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Investing in RESPs: Saving for my daughter’s education
Well, she might not have said that, but it makes sense at Christmas time to boost the RESP contributions. How investing in RESPs helped me save for my daughter’s education I am the daughter of a teacher. In our home, education was valued above all as the ticket to a future, the means to become whatever you wanted. Growing up, we didn’t have much money because my Mom was a single parent, but we studied hard and dreamed and knew university was a way forward. Education was a gift that could last a lifetime. My Mom might not have had money, but she had dreams for us. I am a…
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Elf Coloring Sheet Printable
More coloring sheets for the kids. Thanks for reading my blog throughout the year. I am happy to share this free Elf Coloring Sheet with you as a thank you! I hope you have a wonderful holiday season! Are your lists ready for Santa? Have you mailed them yet? If not, then don’t forget to stop here for a free Santa’s wish list also. This season I am giving back to my readers with these freebies and I am giving back to everyone else with World Vision Gifts. I love that these gifts help change lives. To read more about how to give with World Vision Canada, click here and…
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Happy Hanukkah Free Printable Dreidel Coloring Pages
Happy Hanukkah! This year I am offering free printable coloring pages for kids on Thrifty Momma’s Tips. Free Printable Dreidel coloring pages are just one way I am giving back to my readers this year. I hope you all have an amazing holiday whatever customs, beliefs and traditions you share with your families. I hope the weekly coloring pages here help make everyone’s holidays easier to manage. When the kids are busy in a constructive way, then everyone’s day ticks along at a much smoother pace. Coloring is a great activity we often used to pass the time on car rides to visit family, and even just as a nice…
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Free Printable Santa Wish list letter
Christmas is fast approaching and we haven’t even made a real list for Santa here yet. So here’s a Santa Wish List letter template for everyone to use this season. Well my kids make lists of so many things all year long, in fact, they might have made a list for Christmas months ago and lost it five times over already. Anyways, I know some of you are likely in the same boat. Frankly my kids are getting a bit too big for this anymore but I still encourage the Christmas spirit. As long as you believe, then I will keep the magic alive here as much as possible anyways.…
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Operation Banish High Blood Pressure Week One Checkup #health #fitness
This is a check in along the way to tackling my high blood pressure issue that developed just this past year. High blood pressure is not something to be taken lightly and out can be deadly. I am committed to fixing the problem as I need to stick around longterm and be healthy for myself and my family. Follow along as I try to change this growing health concern. At the start of 2014, I was busy, getting ready for a major move to our new house, managing multiple accounts and a growing business and parenting some wonderful, but challenging kids. Somehow I still found time to work out on…
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Part 3: Egg Freezing – Heather and Hunter
Meet Heather and Hunter Pelz. Mom and Baby couldn’t be happier or healthier. He’s a bit of a miracle and at 11 months, like many babies he is growing fast, exploring and socializing slowly when safely in presence of his Mom or Dad. So what’s so unusual about this story? Well, Hunter was born when Mom was 44 which speaks to a trend that is not entirely uncommon in Canada. Moms across Canada, are often older when they begin trying to conceive. It’s a demographic reality that is also partly related to social expectations and the fact that a huge percentage of women have careers and post secondary education. That…
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Reindeer Coloring Page Printable
Merry Christmas!! Soon you will be looking for activities and games to keep your little people busy. Believe me, I know! In the interest of keeping the peace and helping Moms and Dads out, I have been offering free printables this month. Very grateful I have finally figured out how to share these with you. This week I have a Reindeer Coloring Page. Earlier this week I shared a Santa colouring page printable for you. That one is here Santa. Keep reading over the next few weeks because I have several more to share with you. In fact I might have a few new tricks up my sleeve. For now enjoy…
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Christmas Stories: Tin Soldier app and game by Big Fish Games
Christmas Stories: Tin Soldier app and game made for PC, Mac, iPad and iPhone is a perfect seasonal diversion for almost any age. Christmas Stories: Tin Soldier app and game is a hidden object adventure game that starts with your return from battle. You are a soldier, finding on coming home that the Rat King has turned several people into toys since you left the palace. You must hunt throughout the palace and the city to find puzzle pieces that unlock treasures. At the outset of this fun game you receive a letter from your friend Albert asking for help. The Rat King’s evil wand has fallen into…
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Limeapple Love and Girls Clothing – Bubble Jackets #TMMGG2014
We are in love with the cute and warm girls clothing fashions from Limeapple. Limeapple makes great, and age appropriate, girls clothing. That’s important to me. I don’t like to see little girls wearing grownup clothing. Limeapple seems to understand that. They make clothing that moves and works hard with active girls. Payton received this bubble jacket last week and she’s worn it several times. See the feature on the hands that makes it look a little but like a really expensive Lulu jacket? My kids are all over that. This bubble jacket cost half the price of comparable other active girls clothing. It’s incredibly unique with the rainbow zipper. I…
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Vintage Christmas Gift Tags Free Printable
Vintage Christmas Gift Tags make super cute embellishments for the gifts under your Christmas tree. There’s still time to print these out and use them this season. Merry Christmas! Are you wrapping presents yet? I confess to being not even close to ready for Christmas, but that said I have so many amazing printables I have found on line that I know where I will be going when I need Christmas tags and crafts and colouring pages. My Gift to You This is my gift to you this year. These Vintage Christmas Gift Tags were made by my friend Kristen Paskus over at My 3 Lil Kittens. She is super…