I was a fangirl long before the term existed. The Babysitter’s Club and Sweet Valley High? Read them all and knew the characters as if they were my real-life besties. But The X-Files is where I really got into fandom. Taping and rewatching episodes, pouring over magazines and official and unofficial guides, cos-playing (or, “dressing…
First off, let me say that this post is not sponsored by the Savon de Marseille Industrial Complex, or any of its subsidiaries. I am simply a girl, faced with a magical cube of olive-coloured soap, asking it, “What CAN’T you do?” Read this post to learn just some of the amazing things it can…
Welcome, green and green-aspiring friends to my Myni review! I have been on the Myni cleaning products train since before they were called Myni! If you’ve been following my social media for a while (thank you!), you may know this zero-waste cleaning tablet brand as “Filo.” They recently rebranded to Myni: same cleaning tablets, but…
My full metamorphosis into my father is basically complete. (Although I am still keeping the mustache at bay …) I am now into my third year of maintaining a beautiful backyard vegetable garden and my third year of taking care of that garden in the most cost-effective way possible: by reusing all the crap…
This year marks my 9-year padiversary! It has now been 9 years since I made the switch to the best reusable menstrual pads on the market —Öko-Pads— and ditched the disposable panty liners I’d been using daily since puberty. Based on some simple calculations, I have prevented approximately 6500 plastic pads from hitting the landfill…
First up: if the title of this blog post doesn’t rhyme in your head, either you’ve been pronouncing the name of my blog wrong or there’s a P on the end of tattoo that I don’t know about. Segue time! The name of my blog both rhymes with tattoo and is deeply related to my…
The Graco TrioGrow makes so many things simple. If you’ve seen the ads on your social feed, you’ll know it installs in less than a minute. And that’s true. But it also makes safely rear-facing a child well into toddlerhood—even in a smaller vehicle—simple. Most delightfully, it makes my job as a Child Passenger Safety…
jump to a Chicco MyFit coupon code I love when a new car seat comes on the market that solves a common problem for caregivers. The Chicco MyFit is the only combination seat* in Canada with a high enough harness height to truly accommodate taller-than-average kiddos until they’re ready for a booster seat. Plenty of…
I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about Tru Earth Laundry Strips. This blog was founded thanks to one of my very first zero-waste lifestyle choices: cloth diapers. After nine years of consistent cloth diaper usage for four children, so many other ways to reduce waste have infiltrated my life. It’s a bit like…
My son has been into Pokémon since he was 5. For almost as long, I’ve been searching for Pokémon educational activities! Now age 9, he’s still a big fan. (Pokémon has outlasted Ninjago and Bey Blades!) He plays Pokémon games on the Nintendo Switch, collects the cards (but doesn’t play the card game), dressed as…
June 2023: Updated to include Evenflo Revolve 360 Extend and Revolve Slim The Evenflo Revolve 360 is a seat that turns heads … and itself! As soon as it hit the market, Child Passenger Safety Technicians (CPSTs) like myself were bombarded with questions from curious consumers. My first-look TikTok video of the seat garnered over…
Warning. The following post contains a lengthy exposition about periods and how my relationship to my period has changed thanks to cloth pads. If all you want is a review Öko’s cloth pads for teens, you can skip ahead, I won’t hold it against you! I still remember the moment I first learned that reusable…
A new dad discovers Produits de MaYa Liniment: A guest post by Sean, Maman Loup’s younger brother As Maman Loup’s brother, I was always destined to carry the cloth diapering torch after her children were no longer in diapers. This is absolutely true, and I had been grooming him as my successor long before he…
This year’s TTMAC fall sale is October 21, 2023! Full details at the bottom of the post. Used Clothing, Toys and Gear for Kids Back in the early days of motherhood, when I had just one little wolf cub to care for and we lived in Montreal, my neighbour introduced me to the wonderful world…
All aboard! Time to find out why we love Mother-ease cloth training pants! The twins bought one-way tickets for the Potty Training Train and Mommy the Conductor isn’t issuing refunds. With preschool starting in September, I took away diapers in June and we haven’t looked back. Full disclosure: they have not mastered getting 100% of…
My name is Lindsay and I am a 40-year-old mama of four trying to live an eco-friendly, budget-friendly life! I am a substitute teacher and Child Passenger Safety technician in Calgary, Alberta. Join me on my adventures!
