Christmas & New Year

I don’t remember the last time I truly made a New Year’s resolution. Not because I don’t want to set goals for myself, but I don’t want to limit them to January 1st. I like to see where the year brings me and role with things as they come my…

As our children get a little older and our lifestyle changes, we tend to place more value on experiences as gifts. In fact, no joke, this year, when I asked my boys what they wanted for Christmas, their answer was “nothing”. And while I will always have something under the…

I feel this is the first year that I am truly taking stock of everything that is in our home, what will be coming into our home, and how we are gifting. I am by no means a minimalist, and I know as a family we do create waste, but…

It’s that time of year again when we are all getting ready for the holidays. As a Christian family, December 1st marks the beginning of Advent for us. Literally, the word Advent means ‘coming’, and the entire month is dedicated to preparing in anticipation for Christmas. That can mean different…

Oh, Montreal. Why you gotta be so cold?! Seriously, I am in full hibernation mode here. My boys are braver than me and can handle the cold better, for short bursts of time. But at -30°C no one should be outside for long. My poor husband was dreaming of skiing…

I had a little reflection just before Christmas. It stemmed from the segment I had on BTMontreal about meaningful gifts for the holidays (with 5k views and counting, it seems to be something people were very interested in!). Now that our gifts have been opened, and we have eaten our…

Christmas is just around the corner and I know some of you might be looking for that extra special “wow” gift for your kids. Hasbro has stepped up its game in the tech department and I have three suggestions that are new and amazing. DropMix – Created in collaboration with…

We have all of these book in our Christmas library and we pull them out each year to read and enjoy together. It takes time to build up such a collection but it’s a beautiful tradition to add a book each year. I know some families wrap books for each…

It’s that time of year again when we get to celebrate with family and friends! Have you done your holiday shopping? Oh, I see. Have you started? I know, it’s a busy time of year. I’m in the same boat as you. I still have a few teacher gifts to…

This morning, I had the pleasure of sitting down on the Breakfast Television couch with Derick Fage to chat about feel-good gift giving. I’m all for gift giving and making my kids feel extra special on Christmas morning, but I can admit, and so can they, that we have way…