Month: Oct 2019

24 Hours in Niagara-on-the-Lake

Oct 7, 2019

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Vanessa Falsetti

Hello! I'm Vanessa: a mom of three, lifestyle blogger, freelance writer and teacher. I share stories about motherhood, baking, style and city life on my blog. I also love to feature fellow mompreneurs & small shops.

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Some mornings I wake up and think ... “Ok I’ve got this I will be better at this today” and some mornings I realize that ... “I’ve always had this ...we are ok just how we are.” . . There is so much information out there about ...well everything. How to be better at motherhood, be a better working-mom or a better stay-at-home-mom or just better at life in general (more productive, make more money, make your house better). What if some days we stop scrolling and look around cuz maybe we are ok ...just as we are. . . Today I’m resisting the urge to have the perfect morning drop off or the perfect napping schedule for our little ones or the perfect neat and tidy house and instead just enjoy this day just as it is because there will always be better, but there won’t always be days like this with them 💕 . . . #motherhood #motherhoodunplugged

Our Actions are Our Future... . . . Last week our son came home from school really upset that we had not brought in food to his school yet... . . He was so angry with us at the dinner table and expressed that we needed to bring in food for the kids who didn’t have any. I looked over at my husband, who was equally as confused, and then we tried to figure out what we were missing. So we checked online and realized that we missed one of the updates on the school website about the school food drive. Luckily, it had just started so we still had time even though our four-year-old was very worried that we’d missed it. . Immediately after this conversation we went into the pantry and started to gather as much as we could find as our little one kept asking “is there more?” ... We packed up a lot of the pantry and sent it with him to school the next day ...grocery shopped and did it again. Because when you’re four-year-old tells you to help the kids who need it ...you listen! . . My hope is that our kids will always be this passionate about helping others and I think the only way is to model it for them...to teach them that #ouractionsareourfuture . . Today is World Food Day and one of our favourite companies @cuddleandkind is doing something called double your impact! . They are doubling the number of meals they give to children in need for every purchase: 1 doll = 20 meals! Rather than donating 10 meals for every doll sold, they will donate 20! For every print sold, they will donate 10 meals instead of five! . . This company is doing some amazing things be sure to check them out if you haven’t already 💕 . . #givingback #cuddleandkind #worldfoodday

So incredibly Thankful for this crazy crew right here 💕. . . Now before I get too cheesy and sentimental...let me explain what’s actually happening in this picture ... . . Our-four-year-old: “dad I don’t have time for a picture I’m collecting all the pumpkins at this patch ...we need to fill this wagon...don’t worry they will all fit in the trunk 👌🏻🎃” . . Our Three-year-old: “guys ...can I eat that?” . . Our daughter: “I totally just took a poop while sitting on these pumpkins, but no one knows about it yet. 🤷🏼‍♀️” . . Happy thanksgiving ...hope everyone is finally in their big comfy track pants after a weekend filled with a lot of food! I may have worn mine to one of our thanksgiving dinners instead of bringing them as back-up this year. 🦃😂 . . . #thanksgiving #canadianthanksgiving #motherhood #parentingmemes

I moved all of this stuff out of my original photo ...but then I thought about it ... . . . My life isn’t perfect ...there’s lots of laundry lying around that needs to be put away, and in time (a day, a month...who knows ??) it will get done. But let’s stop pretending like we live perfect lives, or have perfectly styled homes all ...the...time. It’s exhausting and it sends a message that we need to be a certain way, live a certain way or have certain things to be happy. In honour of #worldsmentalhealthday I’m sharing something real using the hashtag #sharesomethingreal and I invite you to do the same or tag someone who’s and #amazingmom . . . I’m posting my dusty mirror and piles of laundry because I’m ok that these are a part of my life. And yes, today instead of putting the laundry away I went to the store by myself (yup, I consider that self care) and ate really delicious cookies from @cookiecrumbstoronto that said things like “you’ve got this” or “thankful “. We ate frozen pizza for dinner and kept the kids out late to see @pumpkinsafterdark. Life’s too short ...eat the cookies, break the bedtime routines once in a while and have a little fun while you’re at it 💕 . . . #motherhoodunplugged #mommyhood

That time we went away together, just the two of us, and you asked me ... to go on a ghost tour of @niagara_onthelake_ontario with you and I thought it would be romantic but I was super scared, cuz ...well, it was scary 🤷🏼‍♀️ and I don’t think ghost tours are my jam. I like food, like a lot, not spooky people in windows. swipe to see the face I made when it was time to eat 🙌🏻 . . . I finally got the details from our little getaway on the blog. 24 Hours in Niagara-on-The-Lake is live! Things like: where we stayed, where we ate & shopped are all there. As well as a few extras like: a ghost tour and a morning at the spa. We truly love this little spot and can’t wait to go back for another visit! To read the full post click on the link in my bio 💕 . . . #travelontario #niagaraonthelake #vintagehotels

A day in the life of a mommy blogger ... do all the regular mommy things and then ... . . . Guys I’m so excited to be a panelist along side some incredibly talented people tonight for the Toronto chapter of the @blogittogether conference! . . . I started blogging to share my story and this journey has taken me to some amazing places that were, at one point, way out of my comfort zone (ex: insta stories ....guys I was so scared of the camera at first 🙈). I’m so happy I get to share more about this and the many things I’ve learned along the way tonight. . . . . Side note ...baby girl is not a fan of this mirror selfie 😂 or maybe she’s working on her stare 🙈 . . . #blogittoronto #blogittogether #torontomoms #torontoevents

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