Monday, July 30, 2018

July 30th Monday Madness Giveaway Linky



The end of July is here already - summer is half over. We have been keeping busy, swimming, bike rides, nerf fights and summer camp.  I hope you are enjoying your summer as well.

How would you like to win some prizes? Make sure to enter the great giveaways linked up below. If you are a blogger, feel free to list any open giveaways you have on your blog. Make sure to list the prize, end date and country eligibility (CAN/US/WW) any listed without this information will be deleted.

Sunday, July 29, 2018

Summer Colouring Sheet Printable

If you have little ones, then you know that sometimes we need to find new things to do, and sometimes, we just need to go back to basics.  One thing that almost every child I know loves to do is colour.

Certified Cartridges has supplied me with this free colouring sheet printable for you, so please go ahead and save it to your computer to print out for your little ones.  Certified cartridges recycles your old printer cartridges to help save on waste. They are based out of Montreal, and have an actual store front there. However, they are happy to serve the rest of Canada with online shopping, and free shipping within Canada for orders over $49.00

Saturday, July 28, 2018

Summer Week 4

This was an interesting week. The kids were both in day camps. Mr. J was attending a soccer camp that is run by the soccer club he plays for, and Mr. K was in a biking camp. Both camps spend the majority of their time outdoors.

Of course, after no rain in the last few weeks, and super hot temperatures - this week was when we got hit with the a rainy week. Monday was overcast, and not much rain during the day (but huge downpour in the evening and over night), Tuesday saw some rain in the afternoon, and wednesday rained almost the entire day.

Thursday was absolutely beautiful.

Despite the rain, the kids enjoyed their camps. Mr. K has done the bike camp the last 2 summers (2 weeks each summer), and I am sure if I signed him up again he would happily go back. It's pretty much the highlight for him each summer.

Mr. J has done PD day camps with the soccer club before, but never a full week. I was a little concerned that he would be done with soccer after playing all day, and then having a game Monday night, and practice Wednesday - but he wasn't. He has been called up a few times to U12 games, which are Tuesday nights - and this week was no exception. He was happy to go, and the coach even asked him to come to their practice last night.

He has another week of soccer camp next week as well, hopefully he loves it just as much.

I spent a lot of the week getting things ready for #BloggersFete. We kickoff August 1st with a twitter party, so there has been a lot of behind the scenes stuff to get ready for that.

I also went and saw Mamma Mia 2 with my mom and brother earlier in the week.  On Thursday I went to visit my cousin who just had her second child, and got to have some brand new baby snuggles, and some playtime with her 2 year old.

Thursday, July 26, 2018

#BloggersFete 2018 Sponsor Spotlight

For the last few years, I have joined together with other bloggers and put on the #BloggersFete event. This is our FOURTH year for the online party, and we are so thrilled to be doing it again.  The event would not be successful without the help of our kind and generous sponsors, that each year offer up prizes for our readers and #BloggersFete participants.

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Family Game Time Fun #BloggersFete


My kids and I love to play board games and card games. We have the usual family games that you will see in most homes, but sometimes it's nice to try something new.


I was recently sent a box of games from Asmodee Canada for us to test out and have fun with.  Mr. J was away at my brothers, so Mr. K and I opened it up and had some fun. We played Go Cuckoo and Timeline that afternoon.

Saturday, July 21, 2018

Summer Week 3

This week got off to a rough start. Week 2 had Mr. J away at summer camp, and Mr. K alone with us all week. Within 2 minutes of being together on Saturday, the kids were already fighting. Thankfully, saturday had them separated for most of the day.

Sunday we went to watch the final game of the World Cup, and then Mr. K spent the afternoon with his dad, and Mr. J spent the afternoon with his grandparents.

Monday, July 16, 2018

July 16th Monday Madness Giveaway Linky







How would you like to win some prizes? Make sure to enter the great giveaways linked up below. If you are a blogger, feel free to list any open giveaways you have on your blog. Make sure to list the prize, end date and country eligibility (CAN/US/WW) any listed without this information will be deleted.

Sunday, July 15, 2018

Summer Week 2

Our second week of summer was quite peaceful. Mr. J left for a week of sleepover camp on Monday morning. I took Mr. K and my niece swimming that afternoon, and then home for dinner and some play time.

Mr. K and I went to an indoor play center with my cousin and her 2 year old on Tuesday, and spent the afternoon with friends by their pool.

Saturday, July 14, 2018

Summer Fun With PlaSmart #BloggersFete


Watermelon Ball

If you spend time in a pool over summer vacation, you are going to want to get your hands on The Watermelon Ball. It's a fun ball that you can use in water - it sinks to the bottom, and then floats to the top.

A PlaSmart product, the Watermelon Ball comes in two sizes (the original, and the watermelon jr) and provides lots of fun while playing in the pool.  You can bounce it, throw it, kick it and more.  Mr. K really likes to make up games with it for points (although, somehow it always works out in his favour).

Thursday, July 12, 2018

Dreaming Of A New Kitchen


When we first moved into our home (way back in 2004), I was in love with it. After living here for 14 years, I have come to want some changes made, especially in the kitchen. We are lucky, and have a large area to work with. Our kitchen has it's preparation area, and then an eating area to the side - which is separated by a counter. We changed the colour of the walls last fall; went from white to orange. It made it a little better.






We would like to make it one large area, instead of the separate eating area (we rarely used it to eat in, more when the kids were small for lunch than anything else). We want to remove the counter that splits the kitchen, add a large island into the middle, and then extend the cupboards all the way down the length of the kitchen.

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

#BloggersFete 2018 Twitter Party


Hey everyone, #BloggersFete 2018 is happening soon. We will be kicking off on August 1st. There will be a twitter party, facebook party and lots of blog giveaways as well!  This is our 4th year hosting the online party, and we are thrilled to be back.

Monday, July 9, 2018

July 9th Monday Madness Giveaway Linky





Happy July everyone! I hope you had a lovely Canada day (if you are Canadian) and that my American readers enjoy their 4th of July celebrations this week as well.

How would you like to win some prizes? Make sure to enter the great giveaways linked up below. If you are a blogger, feel free to list any open giveaways you have on your blog. Make sure to list the prize, end date and country eligibility (CAN/US/WW) any listed without this information will be deleted.

Saturday, July 7, 2018

Summer Week 1

The first week of summer has just finished, and it went pretty well. Hubby was off for the week, so we had lots of time together as a family.

We hosted a bbq on Canada Day, spent lots of time at the pool (this was big for the kids, because they really like it when their dad comes with us - he plays more than I do).

Mr. J turned 11 on the 4th, so we went to see Jurassic World, and then out for dinner - he requested Red Lobster. He has been wanting to go for a while, so we finally made it.

Monday, July 2, 2018

July 2nd Monday Madness Giveaway Linky





Happy July everyone! I hope you had a lovely Canada day (if you are Canadian) and that my American readers enjoy their 4th of July celebrations this week as well.

How would you like to win some prizes? Make sure to enter the great giveaways linked up below. If you are a blogger, feel free to list any open giveaways you have on your blog. Make sure to list the prize, end date and country eligibility (CAN/US/WW) any listed without this information will be deleted.