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Christmas for Kids
December is here and if you are anything like us, you have been Christmas shopping since August. Well, at least perusing and seeing what special items you can give to others this Christmas. Both of us get SO MUCH JOY...
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Let's Play with Osmo
Are your kiddos as excited as ours for Frozen 2 coming out today?! It seems like a wonderful way to start this holiday season. I remember as a child, loving when the Sears Wishbook catalogue would show up at our...
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Sports All Day
It’s no secret, in both Chelsea and I’s household, we loves sports. We won’t miss watching a major sporting event and we love getting outside and kicking a soccer ball around in the fall or throwing the football on the...
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Holidays with Calico Critters
After a wonderful thanksgiving weekend here in Canada, we are feeling thankful and reminded of our many blessings. For me, after Thanksgiving, I’m always ready to start decorating for Christmas immediately, however in our home, we usually wait until after...
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Cairo's New Ride
Scooters have come a long way since I was a kid. I remember having a metal Razor with rollar blade size wheels and only being able to turn it so far before you jack-knifed it. But man I loved doing...
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Fall into Reading
The leaves are changing colours, we are seeing pumpkins on everyones doorstep and there is a crispness in the air. Fall Is definitely here and summer is over. While we mourn the warm summer nights, there is always a certain...
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Playing House with Calico Critters
I don’t know why, but it always brings me such joy when I see my children playing make believe “house”. I think I am encouraged that they are watching what I do and trying to copy my actions on their...
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Great Pretenders
I love watching my children come up with stories and watch them bring it to life. From an early age, fostering opportunities for children to use their imagination is so important. It can be as a simple as pretending an...
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Raincoast Summer Books
Well, we are packing up for a week away at Family Camp which means we will be playing tetris in our cars the next few hours making sure every thing fits. Two things we always make sure we have with...
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Books from Clever Publishing
If you have been following us for any length of time you know that we post regularly about books and new titles that we have been reading with our kids. We are the type of people that really have to...
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Summer Fun
School is officially out for summer and now that your children are home for two months, what exactly are you doing to do all day with them? We have rounded up some of our favourite brands for summer fun and...
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New Christian Titles to Add to Your Bookshelf
Reading before bedtime has always been an evening ritual in our home. After my kids climb into bed, I let them read quietly by themselves for a few minutes before I come back in and do devotions. I find that...
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Learning about Space
Lately our kids have been interested in space. I love jumping onto a theme or subject that they have questions about and making that our focus for play that week. Kids activities can last quite a bit longer when your...
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Candy Free Easter Baskets
No candy or chocolate in your kids’ Easter baskets?! Are you crazy?! Well, I’m sure we will slip in a few chocolates or treats into their Easter basket, but I love hearing about non-food ideas for Easter baskets. We do...
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DK Books
Books! Books! Books! We seriously love reading books in our homes and it is such an amazing quiet activity for kids as well as both educational and engaging. We make frequent trips to our local libraries, garage sales, bookstores and...
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Valentine's Day DIY with OOLY
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and we are always up for a creative, handmade activity to remind our kids to love others. OOLY makes our favourite art products for children so we laid out our favourite supplies to...
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Gift Ideas for Kids
The most wonderful time of year is just around the corner and one of our highlights on Christmas Eve is filling our children’s stockings. If you can’t tell in this picture below, our kiddos are so pumped for Christmas! There...
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Raincoast Christmas Books
We’ve got a round up of some new favourite Christmas books for the season - all from Raincoast Books . They are heartwarming, joy-filled, and just exciting books that our kids are loving. So if you are looking for a...
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Playmobil
I remember first seeing Playmobil at Toy Traders in Langley when my younger siblings, Denham and Brie, were little. We would go to Toy Traders with them and there were huge Playmobil sets all set up under these clear boxes...
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New Book Titles for 3-5 year olds
It is time for our annual fall book roundup! It is no secret that we read books every single day in our home. Every week we usually visit our local library, the local bookstore (Indigo is our fav) and even...
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Back To School Reading List
Back to school this week was full of so many mixed emotions in our home. I don't know what it looked like in your home...maybe early mornings, rushing to get out the door on time and sweet hugs at drop...
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Why we love Safari Toobs
We are just coming off of a stretch of warm, hazy weather here in Vancouver, B.C. We are praying for all of the firefighters who have been working so hard all over our province, our continent and in other places...
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New Books for August
Trips to the library are our jam but there is NOTHING like the smell of a new, crisp, clean book. We have a few new ones we got for our kids this summer from Chronicle Books so scroll down and...
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Learning how to Ride A Bike Without Training Wheels
PSA: These bikes are the bomb! It's been a dream of mine to see Cairo ride a bike and I obviously was holding the back of the seat the whole time, but he actually started pedaling when we took these...
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