Week 155 motherhood – making ice cream, utensils song, gymnurstics

Homemade vanilla ice cream

Homemade ice cream at EarlyON Creative Chefs

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Week 154 motherhood – CNE, bouncy castle, Creative Chef classes, incident, upgraded solids and ride, clapping hands

 children playing with cars

Toddler playing alongside another child

Week 154 motherhood of 2 year 11 month old and 8 month old:

(Warning:  LONG post ahead.)

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CNE Food 2023 – everything we ate and saw

Vietnamese banana ice cream

The hidden gem we discovered at CNE 2023! Keep reading to find out what it is 😛

It feels just like yesterday that we attended the Canadian National Exhibition last year.  Already, a full year has passed and it’s time for CNE 2023!  This year, we looked at what crazy carnival eats there were ahead of time and tried to roughly plan our route because we were attending with a 2.11 year old and an 8-month-old.  (Last summer was easier when the baby was in my womb still, haha.)  Continue reading

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Week 153 motherhood – elevator buttons, St. Catharines EarlyON, 8 months old, turning around

 two in a wagon (2 kids under 3 years old)

Kids’ first time in a wagon! (At the St. Catharines EarlyON Centre)

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Too Good To Go Hauls – May 2023

My Too Good To Go hauls in May 2023

The hauls I got from Too Good To Go in May 2023

Download and use the free Too Good To Go app to help restaurants, grocery stores, and convenience stores save food from going to the waste for a one third of the original price.  Here are my Too Good to Go hauls in May 2023 (29 surprise bags) from the Greater Toronto Area.  Continue reading

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Week 152 motherhood – scissors, first time in the pool, St. Catharines trip

 Baby in the pool

First time in the swimming pool for both kiddos!

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Week 151 motherhood – food hopping with kids, faster warm-ups, everything inflatable, MYB

 toddler creations using Jenga blocks

Latest creation using wooden Jenga blocks from the 22-month-old toddler (also see how the magnetic tiles are used)

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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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