Saunders Farm Pass #giveaway

Are you looking for a great gift for your family this year? Why not gift them a pass to Saunders Farm for 2017?  It's something the whole family can look forward to either in the summer or at haunting season!

Saunders Farm has offered up one Family Pass (4 people) for me to giveaway to one of my lucky readers - valid during the 2017 season.

Entering is simple - fill out the form below ensuring you have completed all actions required.  This will run until November 25th at 1159pm EST. Giveaway is open to Ottawa residents (or Canadians that are willing to travel at their own expense)18+, excluding Quebec. Must be able to get to Saunders Farm (located just outside of Ottawa)

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*Pass will not be available until early 2017 - you will not receive it before Christmas*

Give The Gift Of Experience This Christmas #2016GiftGuide

I am sure I am not the only mother out there that feels their home is drowning in STUFF. That stuff seems to multiply every day until I am overwhelmed.  The kids even get overwhelmed with all the gifts they receive, and tend not to play with or use the items they are gifted often.  This is not to say that we don't give our children toys (we do), but when gifting to others (friends/family), I try and stay away from toys and clutter.

If you have children or families to buy for this year, why not consider gifting an experience instead of toys or other items that take up space?

You might be wondering what type of experiences you can gift, and I have put together a list for you below. These are especially helpful if you (or the person/family you are buying for) are local to Ottawa. If not, it still might give you some ideas.

1. Season pass to Saunders Farm.  This is great for families with little ones that are looking for summer outings, but also great for families with older children that love Halloween.  There is lots to do. My kids absolutely love going in the summer, and this is our first year taking them at Halloween. So much fun.
2. Museum Membership.  Check out a local museum to see what kind of memberships they have. Some memberships may even have reciprocal privileges with museums in other cities.
3. Local Play Center. You could gift a membership to a local play center if you have young children to buy for. It gives the family something to do, and can come in handy during the cold winter months or rainy days, when kids go a little wild being cooped up at home.
4. Tickets  to a sporting event, concert or show.
5. Passes for an escape room or paint night
6. Lessons (skating, swimming, skiing, martial arts, singing, cooking and so many other options). The City of Ottawa recreation department has many different types of classes you can register in, and they are pretty affordable.
7. A weekend away or a staycation.  We love taking the kids to The Brookstreet hotel. It's a great place to spend time as a family, away from the usual distractions at home.
8. Movie passes - you can get them at Costco for certain theaters and it makes it quite affordable.

What type of experience gifts would your family like?


How would you like to WIN a Family Pass to Saunders Farm

Paw Patrol Word Search Printable

Mr. K has been a big fan of Paw Patrol a long time.  He loves anything to do with the pups. We have a board game, toys, and many books as well.  With him starting to learn to read, he likes looking for words, so I decided to make him a Paw Patrol Word Search.  Feel free to print it out and use it for your kids if they are fans!

To print - right click and save as to your computer. You will then be able to print it out.

November 7th Monday Madness Giveaway Linky

November is here and so far the temperatures have been fairly decent. We managed to get all the leaves raked without our hands/fingers feeling like they were going to fall off....there have been some years we have been raking when the temperature has been zero.

The clocks went back an hour this weekend, and it was pretty easy.  Neither of the kids was up incredibly early, which was really nice.

Family Movie Night With Ice Age: Collision Course

Seeing as we all love movies, family movie nights happen often around our house.  This week, we watched Ice Age: Collision Course.

"Your favorite ICE AGE heroes are back and cooler than ever in this all-new adventure! Scrat’s epic pursuit of the elusive acorn accidentally triggers cosmic events that threaten the ICE AGE world. Now Buck, Manny, Ellie, Sid, Diego and the rest of the herd must work together on a hilarious journey filled with nonstop action and colorful new characters in order to survive the global Scrat-tastrophe!"

We have always loved the other Ice Age movies, so were excited to see the newest in the series.  We ordered in dinner from our favourite pizza place and settled down to watch the newest installment.

The kids laughed out loud many, many times. This particular one didn't hold my interest as well as some of the earlier ones in the series,  but the kids certainly loved it and it was fun to watch them enjoying themselves so much.

If you are on the hunt for a new movie to watch together, this is a good one to pick up.

Halloween House Display 2016

Since having children, my hubby has really gotten into Halloween. He has come a LONG way from hiding out upstairs while I answered the door to trick or treaters.  He spent a lot of time choosing cool blow up decorations when they were young, and always had fun setting up outside.

Last year, the kids decided they were done with the blow up stuff, and wanted to get spookier.  Hubby and Mr. J stocked up on some great decorations after Halloween when everything was on sale.

This is the result:

and a picture of my 2 trick or treaters just for fun :)

October 31st Monday Madness Giveaway Linky - Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone! I hope you are all set with costumes and candy for tonight.  Mr. J is going as an assassin and Mr. K is The Riddler again this year.

I am super excited for tonight - I always love to see the different costumes that show up at my door!