This is one of my favorite family traditions for the holidays, attending our local Christmas Tree Lighting. It is a great way to come together in your community and start the holiday season off right. The morning after we attend the tree lighting is a special time in our house. This happens to be the […]
Remembrance Day Events In Metro Vancouver {2016}
Remembrance Day marks the anniversary of the official end of the World War I hostilities on November 11, 1918. World War I resulted in a huge number of lives lost amongst both civilians and military personnel. Many more people were badly injured. This war left great emotional scars in the servicemen, who had experienced it, […]
Lovable Labels Birthday Celebration {Giveaway}
Lovable Labels is one of our favorite Canadian label companies, and this month they are celebrating their 13th birthday. To celebrate their birthday Lovable Labels has launched 4 new designs and are having a huge 50% off sale on 5 of their best selling items. Oh, and did I mention FREE SHIPPING!! All items are: […]
Thrifty Thursday – Keeping Kids Entertained On A Budget
“I’m bored!” Every parent hates to hear those words, even more so when you are elbows deep in the dirty dishes. If your kids are anything like mine they are always wanting to go out and do something “fun”. However, there is not always money in the family budget to be hitting up indoor playgrounds […]
Thrifty Thursday – 5 Tips To Making A Successful Meal Plan
As we move into a new season and fall back to our back to school routines I am finding a common trend amongst my friends. How do you handle the mealtime madness? During the Summer months, our life is much more laid back so I find myself falling out of my meal planning routine. These […]
How To Personalize Your Child’s Room With Wall Art
We have been living in our new house for over a year now and there is one room in the house that we haven’t completely made our own yet, our little boys’ room. These two have always shared a room and will for many more years to come. On one side of the room, you […]
Peanut Butter & Banana Breakfast Smoothie Recipe
Now that school is back in session we are trying our best to get back into a solid morning routine. We all know how it goes, Mom is so busy getting everyone else out the door each morning that she is the one forgotten. Most mornings I find myself leaving the house without having breakfast. […]
Abbotsford BC, Fall Fun At Willow View Farms
This past weekend my husband was out of town for work, after a day of rain left us stuck in the house we needed to find something fun to burn off some energy. After some brainstorming with the kids, we decided that we would go apple picking. We packed up some snacks and headed across […]
Thrifty Thursday – How To Clean Grout On Kitchen Counter Tops
We have been living in our house for a year now and if there is one thing that I could change in our house it would be the kitchen countertops. Our countertops are tile, I had never seen something like this before and at the time thought it was really nice. But after living here […]
James & Jamesy in the Dark Coming To Vancouver
Arriving this Fall in Vancouver at the Waterfront Theatre, from October 5 – 16, 2016. Celebrated artists James & Jamesy reach new heights of hilarity and depths of profundity with their newest production James & Jamesy in the Dark. Hailed as “one of the most popular Fringe duos ever” (CBC) James & Jamesy’s latest theatrical […]