Travel

This holiday season, give the gift of family memories. Here’s how we created the perfect holiday experience on our road trip to Quebec City. 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…

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…

Take a look at this no-nonsense list of family beach gear must-haves. With this list, you’ll be fully prepped for ALL of your summer adventures! 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…

Spending Easter Sunday at the Vatican is an experience like no other! 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…

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…

Come on a fall road trip with us! We’re headed on another fall adventure with Ford Canada, and we hope you enjoy this Ford Expedition review. The beginning of school always comes with some relief, tension and anxiety all mixed together. And now that school is really in full swing,…

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…

If you have children old enough to show an interest in the phone you carry around, you know that they are keen to want to “play” with it. As soon as they can swipe a screen, kids are so intrigued by the idea of making pictures, seeing video and pretty…