Disclosure – This Canadian Beef Kids’ Online Summer Cooking Camp post is written in partnership with Canadian Beef. All thoughts and opinions expressed on this blog are my own. Little One has been my little sous chef ever since she was a toddler. Now that she’s 11 years old, she has decided that she wants […]
Family
Family Fun with PlayMonster’s Stacktopus Game!
Disclosure – We were given PlayMonster Stacktopus to facilitate this honest review. All thoughts and opinions expressed on this blog are honest and my own. Our family enjoys family games nights. It’s a great opportunity to foster togetherness, but we’re also big into games! Now with COVID-19 and practising social distancing, we’ve been spending quite […]
Ways of Giving Back to Community During COVID-19
Now that we’re in week 9 of physical distancing during COVID-19, I’ve been thinking a lot about my community. Disclaimer – This post was written in partnership with TELUS as part of their #TELUS_partner program. All thoughts and opinions expressed on this blog are honest and my own. COVID-19 ~ Unprcedented Times This time we […]
PlayMonster MELTDOWN! #MeltdownMoment
Are you an easy-going, relaxed person or do you experience meltdown moments more often than not? PlayMonster’s MELTDOWN makes having a meltdown actually FUN! Disclosure – We were given product to facilitate this honest review. All thoughts and opinions on this blog are honest and my own. PlayMonster is challenging families to play this ooey-gooey […]
Recipes
Homemade Kimchi
Mmmm. There’s nothing better than homemade kimchi. You won’t believe how easy it is to make! In my other life (the one before I moved to Manitoulin Island), I used to teach English at Western Town College and then at Pacific Gateway International College in Toronto. Some of my Korean students taught me how to […]
Homemade Brown Sugar Boba
Little One loves bubble tea and boba milk, so when she saw Inga Lam’s homemade brown sugar boba video, she just had to make it! We live on a small island in rural Northern Ontario, and there are no bubble tea shops here. Whenever we go to the city, Little One always has to get […]
Little One’s Chili con Carne Recipe
Disclosure – This Chili con Carne post is written in partnership with Canadian Beef. All thoughts and opinions expressed on this blog are my own. We are certainly living in challenging and unusual times. People are staying at home and practising physical-distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. For us, this means not going out in social […]
Lifestyle
Dear Teachers, Thank You For Everything You Do
Dear Teachers, Thank you for everything you do. No. Really! Thank you! We always knew that you went above and beyond for your students, but this year has taught us just how much you really do! This school year has been an unprecedented one. COVID-19 took us by storm, and yet you held it all […]
My Sock Obsession & moJJa Socks
Yes, it may sound odd to some, but I have a sock obsession. Disclaimer – This post was written in partnership with moJJa Socks. All thoughts and opinions expressed on this blog are honest and my own. I’m obsessed with funky, wacky, cool socks. This may sound odd, because I’m either all or nothing. Some […]
Endy ~ 6 Months & Counting! Amazing Sleep!
It’s hard to believe that it’s already been 6 months and counting and AMAZING sleep with our Endy mattress and pillows! Disclosure – This is a sponsored post in partnership with Endy. As always, all thoughts and opinions expressed on this blog are honest and my own. Amazing Sleep Ever since we got our Endy […]
Travel
Top 5 Reasons to Stay at Fern Resort: Ontario’s All-Inclusive Resort
Disclaimer – This post was written in partnership with Fern Resort – Ontario’s All-Inclusive Resort. All thoughts and opinions expressed on this blog are my own. Top 5 Reasons to Stay at Fern Resort, Ontario’s All-Inclusive Resort Parents, imagine spending a few days enjoying time with your family and letting others take care of all […]
How to find a Vacation Spot that Fits Your Needs
How to find a Vacation Spot that Fits Your Needs Disclaimer – This post was written in partnership with Beaches Resorts. All opinions on this blog are my own. Choosing a place to vacation can be stressful—especially if you add kids to the mix. It never fails; one likes the pool while the other wants […]
Manitoulin Country Fest 2019
Disclosure – This post was written in partnership with Manitoulin Country Fest. All thoughts and opinions on this blog are my own. One of the biggest and most highly anticipated events of the year on Manitoulin Island is Manitoulin Country Fest. One of the very first things I noticed when I moved to the island […]
Farm Life
2018 BMO Farm Family Award
Our family is a BMO Farm Family Award recipient. To be a farming family means to be prepared for lots of uncertainties. One never really knows what to expect when there are so many elements which we have little control over. We just went through a summer of next to no rain, which led to […]
Incorporating Sustainable Products Into Your Life ~ From Farm, Home, & Beyond
Incorporating sustainable products into our lives is something that’s very important to our family. Disclaimer – This post was written in partnership with OTS (Ontario Tire Stewardship). All thoughts and opinions expressed on this blog are honest and my own. As a farming family, we choose to use as many eco-friendly products on our farm […]
Close Encounters on the Farm
Close encounters on the farm. I haven’t written a farm post on the blog in a while, but something happened today that scared the life out of me. It’s calving season on our farm, and we have eleven calves on the ground and are expecting thirty new calves in total. The scary thing that happened […]