Hair or Bare with Sugar’d Canada

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  Whether you can’t reach certain areas with your body changing during pregnancy or you just want to ditch the razor I highly recommend trying sugaring. Sugar paste is made from a combination of sugar, water and lemon juice. Unlike wax, sugar paste is warm…

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Ask The Expert: MamaBear Holistic Care’s Agnes Mayer

by in Around Vancouver Town, Ask The Expert, Baby, Breastfeeding, Bump, Business, Classes, Education, entrepreneurship, events, Family, Fraser Valley, Guides, Having a Baby in Vancouver, Health and Wellness, Local, local events, Modern Mama, Mom, Newborn, Parenting, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Guide, Resources, School of Mom, Seasonal, Services, Surrey, Toddlers, Vancouver, Women Comments Off on Ask The Expert: MamaBear Holistic Care’s Agnes Mayer

The amount of information that is available can be overwhelming. I find Agnes with MamaBear Holistic Care is a great resource because she covers so many topics. She is a Mama, Wife, RN, Certified Sleep Consultant, Lactation Counselor, Certified Car Seat Technician, Prenatal Educator, and Certified…

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5 Canadian Dad Bloggers to Follow on Instagram

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Parenting is hard and we are all in the struggle together. As parents, and especially new parents sleep deprivation and maintaining sanity doesn’t leave for much out of the house time. At 2am you are not likely to pick up the phone to call a…

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25 Markets Happening This Holiday Season

by in Activities, Around Vancouver Town, beauty, Business, Child-Friendly Places, Children, Cooking, Crafts, Eats, events, Family, fashion, Food, Fraser Valley, Gift ideas, Gifting, Holiday Guide, Hot Finds, Kid, Local, local events, Modern Mama, Mom, prizes, School of Mom, Seasonal, Services, Shopping, Vancouver, Women Comments Off on 25 Markets Happening This Holiday Season

Mission Where: Heritage Park Center, 33700 Prentis AvenueWhen: November 9th and 10th from 10am to 5pmInfo: This is the 38th Annual Christmas Craft Market. Over 115 vendors will be selling unique one-of-a-kind hand crafted items. Entry is by donation. There will be an ATM on site and…

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Giveaway: Disney On Ice Tickets

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I have been gifted tickets to facilitate this giveaway. All opinions are my own. Disney On Ice presents Mickey’s Search Party brings the magic closer to fans than ever before through dynamic and immersive moments that take place on the ice, in the air and…

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Alice in Neverland has arrived in Stanley Park

by in Around Vancouver Town, Child-Friendly Places, Children, Crafts, date-night, Eats, events, Family, Fraser Valley, Local, local events, Modern Mama, Preschooler, Reviews, Seasonal, Toddlers, Vancouver Comments Off on Alice in Neverland has arrived in Stanley Park

I had the opportunity to attend a media preview of this event. All opinions are my own. We look forward to the train in Stanley Park every year. This year’s theme is a twist on Alice in Wonderland. Alice falls down the rabbit hole again…

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Potter’s House of Horrors is open until November 2nd

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We were gifted passes to facilitate this review. All opinions are my own. We had never been to the Potter’s House of Horrors (12530 72nd avenue, Surrey) before but had heard that it was super scary. My daughter and I are big fans of Halloween…

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Test Your Detective Skills with Vancouver Mysteries

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We were gifted a game from Vancouver Mysteries. All opinions are my own. My daughter and I had never tried a scavenger hunt before but always thought that Vancouver Mysteries seemed like a fun idea. We jumped at the opportunity to play amateur detectives and…

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Otter Awareness Week at the Vancouver Aquarium

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We were gifted passes to attend the aquarium. All opinions are my own. Last week was Otter Awareness Week at the Vancouver Aquarium. We went to visit Tanu, Katmai, Mak, Kunik, Rialto and Hardy. There is also a new addition Tazlina, who is fresh out…

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Cats and Dogs Have Come To Play at Science World

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I was provided tickets to see the exhibit. All opinions are my own. The Cats and Dogs exhibit is presented by Whitespot and created by La Cite des sciences et de l’industrie, in partnership with Le Musee de la civilization, this exhibit is the first…

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