Trust the media to take a simple idea and turn it into a ridiculous circus… “Pippi, my darling, we are going to revolutionize Christmas!” I shouted this out the other day to my daughter, after we’d come up with a brilliantly simple … Read More
These are little bites of pumpkin heaven–all the deliciousness of pumpkin pie without the crust–as light & heavenly as pumpkin clouds and twice as scrumptious! These mini pumpkin pies are also very nutritious. I serve them to my daughters for breakfast–cold … Read More
Hug Big —ask questions later. The Story of The BIG HUGGIES Sweater It was”Ugly Sweater Day” at my daughter Tabs’ school last week. She raided her father’s closet and came out with a huge Peruvian, blue sweater. She put … Read More
It was game night at our house on the Friday before last. We held a Mattel Game On! Party. It was a roaring success! We tested out the Mattel games: Mad Gab, Apples to Apples, UNO, and Angry Birds Knock on … Read More
Sometimes, important messages from my children are communicated through art and symbolic gestures rather than words. My darling daughter Pippi made this inuit inspired, soap stone bear sculpture last year in grade one as a present for her dad on … Read More
Congratulations to Life Guard Mistaya! Pic is Mistaya skim boarding on the Lake Okanagan, BC (she is 11 in the pic). My eldest daughter Mistaya is now a certified life guard. She completed her NLS last night. We had a … Read More
I am in the middle of changing blog themes and choosing a new blog name. Modernista Mama will basically be the same blog, just a whole lot more spectacular. My New name will be Musings by Mix Hart. I am … Read More
Remembering Papa In honour of Remembrance Day, I repost this feature: Dr. Clifford Whitton Forsyth My grandfather was a medical doctor and flight lieutenant in the Canadian Air force during WWII. He had curly dark hair and bright blue eyes. … Read More
Today we revisit an autumn photo-poet essay I published 2 years ago, almost exactly to the day. I hope the poem and pics put you in a warm autumn mood as fast as a pumpkin-spiced latte. Under The Maple Tree … Read More
Wry and Retro: Crissy’s not only beautiful, she has life experience…she’s been there. I had a Blogger blog a year or so ago, devoted exclusively to Crissy (I only published 11 humorous posts before I decided to combine all of … Read More
Families that eat together, stay together—or something like that. All the latest research shows that eating a meal as a family unit impacts the children’s life in a tremendously positive way (do well at school, don’t try drugs and other … Read More
In honour of Halloween, I thought I’d share the most spooky moments from our visit at Universal studios on the Saturday before last. The entire studio was decorated for Halloween—zombies everywhere! I’m an old-fashioned Halloween girl—I like spooky (witches, ghosts, … Read More
Spotted this sign posted on a street a few blocks from Venice Beach. So cool. We viewed the sign before we even got to the beach. It was the perfect temptation–made Venice Beach seem all the more exciting and mythical. Venice … Read More
California Adventure Park & Disneyland So many families go to Disneyland. So many families have a great time. We are one of those families. The girls and I accomplished two, 12h+ days in a row–no melt downs, illnesses or injuries. … Read More
My three daughters and I spent two days of our California trip at Disney while Peter was at a conference. We triumphed, pulling in 12h seamless days–no melt downs, no illness or injuries. 24h of pure fun! It was very … Read More