Books

It’s fair to say that if you were a child born in the late seventies to early eighties in Canada, you knew and adored the musical trio phenomenon, Sharon, Lois and Bram. Not only are they the OGs of children’s music, but they were everywhere: on the radio, on our…

As I was putting away our Halloween decorations and replacing seasonal books in our family library, I came across some wonderful read-aloud books for fall. As my boys get older, we are filtering out some of our reading collections and removing younger books. In doing this, I thought it would…

Explore the Unofficial Hocus Pocus Cookbook with me and get inspired for your next best Halloween recipe! Growing up in the age of Disney specials and 80’s and 90’s Halloween, Hocus Pocus became a yearly favourite for my sister and I. A couple of years back, I finally showed it…

Have your kids come home from school this past month sharing what they are learning about Black History? If they are, there is one person we must all thank: Akilah Newton. February was first declared Black History Month across Canada in 1995. That was after I graduated from high school,…

I saw the Star Wars Trilogy when I was very young. The first movie, Star Wars IV – A New Hope, was released a week or so after I was born, in 1977. When I saw the first released movie (it’s so confusing, but for the sake of argument, I’m…

Looking to build your Christmas library so that you can have the best books for this time of year? Take a look at our carefully-curated list! We have these books in our Christmas library and we pull them out each year to read and enjoy together. It takes time to…

Planning a long road trip? I got’cha covered! One thing that has always worked well for my family is Road Trip Activity Bin. You’ll be amazed at how a simple bin full of goodies can keep your kids entertained for hours! As a family, we spend many hours on the…

Slowly but surely, I have been compiling a list of children’s books to review here and will be adding a new page of book reviews to my blog in 2017. So I thought now would be a good time to introduce you to some new books I received for review…

I recently had the chance to hang out with friends and the conversation came up about princesses. One mother was not into getting her daughter princess costumes. One part of me got it, even though I have three boys. Sometimes princess dress-up can go a little overboard with full on…

If you went to school within a 500-mile radius of Stratford, Ontario, then you might have been lucky enough to take a school trip to the Stratford Festival. Montreal is a good six or more hours away from Stratford but the festival left such an impression on me when I…