My Recipe for Love

By: Brooke Takhar Love. Four little letters. February is the Hallmark-designated month of love. Love. Four little letters that can be copied and pasted in so many ways. Some people love their cats as much as I love Salted Caramel Earnest ice cream. Some couples,…

No New Year’s Resolution Here: This Mama Needs Patience

By: Brooke Takhar We’re talking all things new for 2014, but not about resolutions exactly. More like getting down with finding ways to be a happier and healthier mama in the Year of the Horse. Check out the latest installment in the series, 2014: A New Year, A…

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…

3 Steps to your Kid’s Best Christmas

By: Brooke Takhar When you have children, the holidays change. At Easter instead of eating half-price chocolate eggs and vodka for dinner, you “hide” the candy, then eat half the bucket and blame your husband/dog. In October instead of pumpkin spice lattes shared with a…

Introducing | Our Fabulous Writers

Earlier this year we put out a casting call for contributing writers and the response was overwhelming. This season it’s been even more so and it’s been difficult to narrow it down but here they are! We’ve got a great line up for you, mama!…

It’s a (Playground) Jungle Out There

By: Brooke Takhar My baby is now three years old but I still remember the early days in our tiny apartment, bored, tired and grumpy. My go-to solution was always to bundle us up to sustain gale force wind trauma and walk to the nearest…

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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…

Things to do In Vancouver

Things To Do

  Looking for some things to do locally? Check out this great list of discounts being offered by local tourist attractions all over Greater Vancouver, thanks to Tourism Vancouver. For a list of Trade Shows and other Events coming this March check out the list…