At the age of 11, Sydney is fast approaching the age when she'll be avoiding hanging with me. These days I am often greeted by rolled eyes or "le sighs" when I suggest spending time together. When I was offered the chance to attend We Day in Toronto with Team Telus Advocates I knew this would be one outing that Sydney would truly dig experiencing with me. We drove down to Toronto and stayed in a hotel the night before We Day because the area was a madhouse in the morning. Then we made our ...
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First Time at Summer Camp…How This Mama Got Homesick
This year for the very first time my kids went to sleep away summer camp! After doing a ton of research and encouraging the girls that they could do this...we booked for a week at Ontario Pioneer Camp in Muskoka. This happened to fall smack-dab during a time when my husband would be away for business so for the first time in years my time would be my own! Sweet mercy, the things I could do in a week alone! I had visions of dancing in my undies like Tom Cruise; shopping with NO time ...
A Fresh Way to Fundraise for Your School with Fresh from the Farm
The end of the school year has arrived and many parents around the world are rejoicing as their time becomes more unstructured and the challenge of a creative school lunch is put off for a few months. This summer the girls and I will be travelling as much as possible and I am determined to be prepared for school when September rolls around. Somehow each year I end up scrambling around, as if the calendar sped up. One of the items on my list for the Fall is to get together with one of our ...
Driving Over 20 Hours in a 2015 GMC Yukon XL Denali
This year our family took the longest road trip of our lives, we drove from Toronto to South Carolina and then down to Florida. That's over 20 hours of driving and 2100 km!! As we were considering this trip, we were frightened about the actual time involved and being comfortable but also wary of the potential gas costs. My darling husband is the guy who would have liked to drive straight through but with my Father In Law living in South Carolina, it was a fantastic opportunity to stop in for a ...
Good Friday – A Day of Mixed Emotions and Sacrifice
"It is finished." Good Friday is a day when we're off work on a statutory holiday, perhaps you're running around getting things prepared for an Easter celebration with your family and friends but for many Christians it's a day of gratitude and deep sadness all wrapped into one. This is the day our Lord and Saviour was murdered...the day in which all of our sins were cast aside by his sacrifice and that is a quandary of emotions. When I was a child, I attended a Summer Bible Camp a lady ...