A Family Style New Year’s Eve Celebration Make New Year’s Eve feel like a celebration at home with your kids. For us, it’s my husband and I and our three girls, but this would work great with extended family or friends too! (My inspiration, along…
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By: Shaunna Prentis Favourite Cookie Recipes for Sharing Christmas is here and so is the time for baking. Well at least in my household it is. Here are two of my favorite cookie recipes that I thought I would share. Both are great for cookie…
Read More...When you need a break from holiday treats: Pomegranate and Feta Salad
By: Carla Reid Holiday Treats Lead to Salad Eats I LOVE the holidays even though some days seem to feel very overwhelming. I try to remember how precious these years are and focus on keeping our family traditions alive year after year. One of our favourite traditions is…
Read More...Lies we tell our children at Christmas
By: Lee-Anne Ekland I lied. Ok, it wasn’t really a lie but more like one of those silly white lies. You know the ones you can be forgiven for later? Here’s how it started. Looking through the cupboards at what there was to throw together,…
Read More...Happy Holidays from your Modern Mamas across Canada
We wish you a happy holiday… We wish you a happy holiday… We wish you a happy holiday! So bring on the cheer!! Connie Peters, founder Gina Pennington, South Surrey, BC Events Coordinator Kerri Cogghe, Beaumont Leduc and Edmonton SW AB Danielle Mendonca, Calgary, AB…
Read More...Lazy, but Satisfying, Holiday Parenting Tips & Tricks
By: Brooke Takhar You Conquered Christmas T’was the day before Christmas Eve and you should be feeling amazing! Presents bought, wrapped and tucked under the tree. Lights twinkling. Cards mailed and received. Litres of eggnog downed. Santa pictures snapped. Cookies crumbled and devoured. You have…
Read More...‘Tis the Season: Giving Books is a Great Family Gift
‘Tis the Season for Family Learning The winter holidays are here Kids off school plus adults off work adds up to family time for learning new things and practicing literacy skills together. ABC Life Literacy Canada offers these holly jolly holiday family literacy tips to…
Read More...Christmas Baking with Kids
By: Lisa Mackell One of my favourite things to do… with my children each Christmas is to do some baking and two of our favourite recipes to make are Truffles and Lemon Loaf. If you don’t mind the mess… Baking with kids is almost guaranteed to be a…
Read More...5 Reasons to Love the Bellagio in Las Vegas
We recently visited Las Vegas to attend the ABC Kids Expo. We have typically liked to try a new hotel each time when visiting Las Vegas. After one dissapointing night in a different hotel, we went back to the Bellagio. 5 Reasons I love to…
Read More...A Very Merry Birthday: Keeping Birthday’s Special for Christmas Babies
By: Amber Clouthier Happy Birthmas! A couple of years ago while browsing for a birthday card for my husband I came across a card that disturbed me. No, it wasn’t something inappropriately raunchy or annoyingly musical. It was a simple card with a simple two…
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