Author Archives: Sharon - PTPA Founder
PTPA? Really? What was wrong with some maternity leave?
Sharon - PTPA Founder in Just Between Us - 3 comments - posted on Jun 16th, 2011Since we have so many members (40,000 of you!) who have taken the time to tell us about you and your family, I thought I would take the time to tell you a little about me and why I started PTPA. So here’s the deal: I had just sold my first company shortly before giving birth to my first child. I was one of those moms who knew I was not going to do well on mat leave without some grown up interaction. Don’t get me wrong, I was (and still am) madly in love with my daughter but I … Continue reading
Wishes for Heather and Zack
Sharon - PTPA Founder in Just Between Us - 182 comments - posted on Mar 7th, 2011Over the next few days we will be putting a hold on our Social Media pages. Our Social Media Mom, Heather, who all of you have come to love from her facebook posts for PTPA and her tweets as @ptpa has been living at Sick Kids hospital for the last week with her beautiful son Zack. His situation has become critical and I’m sure you will all join me in sending our love and support to Heather at this truly gut wrenching time. We are opening this blog post where you can leave your comments for Heather because nothing keeps … Continue reading
Thinking of Becoming an Entrepreneur?…Get Ready for Overtime!
Sharon - PTPA Founder in Just Between Us, PTPA in the News - 5 comments - posted on Feb 16th, 2011Skype Interview of Sharon Vinderine by whereparentstalk.com on their Parentpreneur Spotlight. Continue reading
Connecting with Kinect
Sharon - PTPA Founder in Fitness Blogaholic, Product Reviews - 6 comments - posted on Feb 12th, 2011In October, select PTPA families had the opportunity to hang at the Microsoft Kinect Hub in Downtown Toronto to test out the unreleased to the public (at that time) new controller-less video gaming system. There was much hype surrounding this gaming system and whether it was really as easy to use and as ” controller-less” as it claimed to be. The kids had a blast, I’m not sure that they had quite as much fun as their parents did but pretty darn close. There was something for everyone; for my kids, who have no pet, kinectimals was a huge hit. … Continue reading
PTPA Media winning product features
Sharon - PTPA Founder in Just Between Us - 0 comments - posted on Jan 1st, 2011Dashboard Rotating Banner Ad National Magazine Co-Op Ad
I Got Screened.
Sharon - PTPA Founder in For the love of parenting, Just Between Us - 10 comments - posted on Dec 31st, 2010Just over a year ago, I wrote a post on whether or not as someone with a very long family history of cancer I was going to get screened for a gene called BRCA1 and BRCA2. I posted the article in December (here’s a link if you are curious), then further debated the topic until June and then decided to get screened. Finding out if you are a cancer gene carrier and thereby changing your life is pretty simple it turns out. Spit into a test tube for under a minute and you’re done. Gross yes, not really a first … Continue reading
Why Disney Does It Best…and the Winner of the Bumbleride Flite Stroller!
Sharon - PTPA Founder in Enter to Win!, Just Between Us, Product Reviews - 53 comments - posted on Dec 6th, 2010I am surrounded by toys and games. I am surrounding by movies and books. But what I am in awe of is Disney. Disney characters surround my home. They are in our board games like Scene It and they are in our vacation photos from our trip to Disney Parks and our Disney Cruise. 
They adorn the duvets in my childrens rooms and they are the favorite T-shirts in my childrens drawers. They are on our sippy cups and on our lunch boxes, and their characters wrap my children in warmth after the bath as they are adorned on their bath towels. Toothbrushes are happily used with “Cars” characters and Disney Princesses and pencils and notepads are all Disney themed as well. Our snack packs carry disney characters and even my childrens bookshelves are customized by Disney. Continue reading
Sharon’s Top 10 Must Haves & WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT
Sharon - PTPA Founder in Enter to Win!, Just Between Us, Product Reviews, Review Blogaholics - 388 comments - posted on Nov 22nd, 2010WEEKEND GIVEAWAY:
Do you friends know about PTPA? Do they know that they could test products for FREE??? Suggest us to your friends on Facebook and #ff @ptpa and @PTPASharon on Twitter to enter to win all weekend! Anyone who enters this weekend will be eligible to randomly win ANY of the prizes from this week! Including, the Twilight Turtle by cloud b! Continue reading