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Monday, September 28th, 2009
Recipe: Red Lentil and Swiss Chard Stew
Back in university I used to be a vegetarian. I am no longer, but still love legumes and many vegetarian cuisines. And now that I’m cooking for my kids, part of my mission to provide healthy meals is to provide a weekly meatless one.
Once a week we eat a vegetarian entree for dinner. The Johns [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Green Living, Recipes by Nancy
Monday, September 14th, 2009
Weekly Tip: Stop and enjoy the moment
I get all kinds of newsletters from various parenting and eco sites and blogs to try to stay up to date on new products, and to keep learning while I’m home with my kids. Some days I feel like they are just cluttering up my inbox, but other times I come across something that really [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Babies, Parenting, Tips by Nancy
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
Back from baby
Just looking at this page makes me feel guilty for not having written for so long! But I have a good excuse: I had another baby in July (that makes three boys for us)! His difficult birth, my recovery, and just getting used to a household of three boys under 4.5 years, plus running the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Babies, Blogs by Nancy
Monday, May 25th, 2009
Join Kai Kids at the Children’s Trunk Show
This belly of mine is getting big now (only a month or so to go until Baby #3 arrives!) and Peter and I are getting ready for our last big shopping show of the spring season!
This Friday, May 29, Kai Kids will be at the always fabulous Children’s Trunk Show at the Distillery District in [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Sales and Specials, Shopping Shows by Nancy
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Vote for Kai Kids at Wee Welcome’s Parent Power Contest!
I just entered Peter and I and our Kai Kids online boutique in a great contest going on over at Canadian parenting site, WeeWelcome.ca .
They are promoting the plethora of Canadian parentpreneurs out there, which is great, as we all could use a little help promoting ourselves and reaching new customers. Small business is a [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Business, Contests by Nancy
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
Weekly Green Tip: Recycle kids’ art into giftwrap
Kids love painting, drawing and colouring, and even if your little ones spend a lot of time creating at home, they probably are also bringing home several masterpieces a week from school or daycare. We have a magnet board in our kitchen where I post the latest works of art from our two boys, but [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Babies, Green Living, Tips by Nancy
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Come shop at Kai Kids in person Thursday April 23!
If you live in and around Toronto, please come join us tomorrow at the Temple Sinai Nursery School’s 7th Annual Boutique Night in north Toronto.
We at Kai Kids will be there, offline, with our plethora of ethically-made, eco-friendly products for babies and toddlers, plus there will be many other companies selling women’s and children’s clothing, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Business, New Products, Sales and Specials, Shopping Shows by Nancy
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Great green reads for little minds
To celebrate Earth Day today, I thought I’d share some excellent children’s books our family has read lately so you can try to make every day Earth Day in your household (we all know how little ones like to hear a story over and over again…).
One day earlier this spring I escaped for a bit [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Green Living, Parenting by Nancy
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
Guest blogging this week on CanadianFamily.ca
It’s only Tuesday, but it’s already been a busy week for Kai Kids. First we were featured in the Toronto Star’s Sunday edition, which brought us lots of online traffic and kept us busy shipping parcels off to new customers, yippee!
Plus, I was invited to be the guest blogger over at Canadian Family’s blog for [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Business, Green Living, Parenting, Press by Nancy
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
Follow me on Twitter!
The past few months I’ve been exploring social media online and having a lot of fun with it, not to mention learning a lot! And I’ve found that there are a lot of smart, funny mompreneurs out there to connect with. In fact, many of our Kai Kids suppliers are also blogging, tweeting and posting [...]
