If you ask your children they will say that rainy days are the most boring days because they can’t go out and play. To understand that, we have to imagine what would we do if we were them. Just imagine: you are full of energy but stuck inside in your home and there is not [...]
Halloween horrors aren’t just reserved for haunted houses. From finding the perfect costume for your little one to limiting the candy they consume, Halloween can be a frightful time of year for any parent! But with these tricks up your sleeve, this spooky time of year will be so much more of a treat. Start [...]
I don’t want to sound any alarm bells, but it is now December, and that means that there are less than 25 sleeps until Christmas day. Some years, finding a great gift is easy. Other years it can be a scramble. But what about those years that you want to buy that special gift to [...]
The movie of the year for our girls has got to be Disney’s Descendants. A modern day take on a combination of classic fairy tales, Descendants follows the children of Maleficent (daughter Mal), Evil Queen (daughter Evie), Jafar (son Jay) and Cruella de Vil (son Carlos). So guess what my daughters wanted to be for [...]
Fall is my favourite season. It’s the beginning of the two best holidays of the year (IMO). The leaves are changing colour, and all of the things I covet seem to be everywhere. Here are the things I am crushing on right now. Hot Specialty Drinks When the weather cools, I stock up on the [...]
If you have a garden, then every day into September that you stay above zero is a good day. Some of our plants still have food to grow and the days are getting shorter, and cooler. Then there comes the one day that it’s just done. And that is the day that you wake up [...]
Long, sunny days means more time spent outside playing and entertaining. As my husband put it last week, “If it isn’t raining, I’ll be outside until bedtime for the rest of the summer”. Here are some tips to change your back yard style without breaking the bank (because we all need to save our dollars [...]
Our extended family lives a 14 hour drive away and every year, we become better and better at mastering the art of the road trip. Through trial and error (and error and error and error), we seem to improve each time. This year, our girls are getting a little older so our old list of [...]
Today marks the first day of summer break for us. It marks the day that we leave the chaos that is the school year behind and look forward to the chaos that is summer. Here are some tips to help ease you into a summer routine. Encourage your children to get outside Summer is short [...]
May usually kicks off the beginning of the wedding season! Whether you’re attending a wedding this summer as a guest, have the honourable task of being included in the wedding party or you’re getting married (congrats!), the thought of cramming multiple weddings, and the prep that goes with them, into your already overflowing schedule seems [...]
When I got my first car (1988 red Chevy Cavalier), my dad taught me how to own it. Every few months, he would change the oil while I watched, and now and then, I would get an air filter too. He spent a lot of time helping me wash and wax it and reminded me [...]