We’re planning on travelling to Australia for a vacation, and since the baby will shortly need a new car seat anyway, I was hoping to get one that matches Canadian and Australian standards. Britax makes car seats in each country but when I called them they said the Canadian car seats did not meet Australian [...]
There seem to be as many philosophies about how to bring up children successfully as there are parents, which fact you tend not to discover until you are a parent yourself. And then you have to hope that your philosophy is reasonably congruent with that of the other parent and/or caregivers in your child’s [...]
I’ve noticed a few blogs disappearing over the past few months, blogs I used to enjoy reading and had pointed out to people. I find it disappointing when people decide to get rid of the entire blog, though of course I defend their right to do so (and to not pay hosting and support costs), [...]
I see from the TSA website that we’re now allowed small quantities of liquids on board flights in the U.S.A., and I assume other countries will also start allowing these items. And knitting needles and books are still allowed, so we’ll have something to do on the flights. The thought of a long flight to [...]
I had to take the kids in to get passport photos done today, since we’ll be travelling with them outside of Canada. I found a local place with experience in taking photos for different countries (Canada and New Zealand); the requirements are different. For example, Canada wants a white background for the photos, while New [...]
The weather has changed here at 49 ° latitude north, the days still warm and sunny, but the nights are cool. The memories of nights when we slept with the fan running and the windows open are receding fast, soon to be filed with memories of previous summers. The windows in the house that were [...]
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