Christmas
Have a holly jolly Christmas
December 25, 2008
While I'm enjoying the day with lots of gifts and food, in the company of extended family, I am thankful that we are lucky to have each other on this day. We have been connecting with family that we couldn't be with today, both via the magic of the internet and the phone. It may not be the same as being physically together, but the day wouldn't seem complete if we didn't let everyone know that Read more...
Best decorated neighbourhoods in Toronto.
December 23, 2008
Do you do up your house all in lights, candles, with a full life-sized santa sled with eight reindeer skidding off the roof? I remember driving around the city with my parents when I was a kid and marveling at all the homes done up to the rafters with colourful strings of lights, Coca-Cola Santas on the door, and assorted Christmas characters standing in the yard. We were a more sedate family Read more...
Classic Christmas: The Nutcracker
December 18, 2008
The first year I lived in Toronto, I was fortunate enough to be invited to the National Ballet of Canada's performance of The Nutcracker . Even though I knew the story, it's hard to beat the magic of The National Ballet performance. As soon as Gigi is mature enough to make it through a performance, I will take her because I know she will love the story. The evening that I attended, there were Read more...
Game on
December 17, 2008
In my opinion, the best time of year to play board games is the stretch of "vacation" days between Christmas and New Years - especially Christmas Day afternoon and New Year's day. For one thing, usually there are players around and everyone is kind of in a restless mood or perhaps tired from the previous evening activities. And by tired, I mean hurting a bit in the head - not that that has ever Read more...
Inspiring gifts that you can only get in Toronto
December 16, 2008
To steal a much abused phrase, the following gift ideas that I'm going to suggest for this holiday season, are the kind of gifts "that keep on giving" ( or at least, they keep on giving for the next year ) and they are also all specific to Toronto. Yes, I'm talking memberships to really interesting, fun, family-friendly or kid-friendly places in Toronto. The Royal Ontario Museum was the first Read more...
Teaching my child about charity
December 15, 2008
Teaching Gigi about charity isn't a new topic for me at Savvy Source. The two charities I like to support are the local food bank (year round) and Toy Mountain (seasonal). Helping those in need are is an important lesson I've tried to share with Gigi now that she has the vocabulary and ravenous reporter-style ability to understand a new concept. Sharing of course is a sometimes-reluctant quality Read more...
What's going on this weekend in toronto
December 12, 2008
We watched Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer tonight. If you read my post yesterday I had said that Gigi was too scared to watch this particular movie and I didn't push the issue. And tonight, I was surprised when she requested it and didn't ask to turn it off during some of the scary scenes. She seemed more turned off by Burl Ives but she was brave. She did cry out and clutch a pillow to her face Read more...
Christmas past
December 11, 2008
Not meaning to brag, but Christmas rocked when I was a kid, it really did. And it was also a well balanced celebration, not just a gift fest. Sure, we received great gifts on the twenty-fifth, but in my family and school the entire Advent season was celebrated. At school we had daily advent calendars - a tree shaped wall hanging with little drawers full of tiny fun gifts. The anticipation for Read more...
I'm dreaming of a green(er) Christmas*
December 10, 2008
* forgive me Irving Berlin While I'd love to apply all the really earth-friendly tips I read for making Christmas greener ( except not exchanging gifts, that one is not acceptable to all parties in this household ), I'd be fibbing if I said I even tried. I do some good things and I try to make responsible choices when shopping, yet I am a master at the justify this game. But I try which is Read more...
More gift ideas for this holiday season
December 09, 2008
Confession: Today I'm focusing on recommendations for toys that I had or coveted as a child. And toys that I still like to play with (does that make me immature?) Anyhow, the first two toys belonged to my older brother more than me and every chance I had to play with both those building toys, I was a very happy girl. Next, Play-doh is something I willingly play any time of day, I love it as much Read more...
What's going on in Toronto this weekend
December 05, 2008
At ROMKids Weekend on both Saturday and Sunday there will be lots of fun for the budding palaeologists and dinosaur lovers in your life. Gordo and Gertie, the dinosaur baby mascots of the ROM will be on hand to meet the kids (I hope they are herbivores) and the Dino Dig will be open from 10 to 5pm both days and is included in the price of admission. Kids can try their hand at digging for bones Read more...
Books! books! books!
December 04, 2008
Here are five more book recommendations for anyone out there still doing their holiday shopping for the preschooler set. Oh who am I kidding, I've barely accomplished any shopping. I always plan to get it done early, yet I always find myself out doing last minute shopping. Anyhow, I'd better get my act together. Perhaps I can save you some time with some books that we already have tested and Read more...
Toys! toys! toys!
December 02, 2008
Sure, I say that I don't want Christmas to be all about toys but let's face it - toys are fun and they make Christmas morning extra special. I've gone through the Savvy Source Toy catalogue and picked out Gigi's top five favourite picks of toys that she already has at her disposal. I thought I'd share them with you - in case you need some shopping inspiration for the preschooler on your list: Read more...
A season of giving
December 01, 2008
December has always kicked off with celebration in my family and the celebration goes all month long. December 1st is my Dad's birthday and I couldn't think of a better way to kick off the season of sharing and caring. Now that I have my own family, I think it's high time we had some type of annual rituals to get ready for Christmas and what better time to start than now. We can kick it off with Read more...
Holiday Book Recommendations
November 24, 2008
The holidays are coming fast and we have lots of books on our Christmas list for Gigi. We are firm believers that you can never EVER have too many books (if you saw our bookshelves, you would know this is very true). Since many people are putting together their shopping lists in this final stretch before Christmas and Chanukah, I thought I could make some recommendations based on some of Gigi's Read more...
What's going on this weekend in toronto
November 21, 2008
Tomorrow at the Bata Shoe Museum on Bloor, author Musharraf Farooqi will be reading from his latest children's book The Cobbler's Holiday or Why Ants Don't Wear Shoes . This family event will include a reading by the author followed by a shoe-tying competition. As an added bonus, there are two ways to score a free admission to the Bata Museum this weekend: come dressed up as an ant or small bug Read more...
What's going on this weekend in toronto (hint: it involves a man in red)
November 14, 2008
The Santa Claus Parade is the weekend and I CANNOT WAIT. For over a hundred years, Toronto has heralded the arrival of Santa with this huge parade that originally started as a publicity stunt for the Eaton's store. How do you think Santa will arrive this year? Did you know that in 1913 Santa arrived in a sled pulled by REAL reindeer that Mr. Timothy Eaton imported from Labrador? Those reindeer Read more...
What's going on this weekend in toronto
November 07, 2008
I know that Hallowee'en was just last week but the winter season had descended full-tilt on Toronto already. Maybe not weather-wise (not that I'm complaining - I'll take 17 in November any day) but the Christmas decorations are up in the shops and the candy canes have replaced the Hallowe'en loot on the store shelves. This week marks the start of the downtown Winter Wonderland window Read more...
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