After our long-tail e-bike experiment, there was discussion about trying a front-loading trike, specifically the Taga 2.0. Well, we...

We have gone from biking with baby to biking with baby and a toddler to now. Now looks like me, huffing with every ounce of power to push...

We are celebrating our 5th anniversary as car-sharers. Back in 2012, we had recently welcomed our first child into the family. Was it...

As part of Family Literacy Day, I had a chance to read to my daughter in her classroom this morning, which was a nice treat. For us,...

Within a year of moving to Vancouver, it became evident that our car was spending most of its days parked and completely unused. My 13 km...

A couple of months ago I decided enough was enough. The closet in our girls’ bedroom just was not working for them (or us for that...

Last fall we embarked on a redesign of our living-dining space. Maybe that adventure will get its own post someday, but for now, I will...

Vancouver Living Rule #1: even if the weather is fair when you leave the house, don’t be fooled, take your umbrella with you because you...

Last night we talked to our eldest daughter about New Year resolutions. We asked her if she thought there was anything she could improve...

Since our previous biking post, our primary mode of transportation has been the MEC single bike trailer (for biking and strolling),...

Ok, so this post is a month late, but I have a good excuse: new baby. The past two summers, we have gone strawberry picking at a local...

I love food and it has a lot to do with my upbringing. My mom was (and still is) a licensed cook. She would cook and bake at home and...

As Tanya Snyder recently wrote, it’s pretty easy to be discouraged from biking after having a baby. She made a good point that there is...

A lot of people claim you’ll save thousands by going for cloth diapers, but they’re usually quite biased. When our daughter Zoe was born,...

Prior to Zoe arriving on the scene, I had virtually no experience with newborns, or babies of any age for that matter. But now I’m an...

Hirtopolis has a new citizen named Zoe. When registering her birth, I was amused to find strict naming requirements: must consist only of...

Just stumbled upon this story, composed during my high school days. Seemed appropriate to share given our own upcoming addition to the...