A Family + Lifestyle Blog
Hints of Spring are in the air! Can you feel the shift in your energy too? Spring is my favourite season for several reasons – the budding blooms, the season we became parents for the first time, usually a time filled with family celebrations & especially for the feeling of renewal & revival it evokes. And how about all the bright, beautiful food that pops
As we all try to keep up with our homebound hunger games feeding our gangs all day long, we know many of you are looking for a bit of a vacation from using your ovens. As much as we love cooking, we could use a break too! So we’ve rounded up some of our favourite No Cooking Required Family Recipes & food plates we hope
Summer Meals Simplified with Summer Fresh We’ve just enjoyed our first Canadian long weekend of Summer up at the family cottage. While the lakeside views and crisp fresh air are unlike any other, let’s be real, cottaging with kids is A LOT of work. Two full days of prepping and packing and a whole lot of extra to think about once you’re up there
We’ve just enjoyed the first long weekend of our warm weather season here in Ontario and the switch to meals on the BBQ has been turned on! More time enjoying our all-too-short sunny season and less around the oven is how we roll this time of year. One of our favourite meals to make on the ‘cue is a Grilled Mediterranean Platter with all our
Family travel isn’t as much about the destination but the journey and the memories we’ve made over the years on road trips are some of our very favourite – chaos and all! We love jetting off to unique international destinations, but also love the freedom of road travel and not having to venture far to enjoy memorable experiences as a family with the convenience of
The Best Family Beaches in Southern California Beaching-hopping the Southern California Coast was a bucket list experience our family is so grateful to have been able to immerse in last summer. Pacific-side is a beautiful side, but with a so many coastal hot spots to choose from along the stretch of San Diego to Santa Barbara, you may want to narrow down your ocean-immersing experiences
Our visit to our local farm to pick-our-own strawberries has always been a traditional way for us to kick-start summer. Ontario’s berries aren’t the biggest, but they are certainly among the most delicious. We’ve rounded up our favourite simple Strawberry Recipes to Enjoy All Summer long, including a new salad recipe we just devoured this weekend. They’re all BERRY good, if I do say so
Explore Bruce County: Best Family Staycations in Ontario Some of our best summer memories have been made along the blue-tiful Bruce Peninsula and in the region of Bruce County comprising of some of our favourite towns and villages to staycation – Port Elgin, Southampton, Sauble Beach & Tobermory among them. The turquoise tranquility and spectacular sunsets of Lake Huron, as well as amenity-rich beach/coastal towns
Lake Placid Winter Getaway Guide: Where to STAY, EAT and PLAY I’m smiling big as I write this – a gals’ trip I almost talked myself out of a mountain’s high many times but one filled with soul-fueling, fear-conquering, unforgettable memories that would sustain me through what prevailed just 3 weeks after returning – when the world came to a standstill and COVID-19 brought travel
We can’t believe it’s been over a month since our soul-fueling family getaway to Lambton Shores, Ontario – just 1.5 hours’ drive from Toronto and a fantastic spot to kick-start Summer break. With it’s Blue Flag beaches, world renowned Lake Huron sunsets, vibrant culinary scene, hike n’ bike trails, parks and attractions, a getaway to Lambton Shores is a fun-for-the-whole-family kind of destination and we’re
