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26 Valentine’s Day Date Ideas
Are you stuck wondering what to do this Valentine’s Day? Here are some simple and fun ways to celebrate your relationship together this year. 26 Date Ideas for Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day is getting closer and closer. If you are looking to shake up your Valentine’s Day date this year and stay away from the overcrowded restaurants, use this list to help you arrange a heartfelt date with the one you love. There is no perfect option that fits everyone when it comes to Valentine’s Day date ideas, but there are hundreds of tiny ways to say I love you that can be budget friendly too. Where to Start? Decide what…
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My Wordless Wednesday Baby Turtles in Grand Cayman #travel
Grand Cayman was my favourite port of all four stops that we made on our recent cruise. Here, in this shot you can see a little of the reason why we loved it so much. We took the entire day to explore Grand Cayman and we were not disappointed. First stop was the Grand Cayman turtle farm and hatchery where we were able to learn about turtles and interact with them. Then we snorkelled, swam, held turtles again and raced down watersides before taking a bus back to our cruise ship on the Carnival Pride. My kids were hysterical with the turtles. Some of the older sea turtles can be…
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Dora The Explorer Live in London #ldnont Save with this Presale CODE
Dora The Explorer Live is coming to London, Ontario soon. My kids loved Dora when they were small. I loved her because she was educational and fun. What’s not to love about your child learning another language? Plus Dora is a fun, smart, quirky girl who solves small puzzles and repeats words often so that everyone learns something from watching her. This was one of our first live shows that we ever saw, and it was also one of our first TV shows that the kids watched. In celebration of this upcoming show I wanted to share an exclusive Dora presale code with my readers so that you can get…
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Five Things I Know About Childhood Anxiety – Part 1 of a New Series
In 2014 we spent a huge amount of time investing in educating our family about childhood anxiety. We took part in a weekly youth group therapy session to help parents and children understand and manage anxiety. It was gruelling and exhausting and, I hope, worth it. Every single Tuesday for several months my daughter and I drove to the children’s hospital in town and we learned how to successfully manage her childhood anxiety. We split into two groups every session. There was a parents group and a youth group. Eventually we all came together to discuss things together but the first part of each session was divided into parents and…
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I Found My Word of the Year For 2015
I found my word for 2015 in centergy class, where I do yoga and pilates moves and strive to get fit. I could care less if that sounds cliche. It’s the truth. I have been searching for a word to help me give a focus to this year. I choose one every year. But this year I have been stuck. I loved the word Travel and wanted to make that my word BUT it seems so dependent on many other things. Travel depends on the economy, the number of holidays my husband is able to take, the children’s schedules, and the income here at my business. While I will strive…
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Free Valentine Coloring Page Printable
Happy Soon-to-be Valentine’s Day, friends! I am starting to give some thought to when and how we will celebrate. It will be one year that we’ve been living here in our new house on Valentine’s Day. That’s right! We moved one year ago actually – right on Valentine’s Day. That is reason to celebrate with a Valentine coloring page printable. Regardless of who you are or what you think you might be doing to celebrate with the people you love, I thought you might enjoy some freebies this year. So I have been sharing printables regularly. I started at Christmas and they seem to be doing pretty well so I…
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Family Favourite Cheesy Stuffed Pasta #GayLeaMom
Cheesy stuffed pasta I love manicotti and I love cannelloni too. I remember making these both as a teenager. I still love a tasty cheesy pasta dish and so does my family. So sometimes we combine the two ideas of cannelloni and manicotti and make our own version of cheesy stuffed pasta with a little help from Nordica cottage cheese. The ingredients aren’t expensive and this should make enough for the entire family, and then some. When we made this scrumptious and nutritious dinner last week, we actually made enough for two nights. The kids ended up taking some for lunch at school and so did my husband. I am…
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Ring Ring Pick Up the Phone – Cell Phones and Teens – The Sequel
Remember this post? Remember when I posted this week about the $400 strange data charge on our Rogers bill? Remember how thrilled I was when I realized it was my darling daughter’s phone which doesn’t even have data that rang up a huge data bill? Yes, I was livid and I confiscated the phone and the iPad. And I was peeved at Rogers, because I told them when I hooked said phone up that it was for calling. We had talk and text only. And yet a $400 data bill arrived. How does that happen? I queried how this happened and in fact was told that if she had a…
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Disney on Ice Worlds of Fantasy #Giveaway #ldnont
It’s that time of year again!! Disney on Ice is coming here again! Alright I promise that’s the end of the rhyming for this post. Nothing makes me happier than a mid-winter break at Budweiser Gardens to see Disney On Ice. We attend almost every year and have been doing so since the girls were very small. I will never ever forget the look of awe on Payton’s face the first time I took her to see the amazing skating show. She was a bit over two years old and she was mesmerized by all the glorious activity. As magical as it is to see the skaters tell a story…
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Travel Tuesday Linky – Hair in Costa Maya, Mexico
Remember how I told you we went on a cruise? (I might have mentioned it once or twice.) Our first port was Costa Maya, Mexico. We have been to Mexico several times. Most recently I was there with my older daughter visiting Puerto Vallarta back in June for a media trip. This time we parachuted in so to speak on a short time frame. We just had the day, really. It was our first stop out of four. I mentioned Roatan here last week. We left the United States from Tampa and travelled for a full day getting used to our time at sea. We decided to take that first…