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Strawberry Pickin' at Driediger Farms
I love carrying on traditions with my own children that I loved as a child. Every summer I remember our mom taking us berry picking to the local berry farm. It was typically warm, a lot of work, but always...
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New Patio Seating for Summer
Summer is here and we are basically living outdoors! Cairo wakes up in the morning and immediately asks to go outside and I am always game. Anyone else agree that parenting is just easier in the summer months? We finally...
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Dreaming of Summer Days
It's usually a weekly meet up at our parents house for these guys, especially in the spring/summer months because good weather means we are outside ALL day. Kids are just made to be outside; we find they are better behaved,...
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How to Get Your Kids to Eat More of Their Dinner
When I am making dinner, sometimes my kids ask if they can help. If they are involved in the cooking and preparing process, I find them much more interested in eating their meal or trying something new at the dinner...
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Loving Our Kids Well
With Valentine's Day tomorrow, we took some time to meet and chat with some of our friends and have a conversation about loving our kids well. As moms and women, our lives quickly get busy. Our days get filled with...
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Cairo's bedtime routine
All kids are different. You have heard it a million times and even with your own kids you have seen first hand how two kids, from the same parents, really can be so different. Even so, I wanted to share...
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Ezri's birth story
Ezri [ez-ree] is just over a month and a half old and we have been blessed with a little babe that sleeps so here I am, finding some time in Oregon while both kids are napping, to write out her...
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It's Always a Tetley Tea Party
When it rains, it pours here in the Fraser Valley. We can't complain because we love where we live but as moms to 4 under 4, we are constantly cooking up creative ideas for inside days with our kids. When...
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Merry Christmas Eve
Think back to one of those rough nights that you have had as a mom or dad. You know the one. Up multiple times in the night, some times for multiple hours. Maybe multiple kids are awake at 3am. Oh...
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The Heart of Christmas
For me, Christmas is one of the most wonderful times of the year. But we also recognize it is a hard time of year for some people and many people are in need of love, friends, food, clothes or simply...
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A Christmas tradition
I was just chatting with our friend Linda who lives with my parents; she is an international student from Germany, studying at Trinity Western University and has grown to become part of our family. We were staring at our Christmas...
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Stockings for Her
I am a traditions girl and love continuing them on with my own family. Every year my hubby and I do stockings for each other and I love it. I remember our first year married, on Christmas morning, I went...
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Our Holiday Favourites
My husband and I were just reflecting on what an amazing holiday Christmas is - there is so much build up, the Christmas season lasts for so long, and there is no other holiday that is quite like it. Every...
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The Polar Express
Last weekend we surprised our children and drove to Squamish for a ride on The Polar Express . Jake loves trains so he literally squealed in delight when we walked into the Railway station. We have never been on The...
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Cairo's New Room
This kid. So full of joy (with momentary tantrums) and talks about meeting his baby sister so often I just about can't handle it. We knew that we would have to move him out of his crib and get him...
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Wrapped Up for Christmas with Minted
Thank you to Minted who provided product for this post, all opinions and thoughts are our own. Wrapping gifts is one of my favourite things to do during the Christmas season. For me, I love adding personal touches to gifts...
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Wonder at the Vancouver Aquarium
If you grew up in Vancouver you have probably heard of, or better yet, have been to the Vancouver Aquarium. It was an honour to be able to take our kiddos to spend a day with the ocean life. We...
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Keepin' it Clean
Does anyone else find that in the fall and winter you are constantly washing your hands? Maybe it's because I have little children in my life but I feel like I am constantly cleaning, scrubbing and washing something that has...
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Bump Update: 2 weeks to go
I'm basically counting down the minutes at this point, just ready to get this sweet babe out of this body and into our arms. The last few weeks are kind of rough: I'm mostly uncomfortable, usually awake a lot in...
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Happy Birthday Cairo and Kinsley!
Ok, let me just start off by saying that joint birthday parties are the best. Kinsley and Cairo.......you will be having a joint party for the rest of your lives so get used to it. These cuties are born exactly...
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The Prettiest Lunch You Ever Did See
Fall has arrived here in Vancouver and with each season comes a new reason to celebrate and find joy. It has been raining a lot here this past week and I mean A LOT! However, rain always makes me appreciate...
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Singing in the Car
Car rides. Sometimes it can be my worst time of the day....can any other mothers relate? There is just something about getting everyone inside the car, buckled in their seat and keeping them happy and content while you drive a...
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Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Am I right? Some days, we just wanna have a little fun! We rounded up some of our favourite girls and took some time to pamper, laugh and try new things together. Lauren and I love having a younger sister....
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8.5 Week Countdown
Not only has this pregnancy gone by super quickly, but I also feel like I am trying my best to cherish my last two months with just Cairo being the only kid in the house. We had a lot of...
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