a stand against climate change.

The event was pioneered in Sydney, Australia last year, and went worldwide this year. Read the rest of this entry »

GIRL2: Mommy, I can’t get my cast wet, right?

ME: That’s right.

GIRL2: What will happen if I do?

ME: (thinking of a good excuse to keep her from dripping juice all over her cast) Well, it might get wet inside and get really itchy.

GIRL2: That’s okay, I can handle itchy.

ME: (time to up the ante) Well, it might also get infected!

GIRL2: Oh, darn. I licked it. A lot…

She licked it???

It’s true what they say; power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Let me tell you why.

First, go read what happened this weekend on my other blog over at urbanmoms.ca.

Now, let me introduce you to the face of facism in my my house this week (and for the next few weeks to come):

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Ahhh, the joys of parenting.

Meet Girl1. Loves dinosaurs, reptiles, Harry Potter and skateboarding. A self-proclaimed tomboy.

Meet Girl2. Loves pink, princesses, pink, Hannah Montana, pink, makeup…oh, and did I mention pink? A self-proclaimed Tommy Girl (I think she thinks it means the opposite of tomboy. As for where she even heard the phrase, I have no idea.)

Recently, Girl2 cut her own hair, so we took her to the salon to have it fixed. While there, Girl1 asked for a haircut. I obliged. She wanted it short and layered. And it looks really, really cute.

Except. Read the rest of this entry »

Meet the “cake-mix cookie”:

I googled “chocolate cookies” and found a recipe for cake-mix cookies. Basically, all you do is eliminate the water in the recipe; you simply add 1/3 cup oil and 3 eggs to the cake mix, add 2 cups of chocolate chips, or butterscotch chips or peanut butter chips (whatever you like). Bake for 8-10 minutes and enjoy.

Simple. And delicious!