Road trips come with a slew of extra essentials for kids. Although summer road trips have come to an end, the holiday season is creeping in slowly. With the holidays comes more travel. In anticipation of the busy roads, I am providing you with some of the vital necessities we take with us on our […]
Ottawa Apple Picking : Mountain Orchards
Mountain Orchards is a wonderful place to go apple picking in Ottawa this autumn. The proximity to Ottawa (about 40 mins from downtown) makes it a great day trip destination. There is no admission or parking fee to enter the premises. Here are some of the great activities you can participate in: APPLE PICKING – […]
Family Fun at Mooney’s Bay Park (Ottawa)
Mooney’s Bay Park is a great family activity conveniently located a short distance from downtown and the airport. It’s one of the first places that I recommend to parents visiting Ottawa during the nicer weather. This is one of the largest parks in Ottawa and an absolute blast with kids. Kids have an abundance of […]
Portland, Maine with Kids
Our first stop on our Atlantic Canadian voyage is Portland, Maine. Yes, we went through the States to get to Canada again. The husband and I were here about eight years ago solo. Now, we are back with three busy bodies in tow (6,5,2). The city is just as amazing as we remember it. There […]
Parc Omega: A Review
For Father’s Day this year my husband was fresh off a work trip from Belgium. Having had ample rest and a belly full of great beer and chocolate, it was a hard no on Father’s Day as a nap and a beer kind of day. As a consolation prize he chose to take a family […]
Canadian Museum of Nature with Kids
Ottawa has many museums and per usual, we bought memberships to most of them. I love museum memberships. They give us options of things to do on days where we want to get out of the house but don’t want to spend a ton of money. There are always special exhibits rolling through and there […]
On the Absence of Manners
Deep discussion concerning the effects of social media on the human psyche seem to be popping up with a new fervor. Just recently Instagram implemented a trial program in Canada which hides the amount of likes on a posted photo. My initial reaction was, “Who cares?”. Then, I instinctively reached for my phone to see if an earlier […]
NHL Learn to Play Program: Why to Try It
Starting a new sport for a child is always a gamble. Kids find the idea enticing until the actual activity rolls around. Parents find it intimidating to invest all the money required to start a child in a sport only to find out three months later the child is no longer interested. Enter: frustrated parent, […]
Canadian Sugar Shacks: A Review from a Struggling Maple Syrup Junkie
Since moving to Ottawa and surviving our first winter we have been anxiously awaiting spring. Like much of “spring” so far, there are no flower buds to be seen or blossoms on trees. As I have learned, the sweet smell of a wood stack boiling off maple sap marks the change in season and attitudes […]
Organizing and Storing LEGO Manuals: My Kryptonite
I hit a new level of crazy and laminated my kid’s LEGO manuals. To save some judgment, I did not do them all…yet. Here is how I organized them and why. I loathe LEGO manuals more than stepping on a LEGO itself. The paper is always super thin and almost instantly tears after flipping through […]
5 Things to Know Before Visiting the Kennedy Space Center
As our last Florida spring break activity our family attended the Kennedy Space Center for the day. I have three kids in the age bracket from 2-6. Let’s just say, I should have done more homework. Here are a few things I wish I would have known: The Schedule. You can download the Kennedy Space […]
Universal Yum: A subscription box that hit a homerun
My dad is not an eager international traveler. He enjoys the comforts of our hometown and finds nature and its surroundings more soothing than exploring large cities. His tastebuds are more like a modern travel influencer, wanting to go everywhere and try everything (don’t worry dad, I will explain what an influencer is to you […]