Lovely things: Holiday photo cards from Minted
Put all those iPhone photos to good use, and avoid cramming odd-sized photos inside store-bought cards. It’s win win, really.
Christmas
Things I’m excited to do this season
The Magic of Santa Last Christmas passed in a bit of a whirl. I wasn’t comfortable enough in the city yet to figure out where we should go. This year, however, I feel much more prepared. There are a few things I’m looking forward to sharing with Elliot, now 3 years old, who is just …
The giving part of Christmas
Christmas is a bit of Things Explosion. I’m not going to get all minimalist ‘let’s jet off to India for six weeks and just bring a carry-on bag between four people’. It’s not even ‘smash the state, man, they just want us to buy things to support their dirty corporate agenda to make us all …
Giving experience gifts: a guide for Vancouver preschoolers
Elliot likes making things. Elliot somehow amasses toys. I’m not sure how, because we really don’t buy that many for him. When Christmas rolls around, I’ve been asking our family to give him gift certificates towards classes or drop-ins, rather than things. At three years old, I know we’re reaching the end of when that …
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