Celebrating

The other night I was invited for the big reveal of the Magic Gift Workshop (or Atelier magique in French) at the CF Carrefour Laval shopping center. Now if you have been coming to Ask Mama MOE for a while, you know that I have a few feelings about shopping center…

Once the spooky celebrations are over, most parents ask, “What should we do with ALL the leftover Halloween candy?” Over the years, I have come up with my own tactics – here are my best leftover Halloween candy tips! Ok, ok, I know it’s November and there are lots of…

It’s a strange thing, really, this Halloween thing. I used to love it as a teenager. It was a moment of liberty, filled with parties, late nights, friends and scary costumes. We used to decorate the house with handmade tombstones on the front lawn (before they were available at every…

If you happen to be one of the over one million users on the new(ish) platform, Periscope, you might have caught my giveaway announcement last night. I’m so new to Periscope but I am giving it a shot, and I thought declaring how proud I am at being a Hallmark…

A while ago, I took a little bit of time and made this handy greeting card organizer. I can’t tell you how many times this has gotten me out of a jam when a card was needed for an event or holiday. My only downfall can be when I don’t…

Today as I drove home from my business class (more on that later), I saw a woman with headphones on and she was walking with her arms raised, singing away. It made me smile. Shortly after that, I saw a bag of golf clubs at the bus stop. Strange, I…

The older I get, the more I see that not all people experienced the unconditional love of a father like I did. To me, that’s so sad. Here are a few things that struck me with my Dad: I could call him at any hour of the night if I…

I haven’t written much lately for a lot for reasons and one of the most exciting reasons is because my sister had her first baby!! I’ve been going over to help out when I can and it reminded me of all the things I needed during my first weeks with…

Did you happen to see the Google search image yesterday? If not, here it is:Google commemorated the comic series on its 45th anniversary with this image. I remember growing up with these characters and now my children love them. We have the comic books, the children’s books and the videos…

Home is comfort and warmth, inside and out Home is the safest place on earth with the most compassion Home is fun and silly, where I can be my true self and will be loved as I am.   Well, they can’t fit all that on a pillow, but the…