Amanda Louise Writes

Hello everyone! It’s the Christmas season! You may be working on ideas to do with your kids on Christmas Eve and reindeer food will show up in a lot of your search results. A lot of these recipes have glitter in them, and for the sake of preserving wildlife and reducing microplastics, I’d like to put forward a glitter and refined sugar free recipe for reindeer food. Here’s what you’re going to…

WOW! Women on Writing Book Tour: Waterbury Winter by Linda Stewart Henley

Hello everyone! Welcome to another book review as part of a WOW! Women on Writing book tour! Up this time: Waterbury Winter by Linda Stewart Henley! *DISCLAIMER – I received a free digital copy of this book in exchange for a honest review as part of this book tour* The Stats: Pages: 264 Genre: Friendship & Mystery Publisher: She Writes Press We head to New England town Waterbury where we…

Christmas Activity Advent for Kids (w/50 activity ideas and 2 printables!)

Hello everyone! Yes it is early November, but now that Halloween has passed, if you’re like me you are getting into full Christmas prep mode. One part of Christmas that we love is the wide variety of Advent calendars! if you’re looking for a no-candy, no-toy, no-“stuff” (because Christmas is at the end of this countdown), why not consider a daily activity advent calendar? Get into the Christmas…

Have a Great Fall Season with Your Kids! (w/free printable)

Hello everyone! Fall is one of my favourite times of year! And while Facebook and Instagram are full of people having the “perfect” fall – we all know that things can’t always be perfect! Don’t forget about: – Days that are supposed to be chilly but actually feel like summer temperatures – how can you wear your cute fall outfits – Overcrowded fall festivals, pumpkin patches and U-Picks – Kids…

Well it’s been a hot minute since I updated my blog, and I have an actual good reason for it this time – this past November I had scheduled open heart surgery, with complications of a stroke. During COVID. If you want an example of medical trauma, look no further than here! If you remember in previous posts, I was born with a congenital heart defect, and the fun part about them is a certain…

Paper Snowflakes with Toddlers!

Do you have a toddler that doesn’t use scissors yet? Still want to make paper snowflakes with them? Try what G and I do! G colouring the snowflake templates we printed out. Try having your toddler colour your paper or template (I found some fun ones at First Palette) and you do the cutting after they are done! Our snowflake banner! What you’re left with is snowflakes that you can make a…

5 Activities You Can Do With Your Sensory Seeking Toddler

Do you have a toddler who is constantly moving, bouncing off the walls and loves things like big hugs, being tickled and having lots of blankets on top of them? They may be sensory seeking! While sensory seeking (or alternatively sensory avoidance) may lead to a future diagnosis in the realm of Sensory Processing Disorder, most people have sensory needs in some direction! We’ve been learning that…

Spread Christmas Cheer: send a Christmas card to a Canadian Armed Forced Member!

Hello everyone! It’s been a minute since I posted (I’ll let you know why when the time is right) but in our house we’ve been working on Christmas and we’ve already finished one of our traditions! Sending Christmas cards to active members of the Canadian Armed Forces who will be stationed away from their families over the Christmas season!

In this recent article, CTV Ottawa gives you all the…

Toddler Santa Letters w/Template (No Wish List)

Hello everyone! Are you starting to ramp up to Christmas at your house? We definitely are! This week G and I worked on his letter to Santa! This year I decided to make our own template with no wish list option, as getting a toddler to sit down and tell you what they want Santa to bring them, so I decided to just skip that step this time.

G decorating his letter to Santa

If you’re in…

Homemade Pupsicles for your Dog

Hello summer! Luckily for our dogs, they (among all other pets) seem to be the only ones who are positively effected by this pandemic, because we are have way more time to spend quality time with them.

One thing that dog owners have to be absolutely aware of during the summer is keeping our dogs warm, because dog’s are highly susceptible to heat stroke. While dogs are very eager to please and…

Container Gardening and some tips from a beginner

Hello everyone! This year we really stepped up our gardening game (as many others have during the pandemic)! Because we rent, we are container gardening this year, and we are excited for the potential!

This year we chose to do a variety of veggies and a bunch of flowers, most of which we started from seed! We have beans, tomatoes, carrots, lettuce, wildflowers, violas, petunias and geraniums…

Sewing: Twig + Tale Barefoot Romper

Hello everyone! As you know I am very enthusiastic about sewing, which of course overflows into my Etsy Shop! (Which is currently on vacation mode but I’m hoping to relaunch it for July and August, but more on that at a later date). I’d love to show you one of my recent creations: Twig + Tale’s Barefoot Romper! (Link to pattern)

Here’s some reasons why this pattern appealed to me:

– This…

Having Fun with Homemade Popsicles!

Hello everyone! If you’re a Mom like me, you like to know exactly what goes into your child(ren)’s food and snacks! I make a lot of G’s snacks from scratch so I can basically control exactly what goes into them, but also have some fun with them in the process! Today I’m going to talk about the fun popsicles I’ve been making for G!

Here’s what you’ll need:

⁃ popsicle moulds (I have and love this…

Toddler Summer Bucket List Ideas (Social Distancing friendly)

Hello everyone! I hope you have been well and staying safe! I know we are all anxious about what the world is going to look like now, and while brainstorming I decided to come up with a list of ideas for a summer bucket list that largely avoids crowded areas like parks, play places and other attractions. We’ve made the family decision to continue to avoid crowds with G, and are hoping we can…

Life in a Pandemic #COVID19 #COVID_19

Photo by Anna Shvets on Pexels.com

2020 really hasn’t turned out the way we were hoping has it? COVID-19 has really thrown a lot for a loop. People all over the world are sick and dying, school’s cancelled, attractions are closed, we can’t spend time with our friends, our kids can’t even play on a play structure. I guess this is life in a global pandemic.

Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.comI guess…