The past 6 months have been a lot of doctor visits and tests. It's been hard dealing with Migraines to the point I couldn't even function. Especially being a full time working mama and doing solo mamahood the majority of the time you can say its been absolutely hard but we have gotten through it. But as this journey has gone by I have really learned some things that have helped with migraines, and if it affects you as well please keep reading along of some tricks that have re

For the past couple of months I have the opportunity to become an ambassador for pink blush. And it has been an amazing experience thus far. Being able to share beautiful affordable pieces of clothing with you all has been so much fun. I wanted to share some awesome pieces of clothing that's perfect for this beautiful spring weather that finally showed up. I totally fell in love with this off the shoulder top and this beautiful coral dress below and P.S. the dress is a matern

We have been using this RYLA diaper back pack for about a week and we love it so much. And if you’re like me and not a big leather fan, this back pack is 100% faux leather. Which means its easily wipeable, cause you know if you’re a mom you use baby wipes to clean everything. The outside has a large zipper pocket right at the front that fits a large phone with ease. And two bottle holders on the side of the bag, and the bottle holders are stretchy and can hold a large swell w

From the moment I met my husband in high school I knew he was the one for me. The one to have a family with and the one to have babies with. Fast forward years later, we'd have these two sweet babies. From the moment I found out we were pregnant with our little girl. I did everything I could to be healthy for her, starting with the food I ate, it had to be all good for you organic foods. And even my skincare, I changed to all natural products, even the cleaning supplies was a

During the summer break it's always hard to stay indoors and do some reading or literacy games to keep the kiddos fresh so once school resumes it won't be such a hard adjustment to start doing all the "boring" stuff as they call it. So I made some fun games that we did throughout the summer. Like this one for instance I made flash cards of upper and lower case alphabet letter into a matching game. Find the corresponding upper and lower case of each letter. Well this turned in

If your a busy mama like me and really don't have time to go out and get your nails done or have a nice hair blow out, this Moms Night in Box is for you. Every month, MOMS NIGHT IN sends you a box filled with so much goodies. The box I received included so many amazing products I would of never heard of before. I loved the face mask, nail polish and the minty lip scrub and our favourite has to be the Carol's Daughter leave in hair conditioner which I put into my little girls

Skin care has been so important and it was all so much more important to me once I became pregnant with my little girl; I wanted to use the most natural and safe products while I was pregnant. After so much research and making sure I was reading the ingredients that were in the skin care products that I was using. I'm no skin care expert, but rather sharing some great products that have worked really well for me and I wanted to share these great finds with you. I f you see in

As Tuyet has gotten older, we've really made great efforts instill values to build up her confidence and ensure that most of the time she is truly happy, sure she'll have her moments of melt downs and sadness over certain things, but we always instilled in her that these things will pass, and you won't always feel like this forever. So I wanted to share this amazing book called "I like myself" by Karen Beaumont and I have a link here for the board book version for the younger

I love sharing some of my favourite products and especially for Mother's day, I've been eyeing some of these items and couldn't wait to share. Most of these items are on my wish list for a while, some I have and some that I have just discovered. Now that summer is around the corner, some items on this list is specific to the summer weather. Some are just indulgent for that mama alone time. Mother's day isn't just about gifts but relishing in the time I have with my babies as

It's been a busy couple of months, with all the moving, schools almost done and just in general life has been busy. I wanted to share some things that we've been loving lately. The kiddos fave thing to do currently is going on lots of walks, we've been doing lots of neighbourhood walks, getting to our new area. It's been fun exploring, finding new parks to play in, little ponds for the kids to check out, the local library and ofcourse all the cute little cafes and bakery shop

Growing up you could always find me behind a great book, literally my nose right in it, just enthralled of what's to come in the story. And that love for reading and learning as only become much more apparent now that I've become a mama. Once learning I was pregnant I literally researched and read almost all the pregnancy, labor and delivery books that were out there. I've borrowed books upon books at the local library just wanting to know it all. Now mind you I've been a tea

So we've been a little MIA on here because of all the moving, packing, unpacking, caring for two kiddos, etc. So I've had little to no time to do anything else. We are finally settled in and after unpacking, the kiddos have regained their love for puzzles and it's been non stop putting the puzzles into the right spot and dumping it all out and starting over again. Gosh can we take a second from the puzzles talk for a minute and talk about how big baby boy is. Also he hates be

I wanted to talk all about the struggles of finding some "balance" in motherhood, it's always a tough thing to accomplish, trying to get this motherhood thing down and still be "you" at the same time. After watching this great video on youtube all about this lifestyle called "How to hygge (which is pronounced "Hoo-gah") all about comfort living, there must be something to this danish style of living because it's said that they're the most happy people on this planet. So onto

Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 10-12 minutes Yields: 24 mini muffins Ingredients: For Muffin mixture: - 1/2 cup white sugar - 1/4 cup butter, melted - 1/2 cup milk - 1 cup flour - 3/4 tsp. ground nutmeg - 1 tsp. baking powder - 1 tsp. baking soda - 1 tbsp. vanilla For topping: - 1/4 cup butter, melted - 1/2 cup white sugar - 1 tsp. ground cinnamon Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 375 F 2. Combine sugar, butter, vanilla and milk in a

It's always difficult to find easy valentine's day treats to make. So through thorough research I've found some really yummy and easy treats that any busy mama can make. I mean who wants to spend hours upon hours making or putting together a valentine's day goody bag, when you can whip up any of these yummy treats will make you look like a rock star mama at your kiddo's school valentine's day shindig. I"m personally going to do the Red velvet sandwich cookies, but look at tho

We are at this moment in time when we are thinking of having more kids and one of my fears is post-partum depression. I do want to have more kids, our plan was always to have at least one more baby. The first time (because there was a second) I suffered from postpartum depression was about 2.5 years ago. I remember crying a lot for no apparent reason, feeling so alone and sad. I couldn't understand why I was so sad and felt so alone. Here I was a mama of two beautiful kids, s

Prep time: 2.5 hrs Cooking time: 30 minutes Yields: 18 cinnamon buns If your from the East coast than you know this place called "Cinnabon" they have the most delicious gooey cinnamon buns and after lots of trial and error. I have come up with a similar recipe that is just as good and if you keep on reading I will share my secret ingredient that'll take your cinnamon buns up a notch. INGREDIENTS: Yeast mixture: - 1/3 cup very warm water (110-115 degrees like a warm baby b

For the New Year instead of making unrealistic goals I stick with things that I know I can stick with. And one goal is to start making my own cleaning products and stay away from the chemically stuff at the grocery stores. I am sharing some great recipes that are safe for your kiddos to join in if they'd want to help with the cleaning. Fresh Lemon degreaser - 2 cups of water - 2 tbsp of lemon juice - 1/2 of Dr. Bonner's Castile soap - 1 tbsp of baking soda All purpose cleaner

Now that we're a family of four and family time is so special. We've decided to spend it with the kids instead of going out. I found some great ideas to make it a fun experience for the kiddos. We are definitely going to do a fun dress up session before the party begins. Bring out the tiaras, dresses, little tuxedos for my little guy. We're also going to make some fun drinks that everyone can have. The kiddos love anything pineapple or mango. So were mixing some pineapple jui

I wanted to share this great resource I found searching around for great canadian motherhood resources and came across this CMR site. This site offers so many different helpful programs, services and resources to a number of communities of parents across all of canada on a variety of subjects that matter to so many mom’s. This site has so many contributors, bloggers and network of mommy experts have helped keep the site up to date on trending baby gear and sticky subjects fro