Beansprout.ca is a cool kid's boutique clothing site that features quality unique children's wear and accessories Bean sprout is a small independently owned Canadian store that operates out of Toronto. The owner, Trish Haddad, is passionate about bright colourful clothing for children and personally chooses each piece based on its style, quality, wear-ability and … [Read more...]
Duracell Wants to Fuel Your Holiday Fun, Win a Furby Boom!
Just in time for the holidays Duracell has released the Duracell Quantum, the world's most advanced alkaline battery. With it's revolutionary Hi-Density Core and PowerCheck indicator, Duracell Quantum has been engineered to deliver the performance consumer demand, offering long lasting power where it's needed most. And I don't know about you guys, but around our house where … [Read more...]
The Healthy Shopper Seasonal Picks, Fall 2013
I've spoken before about The Healthy Shopper. It's a cool Canadian website that focuses on all natural, organic, healthy choices, and offers coupons for healthy products. They offer online e-coupons as well as a physical coupon book, which you should be able to find in stores across Canada. And if that doesn't work you can always order a free copy online (you'll just need to … [Read more...]
Pampers & Walmart Canada Team Up to Help New Parents
To help celebrate their new prenatal program Pampers has asked P&G Moms to share birth stories and best tips for new moms. They are also offering a cool prenatal pack giveaway. I started to write out the birth story for my first daughter, but then realized folks might not want to wade through 500 words to find their Pampers giveaway. So here's the short cheat version, my … [Read more...]
All Natural Beauty with Mia Mairu
How excited can a girl get about make-up? Many women I knew loved make-up and had favorite brands and colours. I remember not leaving the house with out my make-up on but that was years ago. The years before I had kids. The years before I was too tired. The years before I knew what was actually in make-up and learned about chemicals and dangers. Now I was a crunchy momma. A … [Read more...]
Cold and Flu Season Has Arrived, Fight Back with Shoppers Drug Mart
You ever look at your kid and think, "Time bomb"? I spent last week in Toronto attending two blogging conferences, and of course what do I come back home to but a sick, runny nosed three year old. It's sort of like that moment when you're watching something horrible happen in slow motion, right? Because you just know that it's going to hit the rest of the family. You just know … [Read more...]
Introducing the New Swiffer BISSELL SteamBoost Steam Mop
My darling three year old daughter is still potty training. Success ratio of dry days vs. three outfit days is going up. Still far too much of my time lately has been spent mopping up puddles of pee and feeling thankful that the majority of my house is not carpeted. Add in the fact that my six year old has been having far too many "Oh gosh, I just spilt the entire full cup of … [Read more...]
Back to School with Rubbermaid LunchBlox
Rubbermaid LunchBlox are lunch container sets made up of small containers plus an icepack that all stack together, like blocks. Reasons we love the Rubbermaid Kid's LunchBlox: * dishwasher safe. * easy for little hands to open and shut. * leak proof. * they stack and snap together. * ice pack to keep things cool. * perfect kid portion sizes. I'm pretty enamored … [Read more...]
A Day at African Lion Safari, Go Wild!
Back in July we headed out to African Lion Safari to celebrate G-Girl's sixth birthday. The first thing we did on getting into the park was book our seats for the Safari Tour Bus. You need to buy tickets for a particular time slot, and they do sell out. We bought tickets for a bus that would be leaving in one hours time, and then walked through the Kenya Gate and across the … [Read more...]
Secret Motherhood Confession: I Am a Potty Training Failure
I have a confession to make, I hate potty training. I mean I really truly detest it. And I feel like I rather suck at it to boot. My daughter is almost three and a half and potty training is still a work in progress. I don't even want to admit that publicly, that my three year old is still wearing Easy Ups. It's embarrassing. I feel like she will never master the potty and it … [Read more...]
Treat Your Doggie this Summer at Iams Doggie Cafe
As part of the celebration surrounding the unveiling of their new SO GOOD! dog food, Iams has been putting on some pretty unique events. In June they hosted a Doggie Jam Concert, where hundreds of dogs and pet lovers gathered at Echo Beach in Toronto to enjoyed Canada's first ever concert for dogs. Now Iams is bringing the Iams SO GOOD! Doggie Cafe to cities across … [Read more...]
The Great Mystery Box Giveaway ~ Over $1750 in Prizes!!!
I am so very excited to be teaming up with a handful of fellow Canadian bloggers to do another amazing Mystery Box Giveaway event! It's the biggest Mystery Box event yet! Myself and my fellow hosts have sifted through our secret stashes and pooled together our goodies to come up with over ONE THOUSAND AND SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS in prizes!! We've divided the loot … [Read more...]
Always Infinity Pads, Behind the Scenes at the Belleville Ontario Factory
Back in June I was part of a small group of P&G Mom's who had the chance to visit the Belleville Ontario plant, which is the only place in the world that produces the Always Infinity pads. From left to right; Tilley from Preshus Me, Dedy from The Period Blog, Me from Maple Leaf Mommy, Marie from Canadian Living Magazine, Ruth from Patton Family Musings, and … [Read more...]
Enjoy Summertime BBQing with MarcAngelo Foods {Cool Contest Alert + $50 Giveaway!}
Are you guys familiar with MarcAngelo Foods? It's a Canadian brand that I love! I have been a huge fan of their kabobs for several years now. The year we first moved into this house, and also consequently got our first barbecue, we pretty much lived off of their souvlaki and kabobs that summer. So yummy and crazy cheap. While my husband now demands a little more variety in … [Read more...]
Win a 7-night Orlando Vacation with Global Resort Homes!
I remember vacationing in Florida and staying in a condo as a kid. Best trip ever, and we didn't even go to Disney World. As you all know, I am a sucker for a good hotel. But you know what's even nicer? Staying in a condo or a resort home. Particularly if you are travelling as a family. I'm thinking, staying in a home away from home can be the difference between suffering … [Read more...]