Car Seat Techs have a certain lingo that may be incomprehensible to the non-tech crowd, and this incudes nicknames for different car seats. The Graco Nautilus is a staple of tech-recommended lists in its category, and we affectionately refer to it as the “Nauti.” Cue the joke here about how I’m a Nauti girl. Because…
When I rustled up an “old school” iPod touch for my son last summer, I started finding him podcasts to listen to and for us to listen to in the van together. Given current circumstances, we aren’t driving around much anymore, but when we do, we’ve been laughing and learning along the way. (Our primary…
If you’re expecting me to propose this list of sanity-saving activities as a remedy to the excessive and toxic screen time you are irresponsibly allowing your children to consume … you don’t know me very well. Normally, the two months of summer break are the longest stretch of time when I have all four of…
A guest post by Maman Loup’s cousin, August Kirste-Yee I just graduated from high school, which, if I’m honest, still doesn’t feel real. What feels even less real is the fact that my 18th birthday is next month … yikes. With all these huge milestones plus these wacky pandemic times, I’ve been feeling pretty nostalgic.…
I receive a small commission for purchases made using my affilliate links. I went on an indefinite maternity leave from my role as social media manager at Öko Creations when I had the twins. Now that they’re toddlers and I have so much more spare time (ha ha), I’ve taken on the role once again.…
If you’ve been following me since the beginning, back when I had more cats than children (it was a 2:1 ratio), you’ll know I’ve always had a soft spot for felines. The truth is, although I guilted my parents into not one but two dogs as an adolescent, once I moved out and left them…
We miss the library. A lot. While some folks were panic buying toilet paper, I only just bought a small package last week. What I’ve been panic buying is BOOKS. If my son yells to me from the toilet that we’re out of TP, we’ve got loads of soft flannel wipes for that. But if…
I don’t know about you, but one of the most exciting things about finally co-habitating with my then-fiancé—now husband of almost eleven years—was that we would get to share a bed! Sure I was moving to the opposite end of the country, but what was most exciting? Picking out sheets for our new bed! A…
So this is a blog post I never imagined writing. Ever since last year’s climate strikes, more and more families interested in making zero-waste swaps for their households have been reaching out to me. Anything and everything I post about the zero-waste or waste-reduction strategies I employ has been getting more and more traction, and…
The learning curve when it comes to a twin pregnancy, twin birth and twin parenting is hella steep. It’s pretty much vertical. One of the things I learned quickly was that my doctors couldn’t tell me if my twins were identical or fraternal. This was confusing. For the past two years, when folks have asked…
Are you ready for a flowery blog post about treasuring this unexpected bonding time with your children and your spouse? No? Good. If that is what you were looking for then you’re in the wrong place. This pandemic/quarantine/self isolation/social distancing/coronavirus/COVID-19 is poop on a stick!* *I went through a variety of more colourful adjectival phrases,…
I have always been a bit baffled by period panties. Since having my first child and committing to cloth diapers, I fell in love with cloth menstrual pads and menstrual cups. But when period panties first hit the market, I admit that I didn’t really get it. Isn’t the whole point of a cloth pad…
My 7-year-old loves to read so much that he sings songs about how much he loves reading. When I send him upstairs to get dressed for school, I’ll often find him in his room, with one leg in a pair of pants and his nose in a book. I have to harp on him to…
Cloth diapering can be complicated, overwhelming and require some serious cheese to get started. It’s enough to discourage many soon-to-be parents or already-parents from even testing the waters. I’ve been blogging about and using cloth diapers for seven years, and I am very proud to say that many parents have reached out to tell me…
In writing this review of my deliciously warm and delightfully stylish Toboggan Canada Christine K Parka, I have gone down a proverbial internet rabbit hole, determined to correctly define the terms “parka,” “jacket” and “coat.” And while I now know that a parka is a knee-length, normally down-filled winter jacket, and that this term comes…
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!
