Brought to you by Pearle Vision and TheCo “Mommy is the eye doctor going to poke my eyes?” my son asked hesitantly as we got closer to the date of our eye exam*. “Of course not,” I assured him. “They are just going to take a look at your eyes and mommy is getting her … More Leading by Example: Caring for our Eyes with Pearle Vision
Being Italian I am always a little sceptical of Internet pasta recipes. Growing up on a healthy diet of pasta and tomato sauce, I’ve been spoiled with delicious homemade sauce since before I could even speak the words to describe it, I am pretty picky when it comes to pasta. So, when a friend suggested … More One Pot Pasta
We are pretty big banana bread fans over here, in fact, I could honestly say it’s a staple in our house. There are always a few frozen bananas in our freezer just waiting to be baked into bread and that way whenever I have company coming with nothing to make or somewhere to go with … More Crispy Nut Crunch Banana Bread with Roasted Nuts from Royal Nuts
I just turned 32 and I’m almost 32 weeks pregnant with our third baby, and well, there’s a lot of crazy and a whole lot of love over here all at once! Our house is a bustling, busy place filled with energy and excitement as we wait for baby number three to get here. We … More Love Where You’re At: 32 and 32 Weeks Pregnant
“Are you ready?” a friend recently asked me. “Well… we don’t have the nursery set up yet and… “ I responded, assuming she meant physically, is our house ready for a third baby? But that’s not what she was getting at, at all. “No, are you ready?” she quickly replied, pointing at her head. This … More Motherhood Made Me My Best Self and I Can do This! Getting Mentally Prepared for Baby Number Three
Me (at least three times before anyone moves): “Ok everybody let’s get our shoes on, time to go!” Our Three-Year-Old: “But I’m hungry mama!” Our Toddler (throwing a mini tantrum): “Snack, snack, snack … no shoes!” I’m not sure how many times I say this before we actually get out the door and while I’m … More Saturday Snacks: Three Farmers Roasted Chickpeas
Ok so laundry is not exactly my favourite thing in the world, to be honest I think it may be my least favourite house-hold chore, but it always needs to be done especially with two littles ones and using products that smell amazing, keep our clothes and linens fresh while helping to protect clothes wash-after-wash … More Hand-me-Downs and Caring for Our Kids’ Clothes with Downy Fabric Conditioner
Strangers : How far along are you? My Response: 22 weeks. Strangers (gasping): Oh wow! You’re really big already! My thoughts (smiling on the outside): please don’t call me big, I’m carrying a baby …and just a few other choice words I would like to say but will keep smiling and laughing because what the … More I’m Not Big, I’m Having a Baby: Five ways to Love your Body While You’re Expecting and This Spring’s Bump to Baby Show
“Are you hoping for a girl this time?” … “ It’s probably a boy, you’re going to be a boy mom for sure.” On the way home from our most recent ultrasound, the one where you can figure out the gender of your baby, I asked my husband if he thought we were weird for … More Why We aren’t Finding out the Gender of Our Baby: And a Few of my Favourite Spring/ Summer Maternity Pieces from Pink Blush Maternity
There’s something about this extra long winter and the cold that makes you want to cozy up in your favourite corner of the house and read a good book. In our old house, our office space was a small corner of our very tiny mud room, it doubled as a storage room and had three … More Making this House Our Home Part Two: The Office
