In the midst of family activities, I frequently find myself asking “why” Why do we put ourselves, and our kids, through this exhaustion/stress/frustration of family fun? Why spend the money? Why use the time? Why, why, why? We just spent the […]
We are a day away from the kids going back to school and we are DONE. D. O. N. E. We are failing as parents today. We are tired, we are frustrated and we want to get back to work […]
I am one of those “dorks” who thrive on the Christmas holidays. We have the music a-playing and the cookies a-baking and our home is filled with jolly spirits and good cheer! Now, in a new town and a new […]
Is your holiday filled with chaos and clutter, stress and anxiety? I was thrilled to be able to share some tips with the Ottawa Valley moms about finding your calm over the holidays! Check the link for my tips . […]
My kids beg me to make these. . . my husband pleads for me to make a double batch. They are seriously, amazingly delicious. And easy. Super easy. So easy the kids can make them, but so good everyone who […]
Hubby is not a holiday kind of guy. He is always stalling to put up the tree and grumbles as I attempt to “decorate” the house for Christmas . He liked the baking, but tried very hard to squeeze all of Christmas into a […]
I am all about shopping locally for Christmas. We live in a town with farm stands and fresh veggies, handmade soaps and cheese at the ready and an array of crafted jewelry. But sometimes there are people on your list […]
We are back home now, after our amazing St. Lucia holiday. It was wonderful to get away, be warm and relax, but it has also been just as wonderful to get home again. Just about 6 months ago we started […]
I have a few skills, one or two, the main one being that I can make truffles (and make hundreds of them each Christmas) Now, if you have made truffles before you will know that this really isn’t an impressive skill, but […]
As I have mentioned, we like to roll solo, both on vacation and generally in real life. After our stressful experience seeing St Lucia by bus, we searched out another way. Like with many island resorts, there were always a […]
A huge part of family travel revolves around keeping young kids entertained, happy and out of other guests hair. While this makes for a memorable trip for the kids (which is a huge part of why any parent would choose […]
This year I want it to be a little different over the holidays. This year I don’t want to stand in a pile of paper and packaging on Boxing Day, nor do I want to feel the stress and panic […]
Our tomtom win didn’t just include air travel and accommodation for 5 to St. Lucia and 15k, it also included an island tour. We had arranged for this on day 2 of our trip, thinking it would be a good day to […]
Day one. Beach. Pool. Food. It should have been an easy day with everything at our finger tips. Should have! Armed with our SPF60 we had to rustle the kiddies out of bed before the breakfast finished at 10am. The […]
Last spring I was voted as one of Vancouver Mom’s Top 40 mommy bloggers. Granted, it was via a different site I was writing on, but the other 30 amazing mom writers have still let me participate on this new […]