...a little herb garden nested in an old metal drawer ...a cover for a mini ironing board found in the trash ...a ribbon on my fedora (matching your ironing board is aweso...
A few months ago, I was convinced that Alice was a Spirited Child. It sounds paradoxical since I wrote many time on this blog that she is a very easy kid. Easy she is but she also has a lot of ...
We visited every grocery, magazine and corner stores in my predominant French neighborhood to get a copy of Time magazine. We didnt find it but we think there should be a law forcing business owners ...
I finally got my hands on the Time magazine edition that created such a big controversy over the past few days.Personally, I think the picture is awesome because it is not your usual nurt...
...I went to get TIME magazine!!!
See you after screen-free week (however, I gave myself a little 10 minutes each day)! Have a lovely week.Claudia and Alice xox
Over the past few months, I wrote on my baby blog, I read baby books, I watched baby documentaries, I took baby (swimming, massage, yoga, herbalism, etc.) classes, I bookmarked baby activities and pr...
Until about a month before Alices birthday, I was mostly against the idea of having a "party" for her...a "party" with many people (young and old), a cake with icing that will end up ...
Have a lovely week!xox
Over the past few weeks, I realized that toddlers are indeed like sponges because they absorb everything that they see. It it at the same time fascinating and a bit scary.When I decided to become a s...
When I was 5 years old, my parents brought me to see a fascinating exhibit called The great Pharaoh Ramses II and his time. For many years, I dreamed of becoming an Egyptologist. Many of my school pr...
Step 1: take a look at your DIY options on Pinterest (search "front facing book shelves")Step 2: figure out what you want to doback piece is 3/4" by 5.5"bottom piece is 3/4" by +/...
I love Alice to the moon and back but I realized that the number of baby pictures that I take slowly decreases with time. Im aware that I probably have more pictures than the average mom but the aver...
A year ago, at 3am, Alice decided to start a new journey...resulting in the purchase of a new amniotic fluid free mattress! My childbirth was not a lovely walk in the park and Im definitely not one o...
At what age is it safe to let your baby sleep with a pillow (and a duvet)?I generally take an afternoon nap with Alice and I realized that she really enjoys resting her head on my pillow. She also do...
After a few very warm days (25C or 77F), most Montrealers were pretty sad to start the week with more normal spring temperatures (-2C or 28F). So the timing was perfect when I received some "suns...
Since I was in denial about Alices first birthday (March 30th), I didnt give much thought on what we will give her as a gift.We love the idea of just giving her one (1) gift but it has to be pretty a...
When my dad came to the hospital after I gave birth, he gave me a beautifully illustrated Alice in Wonderland book. My mom gave us the Disney version. And now, I decided that it would be interesting ...
Every afternoon, Alice and I boogie down to some music. Michael Jackson, Charles Aznavour, Radiohead, Led Zeppelin, Sigur Ros, Manu Chao, Beastie Boys...you name it!Once in a while, I let her "ch...
...I want to get those adorable yellow shoes for my little lady.Ruffled Mary Jane from Podsshoes
My little lady just turned 11 months old. I nurse at night (once or twice) and welcome Alice in our queen size bed after her first leisurely snack. Until last week, her crib was in our bedroom. To be...
Alice has her share of fancy toys that I carefully selected over the past few months. However, if I really want to make her happy, I get the Treasure Basket (aka Hippie Basket).I dont remember why I ...
If you read my blog, you probably know that I generally dont use this space to write about how difficult motherhood can be. Im well aware that posts with a high emotional content are always pretty po...
Dear friends,I decided to stop writing on my blog for a certain period of time.I hope to be back as soon as possible.Take careClaudia xox
New parents make mistakes all the time. One of the mistakes that we made was to install a shelf over Alices changing table. This arrangement worked like a charm until our daughter reached a point whe...
I never gave much thought on the way I was going to experience motherhood. Even now, I rarely think about the future in very specific ways. Like Brians psychologist told us (yes, we hired a dog psych...
It is great to have French friends who cross the pound once in a while to visit their families in Paris but it is even better when those friends have wonderful taste in baby girl clothes.Lucky Alice ...
Poor kitty cat!* * * * *christine: Really? I never saw those products but I dont visit that many salons (and Im 100% sure that they dont sell those where I have my hair cut). I will investigate!luke ...
Storytelling Skills(from Effective Storytelling : a manual for beginners)Dialog should make use of different voices and postures for different charactersVoice should create the atmosphere or tension ...
First of all, wow, I would love to thank you all for your amazing advice regarding my makeup resolution (I will answer all your comments in my next post to avoid a super long text). I didnt realized ...
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