The Write Mama

Flash Giveaway: Win a Set of Cloverdale Rodeo Country Fair Tickets

Posted on May 17, 2013 | 4 Comments

Today I am offering a flash giveaway for the Cloverdale Rodeo – here’s your chance to win a pair of tickets and it gets better because kids under 12 are free this year so you can take the whole family.

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Posted in Favourite Things Reviews & Giveaways, Uncategorized

I’m 40-Something and I Just Don’t Get It

Posted on May 16, 2013 | 2 Comments

I’m just gonna put this out there: I am a 40-something woman and mother living in Metro Vancouver. I’ve heard that 40 is the new 30 and most people think I look much younger than I am, but I am starting to wonder if age is catching up with me. I am originally a small town girl, but it’s not like I just crawled out from under a rock either. So I’m not sure why there are so many trendy things happening around me that I just don’t get. Here’s the list:

men’s cardigans
ripped jeans
3-inch heels
flip flops as fashion
pastel hair colours
the Kardashians
nose and other random piercings
tattoos
thumb rings
Real Housewives of anywhere
wearing pajamas outside the house

So, is it just me? What are the things you see from day to day that you just don’t get? Tell me so I don’t feel so alone!

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Posted in Humour

Conceive the Dream Challenge: I am a Mother

Posted on May 12, 2013 | Leave a comment

Vancouver mom blogger

Canadian Infertility Awareness Week is coming up on May 19 – 25. I am sharing my story as part of a challenge to help raise awareness and advocate for infertility support in Canada. I invite my fellow bloggers and twitter users (with the hashtag #creatingfamilies) to share their stories and spread the word to help others who are struggling to conceive their own dreams of motherhood.

Today is Mother’s Day – a special day for every mother but particularly meaningful for me because for some time, I feared I would never have a child. I am so lucky to have a beautiful almost five year old son with my husband. My family is complete. But…

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Posted in Infertility Tales, Motherhood

Pay Parking in Port Moody? Seriously?

Posted on May 10, 2013 | 1 Comment

A couple of weeks ago, I drove down to Granville Island with my little boy to shop for a wedding gift. Parking was tricky as usual and I was happy to score a spot near Bridges. Unfortunately after seeing 3 hour parking signs all over the Island, I failed to notice that I was parking in a one hour zone until I returned to my car and found a parking ticket. Continue reading →

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Posted in Local issues

Cooking Class for Kids at Rocky Mountain Flatbread

Posted on May 6, 2013 | 1 Comment

We were invited to take part in a cooking class for kids at Rocky Mountain Flatbread in Vancouver. You can see how fun it was from the photos!

This is a kid friendly restaurant with a small kitchen area for your little ones to play. Now for a run down of the cooking class. Continue reading →

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Posted in Favourite Things Reviews & Giveaways

Ready Set Learn Fails to Deliver

Posted on May 5, 2013 | 3 Comments

This spring, I attended the Ready Set Learn program at our catchment school in SD43. I didn’t really know what the program was for except that it was supposed to be a program for parents with 3 and 4-year-olds. When I arrived, I walked into an almost empty gym ; the only people there were principals and a few school age kids who seemed to be there with games for preschool age kids. Unfortunately there were few children or parents to be found. Continue reading →

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Posted in Local issues

Family Vacation on Vancouver Island

Posted on May 2, 2013 | 4 Comments

We traveled to Vancouver Island this past weekend to visit family in the Comox area and in Victoria and enjoyed a great family vacation there.

I was in the mood for some oceanfront dining for a date night so we had dinner at the Blackfin Pub in Comox (thanks to the grandparents for babysitting) and walked down to the wharf after dinner. It’s a pretty little town for a getaway if you have never been.

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Posted in Everything Else, Favourite Things Reviews & Giveaways

10 Things I Love about My Son

Posted on April 9, 2013 | 2 Comments

I put together a list of things you don’t know about my little monkey as a follow up to last week’s 5 things about moi post. Of course, I think my son is amazing so here’s my chance to show him off a little! Continue reading →

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Posted in Everything Else

Easter Fun

Posted on April 4, 2013 | Leave a comment

We had a very relaxing Easter weekend. Our boy had a great time too what with all the Easter egg hunting and chocolate.

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The WriteMama Unplugged: 5 things you don’t know about me

Posted on March 28, 2013 | 8 Comments

I have teamed up with some of Vancouver’s top mom bloggers for today’s post. We have each blogged on the topic: 5 things you don’t know about me. These ladies each have unique and creative things to say; here’s a chance to pop on over to their blogs to take a look and learn a little bit about them. Also a thank you to Haley Marklund Brown of HMB Designs for providing the graphics in this post – great job Haley!

PS – I’ve love to hear from my lovely readers on a few things people don’t know about you!