The Butterflies are Back at the Vancouver Aquarium

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                               I was  provided passes to attend a media preview at the Vancouver Aquarium. All opinions are my own. Thousands of  tropical butterflies are back for a limited time in the…

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Little Kitchen Academy opens this June!

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I attended a media preview of Little Kitchen Academy with my niece. All opinions are my own. Little Kitchen Academy is a Montessori based cooking class for children ages 3 to 13+ that opens June 24th in Vancouver. They offer a 3 hour classes once…

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Giveaway: Sea Smart School Summer Camp

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  I was provided with this summer camp to facilitate this giveaway. All opinions are my own.   Dr. Elaine Leung founded Sea Smart School in 2016 to help inspire children to love the ocean and empower them to be able to help protect our…

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Breville Bambino Plus Review + Giveaway

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*Disclosure: I did receive the product to be able to facilitate this blog post, As always all my opinions are my own* For most adults, coffee is our savior, especially for us moms. Lattes have always been my favorite as brew coffee never agreed with…

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Eleven Days of Giveaways for Mother’s Day Winners

by in Activities, Around Vancouver Town, Baby, Baby Gear, beauty, Bump, Business, Child-Friendly Places, Children, Contest, events, Family, Fraser Valley, Giveaway, Having a Baby in Vancouver, Health and Wellness, Kid, Local, local events, Modern Mama, Mom, Newborn, North Shore, North Vancouver, Pregnancy, prizes, School of Mom, Seasonal, Services, Sex, Shopping, Vancouver, Women Comments Off on Eleven Days of Giveaways for Mother’s Day Winners

If you have been following along on our social media channels you will have seen that we have a little something for everyone this Mother’s Day. I know that Mother’s Day can be a complicated or triggering day for some so I purposely ended our…

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Warner Brother’s Pokémon Detective Pikachu is Now Playing

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I was provided tickets to the advanced screening of this movie. All opinions below are my own. Ace detective Harry Goodman goes mysteriously missing, prompting his 21-year-old son, Tim, to find out what happened. Tim is a former Pokémon trainer in the world where humans…

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4th Annual BrickCan Returned to Richmond Last Week

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I was gifted tickets to this event. All opinions are my own. BrickCan is the largest public exhibition of Lego creations in the province. Builders from all over the world bring their creations to the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond. The event coincided with The…

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How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World DVD Giveaway Vancouver

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*Disclosure: I received a copy of this movie in exchange for this blog post, As always my opinions are my own* Dreamworks is back with their newest How To Train Your Dragon film called ” The Hidden World”. Both my kids have loved watching this…

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Zee Zee Theatre’s Dead People’s Things Review

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I was provided tickets to the show to facilitate this review. Zee Zee Theatre presents Dead People’s Things which is based on the true story of  Phyllis, a millennial, inherits a house and all of its contents after her estranged hoarder aunt commits suicide. She…

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Mini Egg Cheesecake

Easter Favorites: Chocolate Mini Egg Cheesecake

by in Calgary, Cooking, Eats, Edmonton, Food, Fraser Valley, Modern Mama, National, North Shore, North Vancouver, Nutrition, Recipes, Seasonal, Sherwood Park, Spruce Grove / Stony Plain, St. Albert, Surrey, Toronto Midtown, Vancouver Comments Off on Easter Favorites: Chocolate Mini Egg Cheesecake

Easter is this Sunday and let’s be honest your favorite part of Easter is when mini eggs make their appearance. Basically, anything with Mini Eggs is amazing but this cheesecake takes it to a whole other level. Now, I am not a fan of no-bake…

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