October means we will be taking a road trip back to Upper Canada Village to see Pumpkinferno! This has become a tradition for us as a family to take a drive and see these amazing pumpkins before Halloween. It really gets us in the spirit and what we love about…

The other day I found a great musician online and wanted to show the boys, so we watched a couple of music videos. Then in the last one, there was a scene with some old men and women in a nursing home, dancing. The nurse comes in to calm them…

I spend too much time looking for shows and movies that my husband and I can watch in the evening once the boys are asleep. He likes action and I like romantic comedies. Both of us are looking for an escape, a way to relax, something less educational or thought-provoking…

I’ve been a little quiet on the blog and on social lately. I’m doing a major decluttering of my home. While that doesn’t seem like a good reason to not be working over here, I can tell you it is. I am still in charge of three little people and…

Whenever we have had the absolute pleasure of visiting the ocean, we have always taken long walks on the beach and collected sea shells. I have a beautiful rectangular closed vase with sea shells from my childhood vacations, but I didn’t know what to do for my boys’ collections. So,…

Today I spent most of my day volunteering at my boys’ elementary school in the library. I’ve been volunteering for years and I’m happy to do so. But I can tell you that today was a record high temperature for September and the school is not equipped with a/c. It…