• 12 Essentials for Your Summer Go Bag is a list of our family's favourite items for a perfect sunny, summer day. A giant beach bag, filled with everything your family will need for a successful outing. Don't waste time searching for anything, have everything you need in one spot and ready to go. A must for every family this summer.

    12 Essentials for your Summer Go Bag

    This past Thursday, the boys and I met up with a friend and her two daughters for lunch and some fun at the local splash pad. We had such a great time. But I felt rushed and unorganized by the time we got there. My husband had dressed Ben in the morning and grabbed shoes and not sandals, strike one. We had to stop for sunscreen and had a baby melt down, strike two. I forgot hats for the boys, and then the picnic blanket, strike three and four. Then the list just seemed to grow. The next day the boys and…

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  • Too much screen time for your child? Us too! That’s why I came up with this great Bean Bin for Toddlers. Keep your little one happily busy for hours with this fun and easy-to-make sensory toy.

    Bean Bin For Toddlers

    Beat toddler boredom with a bean bin! Or, in our case, overuse of the iPad. Our son has been particularly obsessed with electronics lately, and with a brand new baby in the house the iPad has been an easy go-to. That's when, I decided to come up with some smart distractions, Bean Bin For Toddlers was the answer.

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  • Our two weddings: A beach wedding in three weeks

    How To Plan A Simple Beach Wedding In 3 Weeks

    As a little girl, I knew exactly what I wanted for my future wedding. I even had a back up plan just in case the first one didn’t work out. The plans: a fun filled day at Sunny Cove, an old rustic, lakeside lodge just outside my hometown in Ontario or a beach wedding with my feet buried in the sand. My husband gave me both Here’s a bit of back story. I’m a Canadian and my husband is an American meaning there was a whole mess of immigration stuff to consider. We consulted a lawyer, who urged us to get married…

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