My children are four and six years old. And, until last month, my husband and I had never been on vacation together. Alone. I’d been away without kids. Big B had been away without kids. But we’d never left at the same time. Over the years, we’ve had to turn down a lot of lovely invitations…
#NikonMOMents, part IV: Orlando, Florida (sponsored post)
Looking back on 2014, there was one common thread that tied our year together as a family: travel. Whether it was Punta Cana (where we visited both the Hard Rock and Club Med) or the several Southern Ontario road trips we took — not to mention my jaunts to Aruba and New York — we…
#NikonMOMents, Part III: Horseshoe Resort (sponsored post)
Being a family travel writer for Canadian Family means that we get to visit some pretty awesome places. We’ve created so many memories this summer that it’s hard to choose a favourite, but ask my kids and Horseshoe Resort would be at the top of their list. We spent an amazing couple of days checking out…
#NikonMOMents, part II: Canada Day (sponsored post)
I was never more patriotic than when I left Canada to work and travel abroad for three years in my mid-20s. Being away from home soil, connected to strangers in another country by flags and shirts of red and white, is a powerful experience. I’ve celebrated Canada Day with ex-pats both in Covent Garden (a…
#NikonMOMents part I: The K Man’s 6th birthday party (sponsored post)
When I was invited to be a Nikon Mom, I came in ready to learn. After owning a Canon T3i DSLR for the past two years, I still knew how to do exactly two things: take photographs using the “auto” option and take a video with a resolution so high that it took an hour…