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Even if you celebrate Easter or not, there are so many fun things to do this long weekend.  You don’t need to be Catholic or believe in the Easter bunny to enjoy some spring weather and enjoying some activities as a family.  If you are celebrating Easter, You know how exciting the arrival of the Easter Bunny can be, but you have to wait a few days to enjoy all the chocolates that it brings.  You…

Come Rain Or Come Shine

The weather is slowly turning into spring weather, which means more rainy days.  It might be hard to take the kids outside because you are checking the clouds to make sure Mother Nature doesn’t rain on your parade.  There might be that internal struggle with giving your kids permission to get dirty.  All you can think about is the mess that they will make.  You might need to risk it and take your…

As I was shopping in the mall, I could help but think about how I need to hide the items that I bought for my kids. I was thinking about where I would hide everything. I could put everything in my closet or in the basement somewhere. I just need to put it somewhere that the kids will never look. I started to feel bad that I had to hide these things from my kids. I didn’t want them to find out…

There are some memories from my childhood that are still hard on me to think about.  I was a bit of an outcast and the kids at school didn’t miss a moment to let me know.  To make matters worse, I found out I needed glasses and I really wasn’t happy about it.  It gave the kids even more reason to say something about me.  Some days I wouldn’t wear my glasses because I didn’t like what the kids…

The weather in our area has been very hot and cold. I am used to March bringing the rain and April having sweater weather. We have had a snowstorm in at the end of March! I am still worried that a snowstorm is right around the corner. It’s hard not to think that the good weather is so far away. All we want to do is hibernate until the warm weather comes back. It’s important to focus on spring…

Cheers! Here’s to you! You have made it through another week of having kids. You deserve a glass of wine to celebrate this achievement. The drink doesn’t have to be wine and it can be whatever drink you prefer. There has been some night that my husband and I toast with a cold glass of chocolate milk. We have managed to get all three kids to bed before 10pm. We have worked up a sweat carrying them…

This weekend I officially became a dance mom!  I guess I was a dance mom before but on Friday my girl was in her first competition.  I have never danced before and all I know about dance is from the TV show Dance Moms.  This show was really intense with the girls dancing all the time.  Their teacher was all about the win and went so far as to be thrown in jail trying to win at life.  Even though…

The Adventures of R and C

Over the years, my family have made friends with two boys named R and C (I have changed their names for privacy and if you know who they are, keep it to yourself).  I have had the pleasure of watching these two adventurous boys over the summer and a few times during the school year.  I choose to watch them out of the joy they bring to my life and the adventures we have.  In no way is it due to…

Every once and awhile I suffer a large amount of head pain.  My head throbs some times for a reason and so times out of nowhere.  I can’t pinpoint when or where a headache will come to me. I just know that when it comes it has the power to take me out.  These headaches can be so bad that coffee can’t cure it and for those who know me know coffee solve most of my problems.  On the weekend, I got a…

For the longest time, I didn’t drive at all.  I was afraid of driving for many reasons and didn’t see the reason to get that little card that gives me permission to drive.  I live in a big town and everything I needed was so close by.  I could just walk or take the bus and I would be where I needed to go.  During the summer, my family would travel all together on planned vacations and my dad…

Some times life gives you little moments to grow from.  You can choose to be inspired by any and every moment in your life.  Instead of wishing you had more in your life, you can be inspired to create that for yourself.  It will mean so much more to you if you create it for yourself.  Turn each moment into something that can motivate you and push you to do better.  You can even be inspired by…

My New Blue Shirt

We travel this past week on a beautiful trip to Calgary. My husband has some family there and my mother in law bought our family plane tickets for Christmas. My kids have been waiting on a plane since to travel all together to a new place. The kids have been asking me every day if today is the day we leave. My mother in law even created a count down calendar to show the kids how many days until…

We have gone on a giant family vacation.  We went for 6 days to visit family over a break in school.  We had to take a 4-hour plane ride to join them where they live.  I didn’t realize there are so many things you need to bring when travelling with kids.  We have never travelled with 2 kids and now we decided to travel with all 3 kids.  Children need a bag along with all of their favourite toys. …

Have Your Cake And Eat it Too!

It’s my Birthday week! Yes, I have a week! Why not take each day of the week to celebrate me? I have a bunch of friends and family that want to celebrate with me. I try to spread out the visits over the week so I can have some quality time with everyone. I am so lucky to have so many people that want to see me on my Birthday. The only problem with celebrating on multiple days is that everyone…

Right now, I am hoping on a flight to visit some family and start an adventure with my kids over a break in school.  I am sure I will have a blog post all about the joys of travelling with your kids. I am proud to say that today is my birthday and I have turn 33 this year.  I feel a lot older than my age and what look like.  It’s really nice to still get carded at the liquor store but I feel a…

I have known my husband for a long time.  We met when we were in high school.  He would always pick me up for dates with a fresh clean shave.  At first, I didn’t think he could grow a beard.  He didn’t even have a hair on his face.  When we got married, we started living together and getting more comfortable.  We both stop shaving and let nature take its course.  Almost overnight, a manly beard…

Today, my kids have a day off of school and cofee is really helping me get through the day.  Usually, I would be very excited to have a cuddle day.  This is also the official beginning of March break.  The kids have a whole week off of school after this.  Luckily for me, I have filled our days with fun stuff before we jump on a plane for a mini holiday.  Don’t worry because I have all the blogs…