Week 205 motherhood – pt progress, CNE outing, more affection

 Kids activity at the CNE Farm

Picking apples at the CNE Farm

Week 205 motherhood with 3 year 11 month old and 20 month old.  Continue reading

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What We Ate and Did at the CNE 2024 (family edition)

 Super Fly noodle at CNE

Holding the Super Fly noodle, one of this year’s new foods at CNE

The annual Canadian National Exhibition unofficially marks the end of the summer and kicks us off into the cooler autumn months.  In 2024, the CNE runs from August 16 to September 2 (Labour Day before the kids return to school).  We took a Monday off this year to visit the CNE Continue reading

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Week 204 motherhood – milestones for both, “TV day”

 New backyard fence

Watching our new fence get built

Week 204 motherhood with 3 year 10 month old and 19 month old.  Continue reading

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Week 203 motherhood – sleeping through the night, pt progress

 Toddler artwork

The frame at the top corner is what another child did (what the facilitators “wanted” the frames to look like) and the green artwork is what my child made.

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Flashfood Hauls July 2024

 Groceries you can buy on flashfood

Loving my Flashfood deals

Use the free Flashfood app to get 50% off groceries that are nearing their “best before” dates at select participating grocery stores across Canada and the United States.

Use my referral code  KARE4PEFC  to get $5 in rewards in the Flashfood app when your first purchase is over $10.  Continue reading

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Week 202 motherhood – Pride of Canada carousel, watching the Olympics, stringing beads for an hour, second trip to the fire station, tie dye shirts!

 Pride of Canada carousel in Markham

Such a beautifully crafted and thoughtful carousel. Definitely worth a visit

Week 202 motherhood with 3 year 10 month old and 19 month old.  Continue reading

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Surprise Bags from Too Good To Go in July 2024

 too good to go surprise bags in 2024

The 3 surprise bags I got in July 2024

Save a surprise bag from Too Good To Go to reduce surplus food from being wasted at participating restaurants, grocery stores, convenience stores, bakeries, and more in Canada (you won’t know what’s in it until you pick it up).  It’s a free app that anyone can download.  Aside from saving money on food, you can try new stores you haven’t heard of before.  Continue reading

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Week 201 motherhood – wire sculptures, seat belt takeoff routines, playing bingo

Week 201 motherhood with 3 year 10 month old and 19 month old.  Continue reading

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Raspberry Picking at Brooks Farms

Raspberry picking

Pick-your-own raspberries at Brooks Farms at 122 Ashworth Rd, Mount Albert

This was my first time picking raspberries and it was a lot of fun!  I’m so glad that I saw my friend’s story on Instagram and that was how I found out that Brooks Farms in Mount Albert has pick-your-own raspberries.  They also have strawberries, green peas, gooseberries and more Continue reading

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The Feast of St. Lawrence Media Walking Tour 2024

 influencers photographing food

Content creators at the 2024 walking media tour at Omni King Hotel

I was once again honoured to be invited to be in the media walking tour for the Feast of St. Lawrence 2024 event (my fourth time!) on July 20 where content creators previewed the items that will be served at the Feast of St. Lawrence Picnic Dinner on Market Street on August 9, 2024 Continue reading

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