It is possible to have fun decluttering with kids! Living with children can get cluttered. Kids love stuff. They want things and are constantly given things to bring home. It can be stressful to have so much stuff but there IS a way to have fun decluttering. The problem with too much stuff I’ve always been a bit… Continue reading Fun Decluttering with Kids
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Decluttering Makes Happy Kids
Blake is 8 years old. He had a typical suburban bedroom with lego and cars and hexbugs and blocks living on the floor because the drawers were filled with other trinkety stuff. He often hurt himself stepping on little bits, tripping on things, he couldn’t find things and worst of all he heard me nagging… Continue reading Decluttering Makes Happy Kids
Packing up the Kids Rooms
Decluttering – The New Drug OK, so obviously I have an issue with clutter. I’ve been trying to let the kids keep their rooms however they want as long as their stuff doesn’t enter into family space. That worked out for a while, but then the mess slowly drifted into the living room (and very… Continue reading Packing up the Kids Rooms
Jaida’s Day 1
Whoa! My room is so clean. My mom spent 3.5 hours packing boxes full of my stuff while I was at school. I’m Jaida, I am 10 years old and I am doing the social experiment #1. It was my mom’s idea to try this experiment. What we did is, we boxed up all the… Continue reading Jaida’s Day 1
Getting Rid of Toys and Clutter in our Typical Suburban Home
Social Experiment # 1 – What would happen if we remove all toys and collectables from our house? Here is the idea. We are going to box up all of the toys, collections, books, art supplies, knick knacks, old school work, art that is not on walls and stuffies in our home. For one month.… Continue reading Getting Rid of Toys and Clutter in our Typical Suburban Home
Leo Romano – driver 32
Today is my fathers 70th birthday. I think about what he would have done on this day if he were still alive. He didn’t like to make a fuss but he probably would have enjoyed watching a race with mom, seeing and listening to the grand kids playing, a family dinner at home and a poker… Continue reading Leo Romano – driver 32
I am enough
This is a story of a girl guiding her father through the passage from his life to beyond. In his final moments, as she helped hold his head up, she started to tell his legacy. She is not even sure why or what exactly she said but the words flowed through her and into him.… Continue reading I am enough
Please, Puppy, Please by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee and Illustrated by Kadir Nelson
“Please, Puppy, Please” tells the story of two small siblings and their challenges taking care of their energetic puppy. Despite their pleas for the puppy to behave, the puppy ends up finding an open gate to run through, rolling in the mud, splattering bath bubbles everywhere and giving the kids a good run to catch… Continue reading Please, Puppy, Please by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee and Illustrated by Kadir Nelson
Whistler Via Ferrata
After finding doing my first via ferrata with kids last summer in Italy, I simply had to do it again. Luckily for me, I live very close to 1 of the 3 via ferratas in Canada at the time – Whistler BC. I have been to the top of Whistler mountain many times before, but I can… Continue reading Whistler Via Ferrata
Forest Night Run Party
A few nights ago, I hosted the 4th annual “Doll Classic” run. Ok, the name is pretty lame I agree. Let me explain. It all started in 2012 when my friend MJ asked me if I was interested in running the Fall Classic, a half marathon at UBC, with her. I had only run… Continue reading Forest Night Run Party
Norquay Via Ferrata
I had a wonderful opportunity to climb the Mount Norquay via ferrata in Banff, Alberta this summer. On any holiday I like to get up close and personal with the mountains and doing a via ferrata is a great way to achieve this. There are a few routes to choose from at Mount Norquay, we opted… Continue reading Norquay Via Ferrata
Squamish Via Ferrata
I had a chance to climb the very new Via Ferrata in Squamish BC this summer. It was my fourth via ferrata and it was by far the easiest. It is a great one to take children on as it is quite short, it is simple to climb and there were not any sections that required… Continue reading Squamish Via Ferrata