Family Activities

As I have mentioned many times over, I am a big believer in buying local produce. I don’t just support local farming because I want to help local business, I also do it because the local produce here in Canada is fantastic. So when the producers of strawberries and raspberries…

Water balloons. It’s always been a love-hate relationship, am I right? Or at least it has always been with me. As a kid, trying to fill the water in the balloons and then tie them individually was always a long and tedious event. And now as a parent of three…

Ever imagine what it would look like if a grown man was slow dancing with a giant cricket? Or have you ever dreamed that your watering can transformed into a robot picking flowers? How about watching two loving hummingbirds exchanging beaks? Not in my wildest dreams could I have I…

Celebrating after loss is a very difficult step in the grieving process. These little steps have helped me learn how to celebrate after loss. As a mama, you know there is no time to slow down. To stop and smell the roses can exist, but it hardly ever exists alone…

Disney On Ice is back again celebrating 100 years of Disney Magic! The heart-warming characters that we have known since childhood, and the new favourites of our children are all on their way to Montreal with a new show. And this will be the first time Anna, Elsa and other…

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…

It’s that time of year again! The magical world of Disney is on its way to Montreal with its new show, Treasure Trove. Presented by Evenko and Feld Entertainment, the show will be a medley of tales spanning 50 years from the first animated film, Snow White and the Seven…

I hear a lot about the benefits of yoga for adults, but just imagine if all those amazing benefits began at an early age. What would it change in the little person growing up? How would it help them, or even empower them? I spoke with my sister, Angela Chiarella,…

If you were following along, last year I got to meet and interview Anthony “Buckets” Blakes of the world famous Harlem Globetrotters. What a stand up guy he is. It was a great day hearing him talk to Montreal students about sports, and the bullying prevention outreach program they initiated…

Today is the first of two days where Montreal hosts We Day at the Theatre St Denis. The event is like no other I have been to, and if you talk to anyone that has been, they say the same thing. Part concert, part motivational speakers, the full day experience…