Mama Moe

Back-to-school is a hectic time of year. Here are my best tips for how to simplify school lunches to ease-up your morning routine. It’s been a little while since the kids have been back to school. It’s also about the time where most mamas I speak to tell me they are…

Dare I write the words down: Next week, summer is officially over. As hair-raising as I found the boys sometimes this summer, having them home with us is always so amazing. We learn a lot about them. In the midst of chaos, we get mini one-on-one conversations and discover their creative sides, thoughts…

This summer, I read Mitch Albom’s The Five People You Meet In Heaven. If you haven’t read it, it is a book that you can finish in a day. In my case, I managed to finish it through the summer here and there when I had a quiet moment (as…

You might think that being a mama, I would love the fall season. You’d be wrong. I used to love it. It used to bring anticipation, excitement, even happiness. I loved the colours as the leaves began to change. I loved the cool crisp air, just cool enough to wear…

It’s time to go nuts, Montreal! When I heard that Ice Age On Ice was touring North America for the first time and coming to Montreal, I was so excited! My boys are BIG fans of the Ice Age films and as a family, we think all the characters are…

A little while back, my family and I were treated to a trip to Ottawa to experience the first stop on the LEGO Imagine Nation Tour in Canada. We had the BEST time! And when I say “we” I mean it. We are LEGO loving family, so this was awesome. We…

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…

Need some kid-friendly gift ideas? Gift cards for kids are underrated! Here are my top picks of gift cards that are great for little ones! I’m not opposed to gift cards for birthday gifts, because sometimes, you just don’t know what a little person likes or doesn’t like these last…

I will admittedly tell you I was not a big fan of Dr. Seuss books growing up. It just didn’t seem to be the books I gravitated to. But shortly after my first son was born, my sister and Grandma MOE gifted some classic Dr. Seuss books to us. I…