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F or those of us staying in town over the holidays, there may be a point when shopping and other forms of revelry begin to pall or are just too overwhelming on the pocketbook and other appendages. And besides, I’d prefer not to lose sight of Oliver in the sea of shopping bags or Christmas ornaments that have begun to take his fancy.

On Friday November 3rd at 6:30pm I had the privilege of bringing my two-year-old daughter Mia to her very first music concert. I almost said rock concert because the venue and the 7,000 screaming and dancing young fans reminded me of the good old days when I use to go and see all of my favourite bands. This however was not Duran Duran, Madonna or the Rolling Stones. This was WIGGLEMANIA, the fabulous singing and dancing foursome from Austraila THE WIGGLES. I am sure a majority of parents reading this will know who The Wiggles are from watching their fabulous TV show on Treehouse.

Roy Thomson Hall (photo by Mimi Choi)

Since becoming a mommy I find that there are days when I crave doing adult things so my life isn't totally about diapers, baby programming and baby music. But finding a babysitter for some of us doesn't come easy and can be very expensive; yet every once in awhile it's important that we spend the money and make the effort. On November 18th I took Mia, my two-year-old, and my 12-year-old niece to see a children's concert at Roy Thomson Hall.

O n August 19th, 2004, I gave birth to my first child. My beautiful daughter Mia. Up until that point I lived the first 37 years of my life sans kids and pretty much did what I wanted to do when I wanted to do it. But, things changed and I became a mommy. This meant a shift in finding new adventures with my brand-new daughter! Naturally the first few weeks were just trying to find a routine with this new bundle of joy and being totally housebound was taking its toll on me. At least Luc got to go to work and be amongst adults.