Would it surprise you to know that Disney On Ice has a Team Mom? It makes perfect sense if you think about it. All these incredible performers need someone helping them out for schedules, travel and everything else involved in a Disney On Ice tour. Last October, I had the…

Last weekend, we took the boys for a ski day at one of our favourite family hills, Owl’s Head, in the Eastern Townships. We knew the hill was bought last year and was going to have 200 million dollars in renovations over the next 10-15 years. The hill had been…

I’ll admit, I was one of the thousands of people that jumped up and squealed when I saw that Marie Kondo launched an original 8-part series on Netflix. Perfectly timed for all of us after-Christmas cleaner-uppers, the series aired on January 1st. My Christmas decorations were still up, and I…

Tidying up, decluttering, whatever you call it, the amount of stuff we have is taking over our homes and our minds. If you have not binge-watched the new Netflix series with expert Marie Kondo, one thing I can tell you is the one major influx of items across all families…

Finding the meaning of Christmas again comes in the form of our children. This year, I had the pleasure of watching my children not open their gifts from Santa or Mama and Papa, but of each other. Their first and greatest desire, even after seeing what was waiting for them,…

I have a secret confession. One of my first college jobs was a gift-wrapper at a boutique in a local shopping mall. The boutique specialized in soaps and creams and was buzzing during the holidays with personalized gift baskets – made on the spot. That’s right. Being the young one…