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…
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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...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...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...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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Christmastime in Toronto, the way this holiday is meant to be celebrated. Cold, snowy and full of festive decorations. For most raised in Canada, it may seem too cold or too snowy, but growing up in a warmer climate, I always longed to feel the…
Read More...Around Vancouver Town: Christmas Edition 2
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas Welcome to Around Vancouver Town Christmas Edition. This is the final edition of the year but if you missed the last one, it’s here! There’s lots going on around Vancouver Town for Christmas this year so we’ve…
Read More...A Minimalist Christmas: What do you believe?
By: Daina Sparling Making the holidays bright, with gifts? It happened the Thursday after Halloween. Thunk. The sound of the glossy ads hitting my front doorstep was music to my ears. But as I scurried outside to retrieve the booklets which were undoubtedly full of…
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...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…
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