Week 150 motherhood – new double stroller, making art and yogurt, two in shopping carts

 toddler drawing with a marker

The toddler making significant artwork at an EarlyON session

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Too Good To Go Hauls – April 2023

Too Good to Go hauls in April 2023

My Too Good to Go hauls in April 2023

Too Good To Go is a free app where you can enjoy food savings and help unsold food from restaurants, grocery stores, convenience stores from going to waste.  For one third of the original price, you can save a bag of mystery food.  Here are my Too Good to Go hauls in the Greater Toronto Area in April 2023.  I bought 18 surprise bags in total.  Continue reading

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Week 149 motherhood – little bottom tooth coming through, exersaucer, Bricks in the Six, making pancakes

 making pancakes with bananas

Cutting up bananas for the pancakes

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Too Good To Go Hauls – March 2023

Too Good To Go hauls collage

My Too Good To Go hauls in March 2023

In late February 2023, Too Good To Go announced that for the first time, applicable sales tax would be added separately to the price of the surprise bags beginning on March 1, 2023.  Previously, the sales tax was embedded Continue reading

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Week 148 motherhood – 7 months old, teething, sitting up, BLW success

 Homemade breastmilk popsicle

Breastmilk popsicle for the baby

Week 148 motherhood of 2 year 10 month old and 7 month old:  Continue reading

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Too Good To Go Hauls – February 2023

 Too good to go haul collage

All of my February 2023 TGTG hauls

Reducing food waste and saving money with the Too Good To Go app in Toronto, Canada.  Here are all my Too Good To Go hauls in February 2023 (27 surprise bags).  Surprise bags that meet or are above the minimum value are marked with a green checkmark.  Surprise bags that do not meet the minimum value are marked with a red X. Continue reading

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Week 147 motherhood – distracted nursing, police officer field trip, splash pad revival, back to the office

 Kids meeting a police officer

Special EarlyON session where we got to meet a police officer and sit in the cop car!

Week 147 motherhood of 2 year 9 month old and 6.5 month old: Continue reading

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Celebrating Magic Noodle’s 10 Year Anniversary

Magic Noodle 10 year anniversary special

Magic Noodle located at 1383 16th Ave in Richmond Hill

July 8, 2023:  I forgot how much I love the food here at Magic Noodle.  It’s been a minute since I ate here (post-baby #1 and pre-pandemic).  My mom received news that since Magic Noodle was celebrating its 10-year-anniversary, they were offering a promotion for a month from June 18 to July 18 where select items would be rolled back to the same price they were 10 years ago.  Continue reading

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My Hauls from Too Good To Go App (Greater Toronto Area) – January 2023

Too Good Too Go app screenshot

Screen of the Too Good Too Go app after you reserve a surprise bag

Too Good To Go is a free app that you can use to purchase surprise/mystery bags of food for one third of the original price from participating bakeries, restaurants, and grocery stores.  Continue reading

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Week 146 motherhood – belly burps, first postpartum tui na massage

 baby led weaning mango seed

Baby trying mango for the first time

Week 146 motherhood of 2 year 9 month old and 6.5 month old:  Continue reading

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