On to the big kids! We’ve taken care of babies and littles, and now we’re on to what I find the most fun group of people to buy for — the tweens. Like all my other gift guides this season, I’m also offering the chance to win EVERYTHING you see here. Be sure to check…
2017 Holiday Gift Guide: little ones
Moving on from babies, the little people in our lives can be among the toughest folks to buy for during the holidays. I’m not promising they’re going to like what’s INSIDE the box as much as the box itself, but these have a fighting chance. Again, everything featured here will be part of a giveaway…
2017 Holiday Gift Guide: babies
There’s something to be said for creating these holiday gift guides every year. They are a LOT of work, but they’re also deeply satisfying. I love being able to help give you tried-and-tested gift ideas for your loved ones. My policy has steadfastly remained that brands can’t buy their way into the guides — and…
My favourite beauty products of 2017
OK, OK — the title is a little misleading. Many of these products are ones I’ve been using for much longer than the last year. In fact, I’ve been using one in particular (the eye cream) on and off since I was 22 — also known as two decades. But since I wrote a fave…
InterContinental Montreal review
Big B and I were supposed to have a romantic weekend in Montreal this past summer. Then I broke my ankle a week before we were scheduled to arrive, so that put an end to that. To salvage the trip and use the IHG Rewards Points that were so generously provided to me for the…
Casper Mattress review
Until about three months ago, we’d slept in a California king-sized bed for close to 14 years. When we decided to switch to a king, it was a dream to partner with the best bed-in-a-box company to write this Casper mattress review. The brand had everything we needed — right down to the bed frame…
Master bedroom makeover on a budget
When we decided to move from a California king-sized mattress to a standard king Casper Mattress, we took the opportunity to redo our master bedroom. But I didn’t want to spend upwards of $10,000 — which isn’t even a little bit hard to do these days to totally outfit a single room from start to finish….
Your kids can do with Kandoo: potty training, back-to-school and more
One of the things I sent both my kids off to school with in junior kindergarten was a pack of Kandoo Flushable Wipes. Both were already potty trained — and had been for at least 18 months before starting school — but wiping seems to be one of those skills that takes extra time to…
New school year = New Year’s for kids
September is a time of so much change. The leaves turn to autumn beauties but, more than that, for our kids it’s an even more significant time to turn over a new leaf. Every new school year feels like its own New Year’s for my kids. They make new promises to themselves, deciding to be…
The importance of anti-cyberbullying tools (sponsored post)
Can we talk about bullying for a minute? Like, real bullying. Not kids being mean or rude or mildly inappropriate — which, don’t get me wrong, all SUCK. I’m talking about the kind of behaviour that systematically breaks down someone’s very being and leads to serious and sometimes long-term anxiety, depression, social isolation, substance abuse….