• clean_water_challenge
    family - Health

    Join World Vision Water Challenge Twitter Party May 3 #WorldVisionWater

    April 22, 2016 - By 

    How often do you think about water? Do you wake up wondering where it will come from today? Do you worry about leaving your family to walk for miles to collect a bucket of water for all of you to use? Does your heart hurt thinking that your child will never be able to attend school if he or she has to walk to collect water for your family? Do you consider whether you will have enough water to cook dinner, wash hands, clean clothing, bathe? I didn’t think so. I rarely thought about water here, until World Vision Canada…

  • school_lunches
    family - Food

    Five Fun School Lunches

    April 21, 2016 - By 

    I am a proud MOM of a tween and teen. Most of the time they make their own lunches. Most of the time. Not always. The youngest is still bit hit and miss, but that’s okay. They are both pretty good at packing a balanced lunch, but on occasion we have all been guilty of packing boring school lunches. Anyways, a decade of packing lunches, or supervising kids packing lunches, I have learned a few pointers to pass on and motivate them to build some good habits. Let’s face it lunch can be a totally boring meal. It’s the one I am most…

  • dirty-oreo-cupcakes
    family - Food

    Oreo Cupcakes Are Perfect for Your Two Foot Tornado

    April 15, 2016 - By 

    Do you have a little mess magnet? Chances are if you have children, then you have a mess magnet! I have one of those. She’s a little tornado inside any room she enters. It’s hard to maintain a clean kitchen or living room, or any other space when she’s around. Once in awhile it’s okay to indulge that chaos and even embrace it. That’s what these worms in dirty Oreo Cupcakes are all about. These Dirty Oreo Cupcakes would be great for a birthday party, or a bake sale. But I really like the idea of making them for Earth Day.…

  • flowering-trees
    family - homes

    Five Flowering Trees – Put a Splash of Colour on Your Lawn

    April 14, 2016 - By 

    Flowering trees are beautiful. They can add a pop of colour and a three dimensional beauty to any yard. The problem with landscaping with flowering trees, however, is the sheer number of trees to choose from. Today, let’s take a look at a few of the trees that can add beauty to lawns in Canada and the U.S. 5 Flowering Trees – Hardy Beauties for Your Lawn There are many, many different trees to choose from, but not all trees are created equal. Only some will do well in certain climates, so it’s important to know if a tree can withstand…

  • water_challenge
    family - Health

    Take The World Vision Canada Water Challenge #WorldVisionWater

    April 13, 2016 - By 

    All children should have the chance to grow up happy and healthy. Kids who do not have access to clean water don’t have that opportunity, which is part of the reason I am happy to take the World Vision Canada clean water challenge. A few weeks ago my family started the World Vision Canada water challenge. The goal was to get everyone here thinking about children and families around the world and the scarcity of clean water as a resource. It was also my intention to help my kids to see how many sources of clean water we have available to us here in…

  • spring gardening
    family

    Spring Garden Prep – Get Ready for the Growing Season

    April 13, 2016 - By 

    Spring garden prep is important whether you grow veggies or flowers. The groundwork you do now for spring will absolutely determine how successful your garden is this coming year. With that in mind, there are some things you can do in your spring garden prep to help you get a jump start on your beds. Spring Garden Prep can Make or Break Your Garden If you’ve done any amount of gardening, you know that proper preparation is the key to any kind of successful garden. Whether you grow your own vegetable or fragrant blossoms, laying the groundwork now will produce…

  • multi_generational_travel
    active family travel - family - parenting - Travel

    5 Benefits of Multi-Generational Travel #travel

    April 12, 2016 - By 

    Listen to me closely. If you are in your 30s and 40s and thinking why on earth would I want to take my children’s grandparents along on a trip with us, there are a few things you need to know about multi-generational travel. Both sets of our parents have passed away and I wish more than anything that we had had the time and money to include them on our big annual trips together to see the world. My husband and I both always managed to go to the cottage together with our respective families and that was one sort…

  • REALice technology
    family

    This Earth Day Why Does REALice Technology Matter? #RealiceCA #Earth Day

    April 11, 2016 - By 

    When we can do better we should always try to do better. In our cities, our provinces, and our homes. In our arenas too. When we find a tool like REALice® technology that is better for the environment and saves money, then we need to take notice and begin to use it when and where we can. That’s common sense to me. I have always said if you live in Canada you might as well embrace winter sports. We are not a hockey family, but we are skaters and skiers. We embraced skating again as new parents, because it’s a great way…

  • summer_vacation
    active family travel - family - Giveaways - Travel

    Hold On To Summer Vacation With #ParkbridgeLife – Twitter Party Over $1200 in Prizes

    April 8, 2016 - By 

    Every parent and grandparent knows that summer vacations whip by at breakneck speed. At best you get maybe 17 or 18 brilliant blissful summers together as a family. Then kids become adults and they have their own lives. You want to hold onto those special times, build magical summer vacation memories that last. You can do that at Parkbridge Resorts, year round, but summer time is when Parkbridge Resorts shine. This week we are sharing our Parkbridge Resort memories, and learning a few new things about Parkbridge Resort amenities and locations. We are also giving away the chance to have your own three…

  • travel_bags
    active family travel - family - Giveaways - Technology - Travel

    Beside-U Travel Bags – Safe, Secure and Fashionable #Giveaway

    April 1, 2016 - By 

    Beside-U travel bags are designed for both everyday use and travel use. Beside-U’s everyday, and travel friendly design makes these bags the perfect solution for any trip. They are attractive, reliable and just the right size for your personal or professional travel needs. Beside-U bags also feature a secure RFID ( Radio Frequency Identification) guarded pocket to protect your sensitive credit card information. That detail makes them my new favourite travel product. Let me tell you why. Beside-U Bags – The Name Says it All I love Tap & Go™, and Interac Flash Technologies. I use Tap & Go™ at stores where they…