Our kids all have birthdays, every year! While I love to daydream of throwing the most fabulous bash ever, I usually resort to a simple shindig or party at the local community centre so I don’t have to deal with a house-full. However, that doesn’t…
Read More...Nursery Inspiration
Baby’s coming soon, it’s time to create baby’s room in your home. If hiring a designer is not in the budget, we have some tips and links for you to create your dream nursery. A couple of must-haves for your nursery include: crib change table…
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Top 10 Celebrity-authored Children’s Books
1 Billy Crystal | I Already Know I Love You Billy Crystal is best known as comedian and writer for the past few decades and has hosted the American Academy Awards no less than nine times. He also wrote another book about being a grandparent entitled Grandpa’s…
Read More...Dedicated: Pinkstar Photography
A picture is worth a thousand words, is a phrase that indicates the complexities and detailed analysis that one can get from a well taken picture. An expression of joy, LOVE, sadness and tranquility can inform the viewer about the state of mind or emotions…
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Yes, it’s inevitable, we have to shop for kids birthday gifts. Between our own children, their friends, nieces and nephews, the gift-buying is endless. This month alone, we had two birthday parties to attend, our nephew’s birthday just past, and my niece turned nine on April…
Read More...CTV Morning Live
CTV Edmonton Morning Live invited Modern Mama to come chat with their viewers about our “mobile” program offered for moms and toddlers in Spruce Grove and St. Albert. Here’s what our Spruce Grove Director, Josline Stefanick talked about: Let’s play! Let’s get out! Let’s get on the go! Looking to…
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top 5 books on being a mom
I have been referring back to these again and again over the past nine years. It’s not meant to be a comprehensive list, just my favourite books. (By the way, this isn’t a sponsored post, and I paid for these books, these are just my…
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Childcare Choices – Start Early!!
So you’ve gotten past the first 6 months of sleeplessness and worrying if your little one is eating enough or what percentile they’re in for their weight and height. You stop to think, wow, the past 6 months have gone by so quickly and it’s…
Read More...everything I know about beauty I learned at Sephora
This Spring marks four years of doing events with Sephora in West Edmonton Mall. I have learned so much from the beauty gurus and have become a loyal purchaser of some of these products over and over again since I first learned about them at…
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Date Night Topics For You And Your Spouse
I’ve done several posts on date night. We’ve covered why date-nights are important, how to find a babysitter, budget options and even what to talk about on said date-night. Last week I came across this article via Twitter, and it made me realize that although…
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