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

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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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Week 200 motherhood – new water table, STEAM summer camp

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Playing with the new water table

Week 200 motherhood with 3 year 10 month old and 18 month old.  Continue reading

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Little Bangkok Thai Cuisine in Markham‏

Little Bangkok Thai Cuisine

Little Bangkok Thai Cuisine located at 227 Main St Markham N in Markham

Updated post July 15, 2024:

I was feeling up for some Thai food again despite just having it the day before at Isaan Der in Richmond Hill.  Since the husband and I were in this area of Markham already, I looked up “Thai” food on Google Maps and this restaurant was the one Continue reading

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Thai Food at Isaan Der Thai Kitchen & Bar Richmond Hill

Isaan Der golden bags

Isaan Der – Thai Kitchen & Bar located at 9021 Leslie St, unit 7, Richmond Hill

It was so nice to finally try this hotspot for Thai food!  Isaan Der Thai Kitchen & Bar opened up sometime in the last year or so and initially, I remember hearing about how there were really long waits for the tables and the food took a long time to arrive.  Now in July 2024, the kinks have definitely worked themselves out and I had dinner with a friend here.  Continue reading

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Flashfood Pickups in June 2024

 Flashfood hauls in Canada

Fave Flashfood purchase this month

Saving money on groceries using the Flashfood app.  You pay just 50% of the regular price on goods nearing their “best before” dates.

Flashfood is operating in supermarkets like No Frills, Superstore, Loblaws, Independent grocery stores, and various pet stores.  Use my referral code  KARE4PEFC  to get $5 in rewards in the Flashfood app when your first purchase is over $10.

Here’s what we purchased from Flashfood in the month of June 2024.  Our purchases added up to $416.49 this month.

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Week 199 motherhood – large family reunion, the end of Triple P, a master of climbing

 Bruce Mills picnic shelter

The picnic shelter we booked out for the 55+ people picnic we had

Week 199 motherhood with 3 year 9 month old and 18 month old.  Continue reading

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