My heart sunk last week when I heard that the Bowmanville Zoo had lost a long standing member of their zoo family. Limba the Asian Elephant was a sweet and gentle old girl at the age of 50 and our family was lucky enough to spend some time getting to know her personally last summer. My family adored Limba and we were so sad to hear that we wouldn't be seeing her again during the performance of The Animal's Gift. With heavy hearts we made our way to Bowmanville on the weekend to get a sneak peek … [Read more...]
The Bowmanville Zoo presents The Animal’s Gift
December 10, 2013 By 3 Comments We earn commission from purchases made via product links in our posts
Turn your family into LEGO Minifigures!
November 21, 2013 By 11 Comments We earn commission from purchases made via product links in our posts
With three boys in the house, we are one LEGO obsessed family, so I was super excited to stumble across this link to turn your family into LEGO minifigures for the holidays! How fun is that! Want to Minifigure Your Family? Minifigure Family lets you create a customized holiday card featuring Minifigure representations of your own family. The boys and I had a blast last night creating a few of these! We put our family on the beach, in front of the fireplace, and here at the … [Read more...]
Elf on the Shelf Adventures~ Week One
December 10, 2012 By 21 Comments We earn commission from purchases made via product links in our posts
After seeing all the super fun posts on Facebook, Blogs and Pinterest last year about this mischeivous little Elf, I knew we had to take part! He was a hard little guy to actually get a hold of, as he was sold out at many stores but eventually Hubby managed to adopt him on one of his shopping trips and we waited for this year to take part. He arrived one week ago and the boys have been excited to come down every morning and see if they can find his new hiding spot in the house, here are a few … [Read more...]
Chicken Soup for the Soul – The Gift of Christmas
December 2, 2012 By 87 Comments We earn commission from purchases made via product links in our posts
I've been a fan of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books for years but my favourite editions are always the ones that come out for the Christmas season. There is just something special about sipping a hot chocolate by the fire place or lights of the Christmas tree reading heartfelt stories about the holidays! The newest release just in time for the Christmas 2012 is The Gift of Christmas, I've been enjoying it here at home and hope you'll love the stories as much as I do! Chicken Soup for the … [Read more...]
A Very Furry Christmas is about to begin @SesamePlace
November 15, 2012 By 20 Comments We earn commission from purchases made via product links in our posts
Being the Canadian Ambassador for Sesame Place certainly made our summer trip to Pennsylvania out of this world, but the down side is being too far away for all the media and mainstream festivities that happen throughout the year. Nothing pains me more than missing out on the spectacular Christmas event about to kick off- A Very Furry Christmas!!! A VERY FURRY CHRISTMAS SESAME PLACE NOVEMBER 17TH - DECEMBER 31ST 2012 … [Read more...]
