I married my best friend when I was 27 years old. We always knew we wanted children, and even though we had been dating for 5 years and living together for a year and a half, we still wanted some time to together to be a married couple before we started our family. We spent some time traveling to New York City, bought ourselves a house and settled in to our new life. Friends started having babies by the truck load, it seemed every month there was a new announcement and after … [Read more...]
My Journey to Motherhood #OHIP4IVF
Best Chocolate Brownies Recipe
What do you do when your cousin asks you to make her wedding cake but she’s not a fan of regular cake? You make her a brownie layer of course! Here's my best chocolate brownies recipe, that really is the best! Best Chocolate Brownies Recipe Ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose flour ¼ cup cocoa powder ¼ tsp salt 6 oz semi sweet chocolate (about 6 squares) ½ cup unsalted butter 3 eggs 1 cup granulated sugar 2 tsp vanilla Options: You can add 1 cup of nuts, … [Read more...]
Chicken Soup for the Soul ~ Parenthood
A boy is the only thing that God can use to make a man. ~ Author Unknown Just one of the many wonderful quotes you will find in the latest edition of Chicken Soup for the Soul! Chicken Soup for the Soul: Parenthood 101 Heartwarming and Humorous Stories about the Joy of Raising Children Parenting — it's a tough job, but also the best. Filled with anecdotes and advice from parents raising children of all ages, this book will uplift, inspire, and encourage you. Other parents, just like … [Read more...]
Monster Finger Puppets!
If you are anything like me, you struggle to find "boy crafts" to do with your boys. If you want a "girl craft" I can rhyme off a dozen but then someone says, "Hey, know any good boy crafts?" I'm all like, "uh,uh,uh...just a sec, I know I have one somewhere!" Don't get me wrong, my son will do pretty much any craft I put in front of him but he draws the line at hair clips and things that are clearly "too girly" for him. The craft I am going to share with you today is what I like to … [Read more...]
The Guilt Trip
When I first saw the trailers come out for the movie Guilt Trip, I knew I wanted to check it out. I love the hysterical Seth Rogen and pairing him up with legend Barbra Streisand seemed like such an odd, but delightful mix! I couldn't wait to see what these two would come out with! As inventor Andy Brewster (Rogen) is about to embark on a road trip to sell his latest product, he feels compelled to invite his mother, Joyce (Streisand), along for the ride. Across … [Read more...]
Banana Boat Natural Reflect Sunscreen ~ a Review Opportunity for You!
I am starting to think that Spring will never come, it looks like it's going to be one of those years where we skip Spring completely and head right on in to Summer. Just yesterday I watched on facebook as friends from Western Canada posted pictures of the daily snowfall, I'll just be thankful we only got rain here in Ontario! We aren't just going to sit around here and wait for Summer to come though, nope, my family is going to go hunt down Summer ourselves! We have a trip planned for sunny … [Read more...]