Kids

I have a complicated relationship with Christmas. I love it- I love warm fires on cold nights, twinkling lights and the smell of pine, family and cookies and socially irresponsible carols about bullied reindeer. I love giving (and getting!) presents, and the way friends make...

Then 7 years ago, I went to the cabin for the summer. I took the kids (4 of them at the time, my Keeper Three plus a foster daughter). My children were complicated and difficult, their special needs and behaviours draining, but I had started to think that maybe...

I often don't feel that way. I feel badly for my busy schedule or my short temper, for not wanting to hear the backstory of every Monster High doll or inspect each individual line my son draws on the card he's making. I wish I...

The long awaited Petite Couture series has landed! My kids and I love playing dressup, and one of their favourite things is when we spend the day creating fantastic outfits and then doing a "fancy shoot" together. Now we'd like to invite you to come play...

What a wonderful Christmas! My beautiful twin nieces were born on the 21st and are as perfect as perfect can be, surrounded by love and family, and growing beautifully. It meant so much that their parents let me be there for them and I am...