Have you ever been to the International Hot Air Balloon Festival near Montreal? Well, now is your chance! The good folks at the festival are giving one lucky family tickets to attend! The Montgolfieres Festival in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is already on its way and going on until August 17th. I’ve been…

If you weren’t following me on Instagram you wouldn’t know it, but my family and I took a t big trip to Europe this summer to visit family. It was incredible! There are so many nuggets of knowledge, insight, and just plain awesome that can come out a trip away…

It’s August. August, mamas! Can you believe it?! Every summer when August hits, I start to get a little shaky. I think about back-to-school planning, and just how many days are left without a school routine with homework and packed lunches… So aside from a bunch of back-to-school posts which…

OK, mamas, this is a good one. A great one! I am so thrilled to announce this giveaway because it is so amazing! If you haven’t heard of Walking With Dinosaurs, the Arena Spectacular, let me tell you about it. The show is based on the award-winning BBC TV series.…

Is it possible? Yes! Ok maybe not always, but it’s worth a shot. My kids are at the stage of building and constructing, and they have been for some time now.  It’s great! It uses their imagination and I love to see what they will make next. When a special…

You read right. How, you might ask, did it get so insanely insurmountable? Like many of you, I get a lot of daily e-mails and they don’t necessarily get deleted. In this case, the account holding the 6000+ e-mails never saw the delete button in over three years. It was…