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 Lisa and I celebrated our lucky 13th wedding anniversary yesterday. It is amazing to think that we have been married for 13 years, together for 18, and our three kids are all 5 years old or younger…but that is another story. With help from friends and family we had a lot of options offered to us … Continue reading Anniversary Outing on the Geocache Diet – Day 213  As many of you know our Annika (aged 5) loves bugs. At her preschool ‘graduation’ after all the princesses, fire fighters, and artists, the teacher announced: “When Annika grows up she wants to be an entomologist”. Most of the parents looked at each other and laughed and the kids all looked confused. Like most parents I hardly even … Continue reading Our ‘Bugging’ Entomologist  We previously wrote the blog “Read to Your Kids Before Bed Everyday” and I thought this needed an update. Annika "reading" to Jada, 2008 We still strongly believe in reading to you children everyday. It takes some time to do but it is worth it, for the kids and youself. We just signed Annika with the Vancouver Island … Continue reading Summer Reading  I had an idea the other day to make homemade pasta. I have never made pasta by myself before so I chose a simple recipe for whole wheat linguine with a tomato clam sauce. My Mother-in-law gave us her old pasta press months ago and we still hadn’t used it which made me feel a bit guilty … Continue reading Keep a Five Year Old Busy for Two Hours  Recently we have been discussing the trend towards coddled kids and helicopter parenting and it is probably no surprise if you have read our blogs that we wish our kids to be independent and to appreciate experience over material goods. I suggested in a previous blog that I felt that one of the reasons this trend towards … Continue reading Would Money Change Us?  I looked around the park nervously to see if anyone was watching us. I was happily playing with the kids in the neighbouring park before I realized what game we were actually doing. All three kids had brought their favourite ball and we had started playing catch. Before long I began throwing the balls down the field so … Continue reading Is it OK to Play Fetch With Kids?  A little while back we looked at the phenomena of helicopter parenting and coddled kids. After writing that blog I started to think about our decision to leave a larger city and move to a smaller town. We decided to make the move as a step towards living a slower paced life and to create a … Continue reading Is Helicopter Parenting a Big City Phenomenon?  Lisa and I recently watched a documentary called ‘Hyper Parents & Coddled Kids’ which examines the phenomena of Helicopter Parenting. Helicopter Parents is a term used to describe parents who constantly hover over their children to solve problems that may occur in their lives and make sure they stay safe. The documentary describes these parents as … Continue reading The Long Term Effects of Helicopter Parenting  |
 
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