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40 Things You’re Probably Going to Do With Your Kid Anyway

By //  by Candace Sampson 1 Comment

This morning I had just finished reading a chapter in my new favourite book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, when I popped over to the Life in Pleasantville Facebook page to see what was happening. I noticed an article we shared called 40 Places to See With Your Kids Before They Are All Grown Up and I was suddenly feeling ranty.                                            …

Filed Under: Humour, Living, Parenting Tagged With: aspirational my ass, how can I be the world's best mom, how to be the best mom ever, humour, list for underachieving moms, moms who are tired of parenting experts, SEO rant, the mom accomplishment list, World's okayest mom

Food Photography Tips and Tricks – Say Cheese!

By //  by Dee Brun 3 Comments

If you have ever stumbled upon any of my social media feeds, you will quickly come to learn that I love food and love taking pictures of it. Yes, I am one of 'those' people. I do not stand on chairs or set up tripods, but my friends and family know—picture first, eat second. I decided to attend a food photo workshop that just so happen to be located at a winery, #WINWIN ... The workshop was put on my Niagara Culinary Tours hosted at Stratus Winery in Niagara on the Lake. Our fearless …

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Sock it to Me; Life with Boys

By //  by Life In Pleasantville 3 Comments

I have two children. They’re…well, they’re many things but the point of my post today is my son. He’s nine and has a name with letters in it and the word means something in Greek or Italian or Latin I’m not sure which but boy did we pick the right one for him. Other suitable name choices would have been “JustGiveMeFiveMinutesPLEASE,” “OhferChrist’sSake” or “IAmBeggingYouAtThisPointToGoToBed!” Anything in that family. He is a conventionally beautiful child. This is meant to trick you.  He …

Filed Under: Humour, June Cleaver, Living Tagged With: humour, laundry day, parenting, parenting boys

The Pre-Teen Parenting Paradox

By //  by Life In Pleasantville 1 Comment

My ten year old daughter is a funny, beautiful, talented and intelligent girl. She is also utterly and completely exhausting. But not in the physical sense that my son is; he wears me out, yes, but nothing that a hot bath, a bottle of Shiraz, and a good cry can’t cure. Pre-teen girls, I am discovering, are exhausting on an entirely different level. It’s like comparing the pain of a toe stubbed through steel-toe safety shoes to a leg fractured in a fall down seven flights of wet, …

Filed Under: Humour, Living, Relationships Tagged With: humour, parenting, parenting pre-teens

The 20 Saddest Things About Spring Cleaning

By //  by Anne Radcliffe 1 Comment

It's the least favouritest time of the year. Spring cleaning.  I engage in spring cleaning with all the fervor of someone who invites 30 relatives to Easter dinner who will probably be checking out the relative cleanliness of the area in which they had their food prepared. Then I imagine they will probably go find the smudge of dirt I missed in the bathroom and think, "WELP, if she can't clean a bathroom right, I'm probably going to die of food poisoning." Spring cleaning is something …

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