• parenting teens
    adoption and tweens - family - Parenting - parenting

    The Art of Hope and Parenting Teens

    February 17, 2015 - By 

    At some point this past year I realized my children aren’t really children anymore, not in the strictest sense of the word. One is a teenager and the other a tween and that means that in the context of child development they are in fact closer to being adults than they are to being toddlers or preschoolers or children. My heart simultaneously leaps, shouts, cries, expands and contracts as I write that. As they bloom so do I, and yet it also tugs heavily when I think that they will soon be adults. Oh my god how I hope we…

  • Public funding for In Vitro Fertilization is Efficient
    family - Health

    Families Are the Future of Alberta: Public Funding For In Vitro Fertilization Is Efficient #abhc4ivf #abpoli

    February 14, 2015 - By 

      Family Is The Future: In some small way I started in Alberta. It’s true. When my Mom and Dad got married they had their honeymoon in Banff. From Ontario, they took the train through the Western provinces to stay in Alberta. For a truck driver and a teacher in their twenties, newlyweds, Alberta was glamorous and beautiful and different. It was the destination where they started to think of the future, together planning for a family that would come first in the shape of  a baby girl and then 2 years later, a baby boy too. Alberta is a…

  • Family Day Word Search
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    Family Day Word Search

    February 14, 2015 - By 

    By now you know my family and I love word searches. So for Family Day this year I decided to create a Family Day word search for everyone to enjoy. Do you celebrate Family Day? Is there a trip planned to see relatives when Family Day comes around every year in February? Or do you just relax at home and play some board games, or go watch a movie? However you choose to spend Family Day, this Family Day Word Search and all the related Word Puzzles and Free Printables here on Thrifty Mommas Tips should keep you busy and…

  • 13 St Patrick's Day Desserts
    family - Food - parenting

    13 St. Patrick’s Day Desserts

    February 14, 2015 - By 

    13 St. Patrick`s Day Desserts St. Patrick`s Day is a time for getting together with friends and or taking part in community events. Many cities and towns hold special events on this day. Restaurants and bars often serve green beer. You can celebrate St Paddy’s Day at home by making any of these 13 St. Patrick’s Day desserts that either are colored green or have ingredients that are used in Ireland.   Patrick`s Day Marshmallow Pops– Just Us Four Blog Irish Cream Cupcakes– Mooshu Jenne Irish Cream Pound Cake– Andrea Myers Andes Mint Cupcakes– Thrifty Jinxy Chocolate Stout Cake– I…

  • Ontario Valentine
    family - Health - homes - parenting - Parenting

    My Ontario Valentine Or Ten Reasons We Stay #ohip4ivf #onpoli

    February 13, 2015 - By 

    Ontario is the province I choose to raise my family in, to build a business, to make my home. There was a time before we adopted our beautiful kids, when we were set to move to British Columbia. We priced it all out and were ready to go as a young married couple. But instead we stayed. There have been many occasions when I’ve contemplated moving to the United States and finding a way through that red tape so that I might work there. But still we stay. This Valentine’s Day, I wanted to take some time to reflect on…

  • Family Day Word Scramble
    Printables

    Fun Family Day Word Scramble

    February 13, 2015 - By 

    Family Day is a unique holiday to Canadians. It started in Ontario when a Liberal premier determined we needed a break in February. So Family Day became a long weekend in February in several provinces and frankly it couldn’t come at a better time. We often go skiing for Family Day. There are some really awesome places to do that in Ontario. A few weeks ago I began planning for Family Day here and this year I have a Family Day word scramble to share as well as a batch of Family Day activities that are free for you to…

  • Zax's Beauty creams
    beauty products - Giveaways - Health

    Zax’s Original DarkSpot Cream and Zax’s Dark Circle Under Eye Cream Review and #Giveaway

    February 12, 2015 - By 

    If you know me at all then you know that I love the sun. I hate the winter weather and I love sun. I am only happy when it is sunny out and I love to travel. So what’s that got to do with skin cream and eye cream? A lot actually. I have freckles and the sun takes a toll on my skin. Recently we were away on a cruise over New Year’s Eve and we might have enjoyed the sun – a lot. It was 28 in Grand Cayman and frankly that’s my kind of town. That’s my…

  • surviving Valentine's Day
    family

    Surviving Valentine’s Day: Pauline Parril’s Advice for Married Women

    February 11, 2015 - By 

    This is a sponsored guest post on the launch of The Perils of Pauline.  Surviving Valentine’s Day: Pauline Parril’s Advice for Married Women by Pauline Daley-Parril Valentine’s Day hashtags are proliferating on Twitter. That means one thing: #valentinesdayiscoming. For single women, the 14th of February is tough enough when it’s #nodate and #aloneagain. But for married women, Valentine’s Day is a #minefield #forgetaboutit #norosesforyousister #fml. For women in general, Valentine’s Day is like trying on a new bikini: single girls hope to find something nice that handles the girls effectively but all too often end up with lingering regrets and maybe…

  • maple leaf monster jam tour 2015
    Giveaways

    Maple Leaf Monster Jam Tour 2015 Giveaway #Ldnont

    February 11, 2015 - By 

    Maple Leaf Monster Jam is my youngest daughter’s favourite annual family show. Why? Because Maple Leaf Monster Jam arrives every year around March, the time of her birthday. Every year she goes with her father and sometimes the rest of us too, and we enjoy the show together. But in years gone by, several special years in a row, it was just Ainsley and Dad. A Special London Event So it’s kind of a dad and daughter date. That makes her happy and it’s kind of memorable for both of them. Together, they revel in the crazy antics of Maple…