Local Love

Last year, we got to experience a brand-new addition to the Cadillac Fairview holiday celebrations, called the Magic Gift Workshop. We went as a family to check it out at CF Carrefour Laval shopping mall. To check out our first experience, you can click here. My boys loved the Magic…

The first time we brought the boys to see the CP Holiday Train roll into our local train station was when they were just little. Their eyes lit up when they saw the train full of lights and heard the whistle blowing. The very Canadian experience has been going on…

My charity event, Shopping From The Heart, has been a labor of love for me. It started out as a small idea, and with the help of my blog, was able to become something special. And while it has grown each year, I felt that there needed to be a…

The Disney princesses will be taking the ice in Montreal with a new Disney On Ice show! If your children have been following the Dream Big Princess stories and love princesses, you will not want to miss the show when it comes to Montreal. Four princesses will be skating their stories…

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…

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…

If you love the smell of lavender, this will make you happy – the Quebec company, Bleu Lavande, known for their cosmetic creams and essentials oil, has now created a line of cleaning products with their lavender, called Loft. Bleu Lavande said is was an easy decision to add Loft…

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…

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…