four years ago: precious moments #NatrelBaboo {Sponsored}

Lately I find myself reminiscing.  Reminiscing back to almost four years ago when Lil J was born and even almost a year ago when Baby Z entered our lives.  You don't realize how fast time flies especially after your second child.  It's not anything like just having a baby to look after.  It's a baby plus a toddler or preschooler.  And then everything happens so fast, by the time you look back they're already in kindergarten.  Or grade 8.  Or graduating university.  Or having their own kids.

To take myself back down memory lane, I decided to look through some of Lil J's baby pictures:

the solar system according to a 3 year old

You may remember my dilemma when I was in the midst of choosing the perfect preschool for Lil J back in August and I'm happy to say that I did - 100% {and if you're going to say nothing is perfect, this school is d*mn well near perfect!}.

This evening I had an "out-of-this-world" conversation {pun intended} with Lil J or, I should say, it was a one-sided conversation with Lil J doing all of the talking.  It went a little something like this:

Lil J:  Mama, the solar system is in outer space

Me {in awe}:  Yes honey, it is!

Lil J:  And the planets closest to the sun are hotter.

Me:  Yes...

Lil J:  And the planets far away from the sun are colder and Mercury is the smallest and coldest.  Mercury is far away.

Me:  Mouth drops open.  Also wondering if it's true.

update on lil j and baby z

This post is an example of a case of "mom brain" as I had written it about three months ago but forgot to post it:



It seems these days my blog has taken a different turn and gone off track to what it was originally intended to be - a diary of sorts for myself  to remember my kids' milestones and for my kids to look back on one day and figure out what the heck Mommy was doing all those years.

Don't get me wrong.  I'm loving the attention and I love seeing PR pitches in my inbox, although some are not carefully thought out or properly pitched.  Exhibit A - I do not need boob mugs for anyone in my family, joke or not.

All PR jargons aside, I figure a post about the kids is past due.  So here it goes...

Baby Z is already eight months old!  Wow, I totally meant to do a post when she turned six months - ooops!  She's started solid foods and loves rice cereal and pretty much anything I give her.  I don't know what it is about the second child but sometimes I forget to feed her...?  The solids I mean, not the boob.  She's also had carrots {which she's sort of undecided on}, bananas, butternut squash and some random pre-made organic baby food.  I wish I had took a video of her expression when she first tasted the bananas {priceless!} but needless to say, she hated it.

Rocky Mountain Flatbread Co. Cooking Class Review + Giveaway

When you have a mother that's a self-proclaimed undomestic goddess {that doesn't really sound that bad, does it?!}, you always wonder if your kids are going to follow your footsteps into the domestically challenged club.

Luckily, from what I saw in Lil J at a recent cooking class with my fellow bloggy friends and their kids at Rocky  Mountain Flatbread Co., I have nothing to worry about!

Waiting patiently...

Connecting Bloggers & Brands Conference #Vancouver

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to attend the first Connecting Bloggers & Brands Conference in Vancouver.  It was a chance for us local bloggers to connect with brands that love to work with us.  There was an amazing turnout - bigger than I expected!

Upon arriving, I bumped into a few of my fellow Top 30 VancouverMom.ca mom bloggers, as well as other bloggers and entrepreneurs that I've either worked with or crossed paths with in the past.  We quickly caught up while meeting with four of the brands in attendance - TELUS, Canadian Beef, Maple Leaf Foods and Microsoft Canada.  My husband saved the day with my fabulous last-minute business cards: