Of course we all need some extra cash during the holiday season...the holidays are full of spending and it seems like our lists grow more and more each year! To keep up, many of us carry a little balance on our credit cards then pay it off the following months. But did you know that choosing a credit card with the best rate can help you save big and give you rewards? Plus this year... you can save even more! Upon approval of one of the most popular rewards or low balance transfer credit cards … [Read more...]

I find it hard to believe that I need to have gifts wrapped up and ready to go in just a couple weeks for the first of many Christmas celebrations with friends and family this year! With traveling for the holidays (for us this means a 14 hour drive! eeek!) I need my gifts to be compact and easily transportable and hopefully not breakable.  Yes gift cards are great options but I don't particularly enjoy the lack of emotion involved with handing out gift cards to nearly everyone under the … [Read more...]

My family is constantly on the go so I've learned to arm myself with an arsenal of snacks and drinks for everyone including my husband and I...which means we need a lot of space for reusable containers.  When it comes to waste-free lunches, Lavish & Lime has you covered with hundreds of eco-friendly and smartly designed products. And by far one of the most brilliant products they've added to their store? The Packit. This super stylish line of lunch boxes/ lunch coolers are complete … [Read more...]

  My boy loves getting all spiffied up at any chance he can get. His jeans MUST be skinnies, his hair has to be done just so with his very own gel and his collection of "fancy dwess-shirts" rivals his daddies, as does his growing shoe collection! ,With kindergarten around the corner, he's convinced that his dapper navy Quinlan Jr.'s will be his indoor shoes. Somehow I don't think they'd make an ideal gym shoe, but they do make for a great lightweight "about town" shoe that he adores and … [Read more...]

As a natural mama, grocery shopping is obviously slightly more difficult but some days it's downright infuriating. Coupons for $1 off this frozen over-processed something, $2 off that product filled with chemicals and artificial flavors and NOTHING for the "good stuff". I never look for coupons on the grocery store walls, because it's usually just disappointing. Why can't we have readily available coupons for the healthy products to help encourage healthy eating and smart choices for our family? … [Read more...]

Charlie Banana, the international luxury brand of modern cloth diapers and eco-friendly, organic baby products, is adding even more fashion-forward diapers to its collection. “Holly Brown” adds a sleek and handsome color choice to the lineup and “Maple Leaf” debuts as its first flag print in Canada, just in time for Canada Day. “We’re having a blast developing new colors and prints based on demand and fashion trends,” said Gaëlle Wizenberg, CEO of Winc Design, Ltd. “Parents all … [Read more...]

I can count the number of times on my hand that I've taken my boys to "the toy store". There's nothing fun about taking the kids there. The "good" stuff is hard to notice in the sea of plastic, neon, flashing, light up buttons and beaming florescent lights over head. For hard to find, eco-friendly toys, I can usually count on a couple of unorganized aisles at Winners/HomeSense (I think this is TJ Maxx in the US) for the hidden gems. Eco-friendly play sets, toys made out of recycled bottle caps … [Read more...]

How fun is it going to a mall shopping with two children, a bulky stroller, toddlers that are hungry every 10 minutes and a bored OR over-stimulated preschooler? Not my idea of a good time. The only time I take the children to the mall is to "get out" and let them run wild through West Edmonton Mall. I'm rarely there for actual shopping, because shopping with kids is a complete and utter nightmare. And a taking them to a baby boutique with skinny aisles and WAY too much stuff to grab? Not even … [Read more...]

I've been working really hard to actually sit down and enjoy my meals and snacks but as a busy mom this isn't always easy. Usually I'm up and down a million times after I sit at the table - someone spills something, throws something, needs something, chokes on something, doesn't like something....you know the drill. But breakfasts have been a little different lately though since we've been trying out some new muesli from Dorset Cereals. The kids LOVE them and actually sit still and eat nicely … [Read more...]