Boomerang Kids $100 Gift Card Giveaway (Canada)

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The holidays are fast approaching (yikes) and if you have kids to buy for, I’m sure your list is never-ending.  However, that might also mean that you’re spending more than you’d really like. While I believe in consumerism as a great driver of our economy, I also like to think of myself as a savvy […]

Is the violence in professional hockey impacting our kids?

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I’ve written several posts about my son’s love of hockey.  In fact, I’ve even compared him to Sidney Crosby.  He’s obsessed with hockey in so many ways.  He loves playing hockey in our basement, collecting hockey stickers, watching it on television and he even has dreams about hockey (we’ve heard him sleep talk about the […]

CanadaHelps.org makes it easy to give back on ‘Giving Tuesday’

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There is Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Run all of your errands Sunday (yes I just made that up), Cyber Monday & now, most importantly, there is Giving Tuesday! I am definitely a consumer, a big one. I’m passionate about brands and quality but I’m just as passionate about giving back to those less fortunate. While […]

Hot Wheels Roto-Arm Revolution Giveaway (Canada) #UnwishList

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Our house often resembels a mini ‘Toys R Us’… or at least a toy store where a hurricane recently went through.  Luckily, we have tons of storage bins to put everything in for a quick clean-up.  Not surprisingly in our house of boys, almost a third of the bins are filled with vehicles. This year, […]

The Holidays at Our House; Also Known as Chrismukkah #SearsMom

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While my husband and I are raising our kids Jewish (I’m Jewish, John isn’t), things aren’t always so straight forward.  That’s why when it comes to the winter holidays, we celebrate both!  Hanukkah with my family and Christmas with John’s.  Enter Christmukka (Christmas meets Hanukkah)!  Basically, it’s the best of both worlds, especially for my […]

Hanukkah Arts and Crafts Activities In a Box

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Tomorrow night we light the first light of the Hanukkia.  This year, more than ever, I want to make Hanukkah extra special at our house.  Mostly because my oldest son is three years old and he’s starting to understand the meaning of holidays and living in Canada, he’s surrounded with Christmas all around him. Unfortunately, […]

Evenflo Symphony All-In-One Car Seat Giveaway! (Canada)

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The word Evenflo has become a household name for my family.  In fact, whenever I mention Evenflo, my husband belts out Pearl Jam’s rendition of “Even flow”.  But truly, we have been fans for a while now.  For my first child, Kyle, we purchased the Evenflow stair gate and ExerSaucer. Both were great as they […]

Shopping for the holidays with the kids? Mattel can help! Check out the Digital Shop ‘n Play at the CN Tower

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Last week I took my sons with me holiday shopping!  And guess what? We survived!  My secret? I did my shopping at the pop-up Mattel Digital Shop ‘n Play at the base of the CN Tower. Running until December 8th, the pop-up retail experience offers holiday shoppers an interactive shopping concept coupled with digital brand play, […]

Walt Disney Studio’s Planes Blue-Ray Combo pack Review

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If you and your children loved Disney’s “Cars” movies, you are sure to enjoy the franchise’s newest movie, Planes! The movie is available on Blu-ray Combo Pack, just in time for the holiday season. Disney Planes Movie Review This is a heartfelt movie about an underdog plane named Dusty, a crop duster who wants to become a racer.  […]