August, 2014 | PTPA | Parent Tested Parent Approved

It’s been 29 days since I was admitted to the hospital for renal failure and it’s been the hardest time of my life! 29 days and counting since I’ve had my son and wife around and I can truly say that you don’t realize how much you love someone until they aren’t there. Even though they’ve come to…

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Celebrate Grandparents Day!

PTPAAugust 29, 2014

Celebrate Grandparents Day! By Toronto4Kids.com This year, Grandparents Day falls on Sunday, September 7, 2014. Grandparents Day acknowledges the vital role that grandparents play in our society as providers of care, love and guidance to their children and grandchildren, and the cultural memories they share. Grandparents Day recognizes the irreplaceable role grandparents have in their families and in the wider…

Being a Mom

Boys Will Be Boys?

PTPAAugust 28, 2014

Boys will be boys. Ever heard that saying? Has anyone ever said it to you? As a mom of two boys, I hear it quite a bit. But I have an issue with it… There’s a big difference between little girls and little boys. I don’t think you need me to get into an anatomy lesson here. God designed men…

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Dinner time Debates: How to Take the Stress out of Supper

PTPAAugust 27, 2014

People often ask what it is like to feed half dozen kids. Feeding families can be a “thing” and many parents report that dinner time can be the most stressful time of the day. I decided early on that I didn’t want meal time to create anxiety for me or my kids, so here are my few tips for relaxing…

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Cheated on, again!

PTPAAugust 26, 2014

…this time, by my bathroom scale! So as you know I’ve been on quite the weight loss journey, sharing the details with all of you last month. But something happened, and the numbers on the scale completely stopped, in fact on some weeks they started to go in a direction less desired. My menu never changed, my drive was in the…

Crafts & DIY Product Reviews

Endless Hours of Fun With Sands Alive!

PTPAAugust 26, 2014

In our household, sitting and engaging in an activity for more than 10 minutes NEVER happens. My kids are pre-programmed to move onto the next ‘best’ thing every few minutes or so, and it drives me NUTS! Just when I finish cleaning up one activity, we are onto the next and this happens day in and day out… Every. Single.…

Being a Dad Everyday Parenting

Why Daddy Daughter Dates Are Important

PTPAAugust 25, 2014

As a daughter that grew up without a positive male role model in the home and as a mom that has a houseful of girls, I know that the influence of a positive male role model in the home is important. Growing up I had a bit of sadness that grew inside of me when I saw my girl friends playing…

Product Reviews

How Curiosity Box Saved Our Summer

PTPAAugust 24, 2014

It’s been a long summer so far, each day a struggle of trying to find that perfect balance. With the kids home, I want to play, but work calls, laundry piles up and as a mom I just can’t be everything to everyone ALL THE TIME. I would try to find things to entertain the kids while I squeezed…

Being a Mom

The Truth About Pregnancy and Childbirth

PTPAAugust 23, 2014

While pregnant with my first child, I concocted an adorable delusion of motherhood based in large part on a few prominent tabloid darlings. Here’s how things were gonna go: I would do yoga the entire pregnancy (Madonna), breathe deeply and noisily through my nostrils—as in yoga—throughout a painful but manageable six-hour labor (Katie), and then after my quiet, thoughtful progeny had…

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Electronic Devices and kids

PTPAAugust 22, 2014

It seems that parents hear hand held or electronic and bells and whistles go off. It is the wave of the future and in all reality will spend a larger portion of their day on a device of some kind. Here is my problem, how can I as a parent who does product reviews, surveys, maintain blogs, help one preach…

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