Recipe: Roast Chicken and Tomato Basil Pasta
This impressive dish for roasting your chicken with herbs and tomatoes, making the sauce from those ingredients and serving over fresh pasta is perfect for entertaining, but easy enough for a weeknight meal
Ottawa Giveaway: Enter to Win Four Tickets to Broadway Across Canada
The King and I is coming to the National Arts Centre, and you can win four tickets to the opening night show! As you know, we love seeing stage shows. Last year when…
10 years old
I feel like as of January 1st, I hopped on a roller coaster and it hasn’t stopped. I’m not complaining, because usually I find the first part of the year the longest part…
OTTAWA: ENTER TO WIN tickets to a family show – Emily Brown and the Thing
This giveaway is in partnership with the City of Ottawa Readers, you know how much I love sharing theatre/stage shows that you can bring the kids too! And this time, I have a…
Our 2019 Walt Disney World Vacation
I’m still trying to adjust to being back after a fantastic week away at Walt Disney World. This wasn’t the first time going with our kids, it was actually our fourth. The first…
Why being prepared for cold and flu season is so important
There is no worse feeling as a parent than when our children aren’t feeling well. My kids are 9 and 12, and we’ve had many years of colds, fevers and ailments. Whether the…
Ottawa PD Day Activities and camps – January 25, 2019
Here are some events and activities happening for the PD Day in Ottawa on January 25. I’ve also included some places offering special full day child care for the day as well! PD…
Recipe: My Favourite Fish Chowder
I’ve often written about how much we love the East Coast. And seafood. One of my most favourite things to make recently is a seafood boil (and you can find the recipe for…
A New Year, A New Plan
There is always something refreshing about January. The back to school season is the official kick off for what my kids’ consider to be their new year, but for many of us, it’s…
Cumberland Heritage Village Museum: Vintage Village of Lights
Every year, for the past many years, our family has looked forward to the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum‘s annual Christmas event – the Vintage Village of Lights which closes for the season after…









