Travel

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…

This summer, we finally got around to watching Disney’s Maleficent as a family. One of my boys loves all things fairy tales and magic. My two other boys didn’t seem to interested, and my husband full-out hates these genres. He is more into action and drama movies. So, it took…

As parents, we can talk the talk, but can we walk the walk? Telling our kids that going to school will be OK is the right thing to do. Encouraging them by saying things like “you got this” is great but when they look up at you and say, “how…

When the boys were little, we took road trips to beaches in Canada and the US. Through our experiences, I wrote a post about what to bring on a road trip to the beach. It has a few lists (for the car, for the beach and for the cooler). It’s…

Picture it: 2003, Rome. My husband and I were in our first years of married bliss, living in Milan and Easter in Rome was just a train ride away. People travel from all over the world to visit Rome, but to see a Sunday mass, and on Easter Sunday, well…

I would never have believed it if you had told me I could pack like we did for our last vacation. Never! I was never a great packer. I have always over packed. And truth be told, I would take the last hours before a trip, second guessing what to…

In Montreal, our March break cannot be titled a “spring break” because we still have ice and snow EVERYWHERE. It can actually mess with your mind because you still feel like you are in hibernation mode and then, just like that, spring is almost over and your errands and activities…

Tidying up, decluttering, whatever you call it, the amount of stuff we have is taking over our homes and our minds. If you have not binge-watched the new Netflix series with expert Marie Kondo, one thing I can tell you is the one major influx of items across all families…

The beginning of school always comes with some relief, tension and anxiety all mixed together. And now that school is really in full swing, the boys have been feeling the routine of their homework and tests a little more. So, to break from the standard weekend, we decided to take…

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…