Around Ottawa: Coming up – Touch a Truck, Bird Day Fair, Shenkman Celebrates
It’s a busy time of year in Ottawa! The sun is shining (mostly) and there are many family friendly activities happening in the area. Here are a few that will be taking place…
10 Years Married
Today is our 10th wedding anniversary. This post will be short. We are finishing packing up to head for a quick weekend away to the Niagara region, just the two of us, to…
Recipe: Sundried Tomato and Red Pepper Mac and Cheese
If you participated in the recent Kraft Canada Twitter party, you may have noticed that I tweeted a picture of my twist on Mac and Cheese using the new Kraft shredded cheese with…
My Current Music Obsession
I always tease my husband that when he finds a song or an album he likes, he plays it over and over and over again. There’s a Buck Cherry song that I can’t…
Recipe: Cottage Cheese Salad Side Dish
→ Keep reading until after the recipe to find out how you can enter to win 12 Gay Lea product coupons! ← When we visit my Mother in Law in the summer, we always…
It goes bump in the night
*yes, this is a true story. Yes, this is typical of us. Once we thought there was a mouse in the garage and we reacted the same way basically. ;)* ______ It was…
Recipe: Easy Flat Bread Pizza with Renée’s Dressing
You know those meals you need to make really quickly because you are heading out the door for baseball with the entire family and your husband just has enough time to get home,…
The Ottawa International Children’s Festival – until May 14, 2014
Have you been to the Ottawa International Children’s Festival before? For whatever reason, I haven’t. I had the opportunity to take both kids today and I have to say I really wish I…
Mother’s Day in Ottawa 2014
Do you have Mother’s Day plans yet? Mine are fairly simple but I’ll be doing what I love surrounded by those I love. Sure, our morning has a few of the kids’ regularly…
Blog Advertiser: The Academy for Musical Theatre
I make no attempt to hide my love for live theatre. I’ve written about it on this blog before, about how special I think it is for children to experience it, and for…









