For the last few months you have been following Maureen as she goes behind the scenes at McDonalds - as a part of the McDonald’s All-Access Moms program. Well, with baby #4 on the way the October trip was not in the cards! So I was happy to take over for her - to represent Wee Welcome on the road.

Dee Brun, the Cocktail Deeva, shares a New Year's Eve cocktail perfect for your celebrations. She notes, "I used Grapes because they are supposed to bring Good Luck for the New Year"!

For the last few months you have been following Maureen as she goes behind the scenes at McDonalds - as a part of the McDonald’s All-Access Moms program. Well, with baby #4 on the way (any day now!) this trip was not in the cards! So I am happy to take over for her - to represent Wee Welcome on the road.

With two kids in school already, one a few years away and one more still in belly (!) Mo is the perfect source for advice on how to get over, as a parent, those first day of school jitters. Check out her answers to feature blogger Jennifer's concerns for back to school.

It's an old debate: are Bert and Ernie, the popular Sesame Street characters, really JUST friends? Well there's an online campaign to have the two married on Sesame Street.

My son Nolan will be starting school in September - he is four years old - however, he is the size of a smaller 3 year old...in fact, to give you perspective, he is the same size as my 2 year daughter....enough said.

Toys“R”Us Canada hosts a regular event called Tthe Great Trade-In event – a national campaign targeted at removing used and potentially unsafe baby products from Canadian homes. This event is taking place from August 5 to August 21, 2011.

Some things are just not fair!

- The supermodel I saw on Ellen. She had a baby then went back to modelling bikinis three months later.

For her first birthday, my daughter Ellie received a Fisher-Price Fun with Friends Musical Table.

A restaurant in Pennsylvania announced last month that it was banning children under the age of 6 from dining there. You can read more about this here.

How do you feel about this ban? Do you think restaurants should be allowed to deny you access if you want to dine with your young children? Or do you feel this kind of ban is okay, and you are even supportive of it? Leave your comment here.