Ok so the secret’s out, motherhood is messy! You can’t really perfect it and trying to will only make you crazy, so instead I’ve tried to find ways to make mom-life a little easier and not feel guilty about it. Thank goodness the world and shopping malls are on board with this trend. Mommy life … More Shopping Simplified: Our Day at Erin Mills Town Centre
There will always be work to do, the laundry won’t end, the emails will keep coming, work won’t stop, but you can. Have you ever heard the roar of a plane through the clouds? You can hear it and you know it’s flying above you, but somehow the clouds blur the sky enough that you can’t see it. … More Savouring Slow Sundays
“ All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once [s]he grows up.” — Pablo Picasso Once or twice a week my little ones and I attend programs at our local community centre. And one day, just before Christmas, when we were trying to figure out what to buy our son … More The Best Mother’s Day Gift I Could Ask for: An Afternoon with our Little Artists
“There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community” –M. Scott Peck It takes a village to raise a child and it takes a community to celebrate one. This past weekend we felt so blessed and thankful to be … More It Takes a Community: Celebrating Our Little One’s Baptism
If there’s one thing I absolutely love, it’s spending weekends with my family, especially when our days are free and we can do simple things like walk to the lake and feed the birds. There’s something about taking things slow on the weekend that makes for a great week ahead. A slow Sunday can mean … More We are Weekenders: Emu Australia Review
“Stars mama … dark ‘ouside’ moon come!” For months now the stars and the moon have fascinated our little one, so when we started planning his second birthday party it was a toss up between his obsession with Paw Patrol, snowmen and the stars. After realizing that the snowman decorations were really just our Christmas … More Sleep Under the Stars Birthday
Weekends are the best, and weekends that include homemade pancakes are kind of amazing! Some Sundays over here include seriously awesome homemade pancakes. I can say that they are awesome because my husband, Scott, makes them, not me. A few weeks ago his pancake game was seriously on point, like they reached a whole new … More Daddy’s Pancakes
As a mother of two-under-two I can honestly say that meals are a bit of a challenge some days. Some mornings I get lost in the chaos of nursing my youngest, changing back-to-back diapers and making sure that my oldest is getting his milk and breakfast that I often miss my own meals. So when … More Overnight Oatmeal: a Meal that Makes my Morning
I love new beginnings like New Year’s Day, or the start of a new school year, there is something so fresh and clean about a ‘new start’ and there is often so much optimism that comes along with it. As a writer, the future is a place that I visit often because you can create … More Where I Want to Be
Making a trip to the Toronto Christmas Market has become a bit of a tradition for us. We’ve been going since before we had kids and now that we have two little ones, we want them to share this experience with us. But like any outing with two-under-two, you kind of need to plan ahead. … More The Toronto Christmas Market: A Survival Guide for Families
