Our Summer-ready routine

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It’s almost the official start of summer, but we have been lucky enough to experience summer weather in the Spring. Yes, I said lucky! That’s because I’m not really a winter person. Living in Canada I don’t exactly have a choice, but that’s why I soak up every single minute of warm weather and sunny […]

How Diabetes Has Touched My Life

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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Sun Life Financial for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. If you’ve been pregnant, you probably remember that “fun” medical test you took around 26 weeks. It consisted of drinking an unappetizing sweetened orange looking drink and some blood work – also known as […]

Why I’m ‘pro’ Kids Team Snacks

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I remember reading a blog post a few years back, about team snacks. This was well before I was knee-deep in the world of team sports with my kids. I appreciated the author’s position and the points that she made against team snacks. While it didn’t mean much to me at the time, as Kyle […]

How Shaw Kindness Sticks Grant program encourages kids to be kind

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I’ve always believed that the foundation to teaching any life lesson should begin at home. Kyle was just two years old when John and I implemented the “bucket” approach to kindness at home. Instead of saying “be nice” or “stop being mean” we refer to our children’s actions as either ‘bucket filling’ or ‘bucket dipping’. We […]

Your daughter isn’t different than my son

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It happened again, as it most certainly will continue to happen for the rest of my life. I received someone else’s opinion about the “tragedy” of having all boys as children. The thing is, I’ve heard it so often now that I have gotten to the point where I just shrug it off to ignorance […]

Will I regret this…

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Unfortunately, it’s usually when tragedy strikes that we think about what’s really important in life. Late Friday night, as I was scrolling through Twitter (yes, I still use it – mostly for news), I found out about the tragic accident that took place in Saskatchewan. When news came in that a bus carrying a team […]

Sometimes we need to lie to our kids

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Last week, a house three doors down from us was broken into. It was during the day, and the owner was home (so was his barking dog). When my neighbour went down stairs to see why the dog was barking, to his surprise, he found a stranger in his house! He immediately began to chase […]