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A Great Way to Capture Those Memories, Rain or Shine!
The boys have been begging us to go see their favourite band Walk Off the Earth for as long as they’ve been listening to their music, which is pretty much their whole lives. When I saw an advertisement for Performance in the Park at Banff featuring Walk Off the Earth as a family-friendly event, I […]
How to Plant a Pollinator-Friendly Garden
I have been talking over the last year about how the single most important thing you can do for Canada’s honey bees is to plant a pollinator-friendly garden. Since June 5 marks the start of National Planting Week, it’s time to get those pollinator-friendly seeds in the ground to provide nutritious food sources for pollinators. […]
Let’s Learn the Facts About Honey Bees, Not Fiction
We have to think about the facts, and not about the multitude of fallacies surrounding bees and the apparent “bee crisis” that I’m still coming across in my social media newsfeeds. Last year I wrote about what you can do to help honey bees, I want to remind you that the single most important thing you can […]
My Baby’s Skull is Perfect, Now Let’s Fix His Dry Scalp!
Our baby Jonathan is one of the strongest people I know, and he just turned 1 year old. At just 11 weeks old, he had surgery on his skull to repair a defect that he was born with called craniosynostosis. What that means is that two of his skull bones were fused when they are not […]
All I Want For Mother’s Day is To Not Have to Cook!
I’m not even joking—mama doesn’t need flowers or jewelry, just take me out to an amazing meal that I don’t have to cook! Ever since I celebrated my first Mother’s Day 7 years ago, I really haven’t wanted much. I figured being a mom was present enough for me. However, now that I’m a mom […]
5 Useful Tips to Help You Prepare for Nursing School
“Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion, as hard a preparation, as any painter’s or sculptor’s work…” -Florence Nightingale Those entering nursing school already appreciate some of the dedication and work required to be a successful healthcare professional. Although a nursing education may seem […]
The Importance of Car Seat Safety
Our oldest son just turned seven at the end of January, and I know that he is a bit embarrassed that we still have him use a car seat with a 5-point restraint for 90% of our travelling. He does have a booster seat in his dad’s truck, as he is old enough and weighs enough. But […]
Navigating Nutrition Labels: Focus on the Facts
I’ve never been one to get too worried about nutrition labels and ingredients when I shop for food for my family, but I’ve changed my tune lately. I was raised in a grocery store family (my dad worked in a grocery store and was a manager for a big portion of his career), so I […]
5 Tips For Successful Sleep Training
If you ask me what the lowest point in my parenting journey has been, I will say without hesitation when Braden was 4 months old and going through his first sleep regression. Our first baby Braden was always a really good sleeper from the get go. He’d eat and go right down to sleep with […]
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