Archive for five things
5 things: Las Vegas date weekend
If you’ve been following my blog for any length of time, you already know how strongly I feel about regular date-nights. It’s a time to reconnect with your partner to tell him or her that they’re important in your life: beyond parenting, diaper changing, income generation, and garbage-removal. Over-night dates mean you can look forward [...]
five things – beauty
Today I’m sharing my five things that moms need to put on a simple face quickly. I just don’t feel ready for the day without at least these basics. I tend to buy a mix of drug-store products for affordability along with some higher quality brands. 1 | I love this foundation. I was [...]
Top 10 Instagram Moms
Instagram is a mobile app that allows you to create amazing photos on the fly, and share them. It’s a fun and creative way to share images of your children, your product, scenery, travel, and more. Everyone from celebrities to rock stars, photographers and artists are using Instagram. While it’s a mobile app, they recently [...]
five things – sites to check out
I’m always on the hunt for great sites for articles, recipes, style tips and just generally anything ‘mom-focused’. Check out my latest picks in this week’s five things. 1 | Style Bakery Mom is full of fun products and style surrounding child and mommyhood. 2 | Child Mode. A super cool Canadian site with tons of [...]
five things – recipes
For this week’s five things, I picked five recipes I want to try! I adore Pinterest. You all know that by now, I’ve been raving about it since I first discovered it a year ago. I’m not a foody, but you can’t help be swept up in the ‘I must try that‘ of Pinterest. So [...]
Fall 2012 guide
brought to you by: Fall is just around the corner, and we all know what this means: new clothes, winter gear, new activities to register for, classes… and all of these things require new ‘stuff’. So we picked out some of our faves, just for you! Regardless of whether you have a babe or a [...]
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My five things this week are family-friendly travel sites, and my top picks for booking, researching or simply daydreaming about your next family vacation. 1 | Trip Advisor The very best in travel reviews are found on this site. I have used this site for as long as I can remember to read up on [...]
inspired to plan a party
Our kids all have birthdays, every year! While I love to daydream of throwing the most fabulous bash ever, I usually resort to a simple shindig or party at the local community centre so I don’t have to deal with a house-full. However, that doesn’t stop me from spending days and weeks ogling over beautiful [...]
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The start of a New Year means fresh starts, new beginnings, the overwhelming need to give ourselves another chance at the success of something! Go, be you! Some cool family fun around Edmonton this weekend!: 1 | Metropolis Festival - Running every weekend through the Family Day weekend in mid-February. The upper interior space of the [...]
new year five things
As we close off the year (and look excitedly toward a new one) I wanted to come up with a way to summarize the year, or like last year, share my top ten (which haven’t really changed too much), or maybe even share my New Year’s Resolution’s with you (great ideas here from Today’s Parent magazine). [...]
