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The Most Refreshing Summer Watermelon Recipes
Nothing screams picnic and outdoor fun like watermelon. My kids love to eat watermelon when it is fresh and ripe in the summer months. It’s also a great little treat to help stay hydrated and refreshed. But there’s so many more things you can do with watermelon. Don’t be satisfied just chopping it up for wedges, or slices when you can crush it and make into watermelon sorbet, salad, or cupcakes, with watermelon recipes like these. Watermelon Recipes Try one of these Watermelon recipes this summer and surprise your family, your friends or your workplace with a blast of flavour. Watermelon Cake via Cincyshopper Watermelon Cupcakes via Baking Beauty Watermelon…
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Playmobil WaterPark Set Makes Summer Fun
The Playmobil Waterpark is one of my favourite new summer toys this year. Playmobil waterpark with slides will have kids flocking to your yard for creative play this season. This new, cheery and colourful set can be used both indoors and out. Summer is a great time to find the kids outdoors enjoying the weather, the parks, and people’s backyards. One of the things I love about summer is that children are often motivated to get outside because the weather is so nice. Even so, in the summer months I love to have some indoor and outdoor toys on hand for my kids and any others who come to visit, so…
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Celebrate With Candy Bubble Gum Freak Shakes
By now you’ve heard of freak shakes. A glorious excessive sweet celebratory shake that just screams summer. I’ll be honest I think I could manage about one of these a year at best. But it would be worth it. This candy bubble gum shake is the perfect way to kick summer holidays off this year. I plan to make a bubble gum crazy shake for the last day of school with my kids. Crazy shakes, or freak shakes, are a huge craze right now. And there are as many different shakes as there are candies out there. So really, you could make these with whatever you have on hand at home, or…
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Summer Reading Adventures with KOBO Aura H20
Summer is my favourite time for reading. I love to take my reader to the beach or just sit next to the pool and read a good book. I enjoy a good story year round, but there’s nothing nicer than a beautiful sunny day with a favourite book. Much of my summer revolves around the beach and the pool. This year I don’t need to worry about getting splashed poolside, or dropping a book in the water because I have my waterproof Kobo Aura H20 to do all my summer reading. Summer Reading Means Fun in the Sun – and Even in the Water I love the summer. Love it.…
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Five Must Haves for Sleep Away Camp #giveaways
Are you ready for sleep away camp yet? Are your kids counting the days until the end of school and the start of a week of freedom? I will admit our summer planning is a bit less orderly than previous years. My oldest daughter has taken a job at the end of August and she’s asked to do a sleep away camp that is two weeks long at the start of August. That is a bigger commitment for us, and for her, and I imagine we’ll be packing a fair bit more this year as a result of the two week stay, which also means more stuff that can potentially be…
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Eight Super Summer Smoothies
Everyone in my family loves smoothies. I love them too, but I struggle with a complete lack of creativity when it comes to making smoothies. That’s why I look for inspiration from others sometimes when it comes to recipes. If you love smoothies as much as I do, but don’t have the time to concoct your own recipes then you might want to use some of these ideas. I think first up for me is the Mango Melon Special. We all love mangoes here and they are so good for you. I could use that Pineapple Green Tea Smoothie too, if only because I need the Green Tea action right now…
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Great Sensory Toys – Ultimate Booger Battle #Giveaway
Spring is here and summer is clearly on the way so bring on the messy, outdoor, fun. Bring on the water play and sand play, puddles and mud and booger battles….wait, what? Let’s be honest here, kids love boogers as much as they love spring and summer and outdoor messes. So they will also love sensory toys like the Funrise Toys Booger Balls Ultimate Battle Pack. You have to think like a kid to appreciate this one. Also please note this is clearly 100 % an outdoor toy. DO NOT do this in the basement, or without adult supervision. Also pay attention to the end because I have one of…
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Five Things You Need This Victoria Day Long Weekend #ChurchandDwight
Oh summer, you beautiful season you. You are my favourite, and always will be. We are well into May which means it’s almost the Victoria Day long weekend!! Every Canadian anywhere in the world right now knows the significance of the May long weekend. It’s the way we jumpstart summer and bring on the fun. This Victoria Day long weekend I am hoping like mad that the new pool liner will be installed and ready to go. Summer at our house involves the pool. Summer brings some travel opportunities and maybe a little bit of cottage time. But it revolves around the pool and the outdoors. What will you be upto…
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Worry Free Summer Road Trips with LBL #travel #ad
If you have any sort of digestive or bladder issue, from IBD, inflammatory bowel disease, to LBL, light bladder leakage, you know about worrying. You know about sitting vacations and family events out because you are worried your stomach, or your bladder will act up. You might even have given up on things like road trips. Some days everything feels like a battle. Whether you’re headed to work, or heading out on the road, LBL is always in the back of any woman’s mind who suffers from it. And it’s not just that. These types of issues can make travel difficult. But summer is right around the corner and road…
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5 Easy Packing Tips for Summer Road Trips and Business Trips #travel #giveaways
Summer road trips and business trips go hand in hand here. My summer has been filled with business trips. But the positive side of that is that my business is doing well. So I can’t complain about that. And I am able to combine my business trips with pleasure. So just last week I was able to do a quick business trip while also visiting my sweet niece and nephews in Toronto. That’s pretty fantastic, the best of both worlds, really. And there was New York City this summer, also always a treat! This coming week I am finally able to visit the beach. WHEW!! This summer was busy and…