• Giveaways

    Spring Cash Bash Month Long #giveaway

    April 1, 2013 - By 

     Welcome to Spring! Although the weather around here {Indiana} does not yet feel like Spring, my family and I are ready for the warm weather, playing outside, shorts and flip flops. To celebrate Spring and one year of blogging, The Cash Bash is back with its biggest prize yet! This giveaway is brought to you by Kara’s Deals and Steals and dozens of amazing bloggers who make such an awesome prize possible. You can see the list of all bloggers who sponsored this event here. One lucky winner will get the choice of $310 Paypal cash or $310 in Amazon…

  • parenting

    Five Things I Know About Adoption – Adoption Facts

    March 28, 2013 - By 

    Without a doubt adoptive parenting is the hardest thing you will ever do. But it can also be the most rewarding. For us, adoption was the only way we were going to become a family. It is the greatest gift we ever received and we are always grateful. However, adoptive parenting is not the same as traditional parenting. From the start this journey is harder. You will go through all sorts of grief and loss just to get here often. And then it will be intrusive. It will be hard and also very worth it. But you might question that…

  • family

    Green Kid Craft Kits Box 10 Music of the World Review

    March 26, 2013 - By 

    It was one of those days. You know the kind where the kids come home sick and you suspect the *flu* bug they have contracted isn’t really viral at all. Especially since the one child quite clearly seems as hyper as ever with no sign of flu, or cold, or anything else really. So, what do you do?  Well, luckily a craft kit from Green Kid crafts arrived today and my little sick just turned nine-year-old, was completely over the moon. I made her wait so I could take some pictures.  There were three full crafts in the music of…

  • family

    #StorageWorx Student Moving Contest #ldnont

    March 25, 2013 - By 

    It’s the signature green you notice first. But the business atmosphere is a very close second. But wait, what’s that? The smell of fresh baked cookies daily? Gourmet coffee brewing? Free wifi? The open spaces, bright lit aisles and clean organized lines of the London, Ontario storage facility are characteristics of Storage Worx that set them clearly miles apart from the competition. This is not your average storage place, in fact there’s very little that is average about the award-winning Storage Worx. Storage Worx is a top notch business centre that caters to clients who store their goods, files, or…

  • Giveaways - Health - special needs

    La Roche-Posay Itch Free Day Drawing Contest #100families

    March 25, 2013 - By 

    My daughter Ainsley doesn’t have eczema, but she does have extremely sensitive skin. That’s part and parcel for a child living with sensory processing disorder. She is easily irritated by many things and synthetic fabrics make her even itchier. Her skin is extremely dry also, so we use cream often.  When Ainsley was little we experimented with many cosmetic options and lotions. But lotions that are overly greasy or scented also irritated her. It took us months and a whole lot of trial and error to figure out what worked. Lipikar Baume AP is one product that is gentle enough…

  • Food

    Happy Easter Tarts

    March 22, 2013 - By 

    Easy to make Easter tarts It’s Easter and my kids are back in the kitchen, helping me cook. I know, it’s been a couple of weeks but here we are with our latest creation. Lime Meringue Easter Tarts. Nothing says Easter like citrus flavours, pastels and delicious tasty treats like jelly beans. So I thought I’d create a little love with Tenderflake Tart shells. They make baking easy. And baking makes most of us happy so therefore Tenderflake makes us happy. I wanted to make something super tasty and special for Easter with these Tenderflake tart shells, so I improvised.…

  • infertility - Parenting

    Rachel and Brandon: Infertility to Family #abhc4ivf #abpoli

    March 22, 2013 - By 

    There are no words powerful enough to describe what it is, what it feels like, to wonder if you will ever get to be a family. When I think about all the years we waited, then tried to conceive, all the health care ups and downs, and misery we endured before we formed our family, I am humble, grateful, and a wee bit in awe that we eventually were chosen to be our girl’s parents. When I watch this video of Rachel and Brandon, I am reminded of that again. Whether your path to becoming a family is adoption or…

  • Giveaways - Travel

    Hapari 2013 Summer Line and One For You!

    March 21, 2013 - By 

    My new Hapari tankini. It worked well in Vegas, even though the temperatures were chilly. Let’s be honest. This time of year, if you are Canadian, there is only one thing you are thinking about. Travel. And if you are a girl, the next thing you think about is Holy Crikey what’s the 411 on my bathing suit situation? Do I have one? Will it still fit? Am I comfortable enough in it, to chase my children on the beach while simultaneously looking like a goddess? Is it too revealing? Does it cover my wobbly bits? I have no more…