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    Food

    Best Kitchen Gifts to Give This Season

    December 18, 2019 - By 

    I received product for consideration here. My opinion is all my own. I am having so much fun with some amazing kitchen gifts this year. Thrilled to be able to test and share the latest and greatest. So, if you have a foodie on your list, a tea or coffee lover then listen up, these are the gifts they want to receive this season. My Favourite Kitchen Gifts This Season Top of my list is the Hamilton Beach milk frother. I love this easy to use gadget so much. I am making all of the lattes and specialty drinks. Super…

  • Travel

    All the Best Things to Do on a Girl’s Trip to New Orleans

    December 17, 2019 - By 

    We are sipping bottomless mimosas watching a burlesque dancer tastefully strut through a New Orleans restaurant. Not your average Sunday morning, but then again nothing is ordinary about this city as we are discovering on our girl’s trip to New Orleans. I recently took a 12-day girl’s getaway Gulf Coast media fam trip. We started in New Orleans. Today started with Legs and Eggs, burlesque breakfast at Sobue, a restaurant named for its location, south of Bourbon Street (Sobue). This decadent brunch features a burlesque performer called Bella Blue, and today, it will end with us driving to North Shore…

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    Welcome Winter Colouring Page

    December 15, 2019 - By 

    Do you love winter or hate winter? There are pretty much two camps on that. Some people can’t stand the cold and the relentless snow. Others, like me, can’t get enough of the snow. Bring it on. The more snow the more skiing and skating and outdoor snow sports. And that makes me happy. This season, I thought I’d share a fun welcome winter colouring page. Over the last year I shared all the seasons as colouring pages. The year before that,  it was the Months of the Year colouring pages. I shared one every month for all of the…

  • Technology

    Make Coding Fun with Botzees Now

    December 13, 2019 - By 

    Make coding fun with a toy that combines building and lots of entertaining puzzles alongside simple to understand coding. Botzees is a toy that combines all these elements into one experience that helps to make coding fun for kids. I received product for consideration here. I love that because as any long-time reader knows, I’m a huge supporter of STEM and figuring out ways to introduce it to our kids at an early age. That’s why I’m so excited about Botzees and how they approach coding. Technology is moving so fast these days. A few years ago, apps were an…

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    Cute Christmas Owls Colouring Page

    December 11, 2019 - By 

    What is it about owls? Ever since I was a child I have been fascinated with owls. Not sure when that started, but I definitely recall being a Brownie and following along to a leader called Brown Owl. She was wise and smart. Then, as an adult along came the Harry Potter series and frankly Harry’s Owl is one of my favourite owls of all time. If you like owls, then don’t miss this roundup of Harry Potter gifts this season. When my kids were little we would go to Storybook Gardens and there was always an owl there –…

  • Printables

    100 + Best Christmas Printables to Share

    December 11, 2019 - By 

    When I launched this site over ten years ago my main goal was to talk about saving money. I was a stay at home mom then working hard at raising two little girls we had recently adopted from London-Middlesex Children’s Aid Society. Over the last decade, my site has evolved dramatically and now my posts are largely travel writing, health writing and parenting stories that resonate with readers. However, I know my audience and you LOVE to give, but you also love giveaways and saving money. Every year I share some of the best Christmas Printables here. This year, I…

  • Travel

    How to Travel with Christmas Presents Now

    December 9, 2019 - By 

    If you’ve ever travelled at Christmas then you have also undoubtedly travelled with Christmas gifts too. I mean Christmas and presents go hand in hand no matter where in the world you are celebrating or spending it. So, how exactly is the best way to do that? Do you wrap them and bring them with you through an airport? Um, probably not the best idea. What about if you are simply driving all the way to a relative’s house? How do you make that work with gifts? Wrap them first or No? Here’s what works for us. Here are tips…

  • Technology

    Best Tech Gifts She Will Love This Season

    December 8, 2019 - By 

    This season, I am stoked about several tech gifts for women. My favourite gifts are often books and tech gifts, because I am a gadget girl at heart. So, when these great gifts arrived here for testing and consideration I was thrilled to be able to use them and have some fun. I feel like these picks are definitely tech gifts she will love! I received product for consideration in best tech gifts she will love. My opinion is all my own. May contain affiliate links. Here are Three of my Favourite Tech Gifts for Her this Season. Listen, fun…

  • Giveaways

    Clean All Your Messes Up with Hoover ONEPWR Floormate Jet

    December 7, 2019 - By 

    My kids are pretty crafty and creative. I’m not complaining. I actually love that about them and always have. What I don’t love though are the messes they create when making things. That’s why I am now loving the Hoover ONEPWR Floormate Jet. Post sponsored by Hoover, which means I received compensation. Crafty Teens are No Match for the Floormate Jet In my house, we have a desk in each of the kid’s bedrooms and we also have one in the basement too. Occasionally I like the opportunity to move around the house and work where I want to. I…

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    My Christmas Wish List Activity for Kids

    December 6, 2019 - By 

    My Christmas Wish List. If there was a single phrase that could evoke childhood and the spirit of Christmas long ago for me, then I think it would be My Christmas Wish List. Post may contain affiliate links as a service to readers. I receive a small commission via qualifying links. Do you remember being small, poring over catalogues or flyers that arrived in the mail, circling items you dreamed of owning? For me, as a child, it was always dolls and Barbies. Meanwhile my brother lived for the latest race cars and trucks and puzzles. I have a daughter…