Warmest Wishes for a Winter-ific Season!

There are so many exciting things to do this season – going to festivals and parades, creating snow angels and skating. But as wonderful as the holidays are, they can certainly wear a person out – and all of this running about can lead to colds or muscle and joint pain. Princess Peach started skating […]

The little balloon that could

Have you ever let a balloon slip through your fingers and wonder where it was headed? Would it get stuck in a branch of a tree? Would you travel onwards and upwards and just pop? What would happen to that perfect round oval on a string when it was let go of? Last week I […]

To my kids: why we chose daycare

Dear Princess Peach and Little Dude, You dad grew-up with a nanny. I grew-up with a nanny. In fact, my nanny that I grew-up with still lives with my parents and you consider her to be a very important person in your lives. You don’t know yet that she has known me since I was […]

Catching up on award winning movies on Netflix #StreamTeam

My sister and I are 21 months apart. My mom always jokes with me that my parents missed out on a lot of pop culture in the 80’s as they were busy raising their kids. Instead of rocking out to Madonna, Prince and Tina Turner they were dancing with us to Mini Pops, Raffi and […]

RBC Avion Holiday Boutique experience #AvionVIP

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Up until last year, I would never step foot into a mall after the middle of November. The fear of not finding parking, not finding the items I want, pushy people and just the sheer volume of people all trying to get their holiday shopping done scares me! Last year while on my second maternity […]

Diapering my babes with Pampers #pgmom

Pampers My So-Called Mommy Life

Do you ever have moments when you look through pictures of your kids and realize a trend? Maybe it’s taking too many selfies, or maybe it’s taking too many pictures of when they are asleep, and eating breakfast or playing in the bath? I am guilty of all of them. Recently, when I was looking […]

I popped my Indian food cherry #tkre2014

Up until Monday night, I was an Indian food virgin. Growing up in a huge metropolitan city with every ethnic groups cuisine, many were surprised that I had never eaten it before. Crazy right? My family tended to veer to Italian food as it would please my picky eating sister, my allergies and my families […]

Sleepless in Toronto

sleepless toronto parenting My So-Called Mommy Life

As parents there are many things that we need. More hands, More time. More help. More patience. More coffee. More money. More sleep. MORE SLEEP. I need more sleep. One night (or more) of uninterrupted sleep. Where my head hits the pillow and no one bothers me until the next morning. I think this is […]

TC Mini and getsnacky #review and #giveaway

My So-Called Mommy Life TC Mini

I grew up drinking juice. In fact, I absolutely LOVE juice. I remember as a child cracking open a tin of apple juice and guzzling the whole thing. In. ONE. Day. Yup. If I close my eyes, and imagine it I can taste the juice. So sweet but full of sugar and crap. Recently, my […]

10 things you didn’t know about me

Over 2 years ago I shared this post Fun Facts About Moi. It’s been such a long time and my readership has grown so much I thought it would be fun to share 10 things about myself that maybe you didn’t know! If there is anything you want to know about me, feel free to […]