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.
Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? If you’re like me, you’re hoping to get a lot of it done while still in bed! Before babies I didn’t really do a whole lot of online shopping, in fact, I hardly even knew what was out there in terms of shopping online. Well, after our oldest … More Shopping Bliss with Bonjour Baby Baskets
“Ok mama, this is the deal… first we eat the candies, then we make the haunted gingerbread house.” Well, all the candies got eaten and so did some of the cookies (aka the walls of the house) so it was pretty much a sugar-filled mess. I love to bake, and I don’t really remember … More Baking with my Babies… the Real Deal
Weekends are for pyjamas! Let’s not kid ourselves, if we have nowhere to be our kids stay in their pyjamas all day. In fact, last week we took an evening trip to the hardware store as a family and my husband laughed as we put the boys’ boots and coats on over their pyjamas. He … More Nestle Up with Nest Designs
“How do you get all three in and out of their car seats and then when you get home, how do you get them all out?” These were questions I found myself asking before our youngest was born, I’d thought these things with both boys as well but this time it seemed like a potentially … More Motherhood and the Art of Letting Go: Fear
”I really love coming up to our room now,” my husband said after putting the kids to sleep. I never thought that he cared or really thought about the overall design of the spaces in our home, I honestly thought he just went along with the colours I choose because it didn’t make a difference … More Making this House our Home: Our Master Bedroom Retreat
Sometimes I truly wish I could freeze time, stay in a moment forever and soak up all the beauty that is happening around me. That’s how I feel on Sunday mornings when we are all together and how I felt over the course of the two weeks we all spent at home as a family … More The Real Baby-Moon
The coffee is brewing, I can smell it from the bedroom. I walk downstairs to find my cup prepped (which means the sugar and cream are already in the mug … all I have to do is pour). My husband walks in to the kitchen and gives me a smile that basically says… “so that … More I’m Sorry for What I Said at 3am: Our New Endy Mattress and the Importance of Sleep
The other day our three-year-old asked me “why my belly was still like that?” Now I do realize that it’s only been a couple of weeks since I’ve given birth to our sweet baby girl Layla, and it would be weird if my belly didn’t look like this, but the funny part is after our … More Not Pregnant anymore…just Imperfect
My Nurse: “I’m sure you’re ready for this baby to come out at this point.” Me: “Well most of me is so ready to meet our little one and so done being pregnant, but another part of me is a little sad that this might be my last pregnancy and also knows that being pregnant … More Update: My Last Week of Pregnancy … Potentially
My Three-Year-Old (sitting beside me on the couch as I take a mommy moment … aka little rest): “ Are you sad mama?…Do you want a hug mama?” In My Head: Nope not sad, just going a little nuts and stressing about things beyond my control… oh and… these crazy two and three-year-old tantrums mixed … More What Motherhood Feels like: Getting Ready for Baby Number Three
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