With three boys in the house, we have our share of scrapes, scratches and bruises. My middle son had his first black eye before he could walk! Being a boymom you learn it's all part of the parenting males game and try not to get too upset over all the roughness, but keeping a well stocked medicine cabinet is always a good idea! Protection First Keeping dirt and germs out of minor wounds is critical in promoting healing, especially when it comes to kids’ vulnerable immune systems. It’s … [Read more...]
When ‘Boys will be Boys’, Nexcare steps in
Healthy Shopper Picks for Fall 2014
The Healthy Shopper is the only coupon book for natural and organic products in Canada and is distributed in more than 450 health food stores nationwide. Each season The Healthy Shopper picks favourite products to help us eat healthier throughout the coming months. As Fall creeps in it can be harder to eat healthier as local fresh produce declines and cold cozy comfort foods tend to take over. Take a look at the Fall 2014 picks, and get a inspired to continue on … [Read more...]
Butter Chicken Meatballs
How did you Share the Light this Diwali? After Patak's twitter party last week, my mouth was left watering for some delicious Indian food! Looking for a healthy recipe to fit the bill, I headed on over to Patak's new blog called Good Korma (cute right?) and immediately zeroed in on this amazing Butter Chicken Meatball recipe! It's so so so good! Mild in heat, but big in flavour, these meatballs are a nice twist from the ordinary and make a great meal! Butter Chicken … [Read more...]
DIY Halloween Mantel for Quick, Easy and Cheap Halloween Decorating
Happy Halloween! Halloween is just 7 days away! Eek! Are you ready mamas?? I just got our house decorated today and wanted to share a quick, easy, and inexpensive way to decorate your fireplace mantel or house for Halloween! Start with any decor items you might already have I made this awesome large spiderwebs out of trash bags! They would look great in a front window on Halloween night! Find my tutorial on how to cut them out here. They were easy to make and barely cost a thing, … [Read more...]
DIY Large Trash Bag Spiderwebs
HUGE Trash Bag Spider Webs that are perfect for Halloween decorating indoors or out - they are waterproof! With just a week to go until Halloween, I finally have my fireplace mantel decorated for the holiday! This is the first year I've dressed up the room for Halloween, and didn't want to spend a lot of money so I went with some stuff I already had on hand, and got a little creative too! The trash bag spiderwebs … [Read more...]
Turn yourself into a real Bobblehead!
For awhile now I've been known as the girl with the big head. Who can blame them really, see me over there on the right? I love my cartoon bobblehead and the staff over at Things Engraved noticed it too. See, they are pretty fond of bobbleheads themselves and let me know that they could make that cartoon bobblehead picture come to life! Okay, yeah, I did question whether or not I needed a bobblehead doll of myself, but the fun of it all was simply too hard to pass up! When I jumped onto … [Read more...]