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Easter Basket Inspo
There is so much hope that comes with Easter. Hope that we cling to on the tougher days and hope that we get to celebrate as Easter approaches. We love making Easter BIG in our homes because it is such...
Kids Toys and Books
Spring Activities to do at Home
This Spring Break we filled out days with outside adventures and lots of fun activities indoors. We love Petit Collage and their innovative games and activities for children. Here are a few of our favourites we are using lately. What...
Kids Toys and Books
Homeschool Check IN
What we are loving lately for homeschool: Penguin Random House has published books we have loved for years! Now our kids enjoy many books from Penguin Random House such as Kick it Mo, Magic Tree House chapter book series and...
Kids Toys and Books
Love Baskets for Kids
LOVE DAY! It’s coming guys and we cannot pass up a reminder to spread a little love and joy to our kids and friends. Giving gifts is just the best and we rounded up a few ideas to give to...
Kids Toys and Books
One Thing You Can Do in a Pandemic With Kids: Get Outside
You guys we have had the most amazing January! For what feels like is always a tough month here in Vancouver, BC for weather (and then of course add in a Pandemic), the skies have really showed up and brought...
Food & Drink
Simplify: Love Child Organics
With four kids all under 5 years old, I’m constantly looking for ways to simplify our day. Dinner prep often gets done while the littlest naps and often I will prepare snacks for the kids in the morning when I’m...
Kids Toys and Books
Dancing Bears
Well we are almost at our Christmas break from our first year of homeschooling. To be honest I didn’t know how I would feel about homeschooling going into this journey. However, we are 4 months in and we are loving...
Family
Under The Tree: Grown Ups Edition
Ok friends, these gift ideas that we are sharing today are for you and your loved ones. Each company and product is either delicious or restful or a bit of both. We wanted to show you some of our favourite...
Kids Toys and Books
Under The Tree: Kids Edition
This is it guys! This is when we add some JOY back into our lives and create family memories this Christmas. As sisters, we both know there is so much joy in finding something that you know your kids will...
Kids Toys and Books
Shoebox Media: No Prep Learning Fun!
We have all had to make difficult choices when it comes to schooling for our kids and some of you may not have even had a choice. This year Cairo is doing Kindergarten part-time and I’ve been surprised at how...
Family
Kinsley is 5
Birthdays this year have look a whole lot different. Fortunately, Kinsley’s birthday was back in September and she was able to have 2 friends over to help her celebrate her special day! Kinsley loves everything to do with gardens. She...
Kids Toys and Books
Fall Creative Days with Djeco
The rain is falling hard here this morning and it definitely feels like Fall. Rainy mornings make for the perfect craft days and we are delighted to share a new brand we are using that carries so many different activities...
Kids Toys and Books
Homeschooling Books: Round One
Well, we are a few weeks into our adventure of a year of homeschooling two of our children and we are still settling into a rhythm and routine. We have been using many books as part of our learning, quiet...
Style
Just the Girls: Fall Threads from RW&CO
Today, on National Daughter’s day we are both thankful to have little girls. Girls who watch us, learn from us, and follow us. It is a real privilege; one that we don’t take lightly. Raising girls to be kind, content,...
Family
Rayne is 1
Like many families this year, our birthday party for our 1 year old looked very different from past birthdays. However, it was just as special and meaningful and we loved being able to give thanks for our sweet little Rayne....
Food & Drink
Best Snacks for School: FreeYumm
We love supporting local companies and FreeYumm makes delicious snacks with wholesome ingredients right here in Vancouver! With back to school season just around the corner, as a mom, I have to keep a healthy stock of snacks in my...
Kids Toys and Books
Summer Toys: Indoor and Outdoor
For obvious reasons (aka COVID), we have been enjoying a lot of time in our backyard this summer and exploring our local area. We wanted to share a few of our favourite summer toys our families have been loving this...
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A Tea Party with Itty Bitty Prettys
When we were little, tea parties were definitely magical. Whether we were inviting all our dolls and bears to tea or sipping tea out of a real, china tea cup with our mom and Grandma, tea was a part of...
Kids Toys and Books
Amazing Workbooks for Learning
This new collection of books for learning is a household favourite here. You guys, they are incredible, and not only that, but they are made by a Canadian company based in Quebec. They are originally a french based learning company...
Kids Toys and Books
Summer Reads
Five of our favourite summer reads for kids so far and a few fun gift ideas for any science lovers! Amazing Athletes : An incredible book for any sports enthusiast for all ages. Any boy or girl would love this...
Family
Cruz's Birth Story
Cruz Boston Carrasco May 5, 2020 11:10 pm 9 lbs 2 oz 22” Here we are again. Writing out my 4th birth story. I’m so grateful to God that we have four little healthy kids here on Earth and one...
Style
Freedom Moses
With a few days of warmer weather on the forecast this week and school finishing up we are definitely feeling the summer vibes. And we are ready. We asked our kids if they had two things they wanted to add...
Family
Honouring All the Mothers
For Mother’s Day we partnered with a few of our favourite shops to bless a few local mommas. We asked for your help in nominating moms who are front line workers, single moms and mom’s who deserve some love or...
Family
To the One We Were Not Expecting
I’m currently 38 weeks pregnant and just took a loaf of banana bread out of the oven because my current craving is ANY baking. Last night I knew that I wanted to write out my thoughts about having four children,...
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