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Shop Canadian for your Baby and Toddler Needs at BabyGrins

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I love shopping online.  When you have wee ones being able to shop from home for all your baby needs is huge!  No dragging babies and all the baby gear out, no dealing with crowds or germs or well-meaning people giving bad advice.  I am so glad to see that there are more and more [...]

Getting to Know Canadian Business – Pink Umbrella Designs

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This weeks featured Canadian business is Pink Umbrella Designs run by the fabulous Shanna Cremers.  You can connect with her on Facebook, via twitter or check out her inspiring boards over at Pinterest.  She even has a great giveaway going on until the 14th so make sure to check her out. Tell us a little bit [...]

Teethease – Functional and Fun Teething Jewelry

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I know all about babies and their need to put everything into their mouths.  After 5 drooling, teething, grumpy wee ones I have been baptized in drool so to speak.  When mine were little I almost never wore jewelry because  I didn’t want them to chew on my good stuff and the costume jewelry I never trusted as safe enough.  So, [...]

Taking Care of Business

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As Mothers it’s what we do.  We take care of our houses, our husbands, our kids but how often do we take care of ourselves?  Not often enough that’s for sure.  It’s time – starting with our health.  It’s time to make sure to get an annual physical, do monthly self breast exams and if [...]

Getting to Know Canadian Business – Cooking Greens

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Rushed for time? Cookin’ Greens™ by The Toby Brand™ understands that and is dedicated to making dark leafy greens, something that is both healthy and delicious, easy to put on your plate.  Their dark-leafy greens are farm picked and within six hours, double-washed, double blanched, chopped and quick-frozen. This process locks in all of their [...]

Get to Know Canadian Business – Eudora’s Fine Foods

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This weeks featured Canadian is a small start up company based out of Ontario – Eudora’s Fine Foods.  I haven’t had a chance to check out any of their products, but if you have I would love to know what you think in the comments below.  You can also find Eudoras Fine Foods on Facebook [...]

Simple Start to Healthy Kids

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Imagine if your kids were as excited as you were to prepare some amazing meals with this gorgeous display of fruits and veggies? For most of us, the reality is our kids may think the colours here look pretty, but don’t you dare put that stuff on their plate! A few weeks ago I embarked [...]

The Boss Talks Big, But He’s Really A Softy At Heart

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When you have 5 kids finding seating that is attractive, durable and comfortable can be a challenge.  Enter Beanbag Boss.  When I first came across the Boss I couldn’t help but admire his good looks, sense of style and the variety of outfits he seemed to be able to carry off. I admit it was [...]

Halloween Party Planning Tips

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Planning any type of event can be a daunting task when you are a busy working mama with a hundred plus items on your ever-growing to do list! Halloween is an especially busy time with the school year having just begun, Thanksgiving is smack in the middle of the month and you have costumes to [...]

Getting Past the “Name Calling” – Childhood Obesity

Recently the CBC ran a story called “Don’t Call Kids Obese; Parents Tell Doctors”.  The article described how parents were concerned about the words and terms doctors used when describing an overweight child. The feedback that came back from the public was tremendous and everyone seemed to have an opinion about this subject. There is [...]

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