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Today is a Good Day
Sometimes its a desperate attempt at something. A redemption of a day gone different then how you envisioned. Something that sounds so refreshing and good-mom-ish. Something to wear out little...
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On Taking a Break and a Deep Breath
I followed my little girls around the gardens. We watched the mallard duck swim in circles, they threw dandelions in the water fountain. My big girl danced her way along the paths, calling back to me,...
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The Afterglow of Vacation
We woke up that first morning, full of anticipation. My phone was left in my top dresser drawer, the laptop was closed and I was super pumped about our up-coming days together. We had tossed around a...
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We looked at the tiger and said ‘pooh, pooh’.
We took our babies to the zoo last week. This was the only absolutely, must-do item on our list of things to-do while on a stay-cation. We had been talking about the outing for weeks, ever since I...
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Summer 2013 Bucket List (the Nova Scotia Version)
Some days I feel like pinching myself, I get to live in a really beautiful province. In a part of the country where people go to honeymoon or a once every 20 years holiday. Peggy’s Cove is one of the...
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Ten on Ten: June Edition
1. Morning french toast made with spelt sourdough and raisin bread. Monday breakfast treat made by Jared. 2. Morning play while we prepped food stuff. 3. My splash of beauty by my clothesline. 4. A...
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Spring to Summer Transition (and three ways to style it)
It’s a coastal province we live in, practically an island and only a short drive in any direction to the water. And as such the weather can be unpredictable with sunshine and heat one day and then grey...
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23/52
a portrait of my girls, once a week, every week in 2013 My girls are becoming little Atlantic babies, they shout and cheer ‘water!’ whenever they see any form of water be it the ocean or a...
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24/52
a portrait of my girls, once a week, every week in 2013 Project 52 has been one of the most fulfilling goals I’ve set and started this year. It’s do-able and rewarding. I love being more...
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Let Them Play
It’s the first day of summer. School is almost out for some families, others are already done. Bucket lists are being made, there are reminders everywhere of summer and that it brings. I know. I made...
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First Picnic of the Year (Recipe: roasted rhubarb compote)
It was the second really hot, sunshine-filled day. Summer was definitely here and it begged us to pack a picnic and head to the ocean. It was the sort of day where daddies filled the little plastic...
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On Dominion Day
,.- We got up early, woke the girls up and headed out into the misty morning. The city is about an hour’s drive and we had plans for the day. It’s Canada Day. Dominion Day. Our country’s birthday. We...
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Picnic at Sunset: Embracing the Spontaneity of Dinner gone Wrong
It was a super hot day. The kind of day where you wanted to just hang out in your backyard pool or sipping cold drinks all day long. The little girls were hot too. They didn’t want to hang out in...
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Swimming Lessons and Summer Meals
The swim suits lay damp on the edge of the bathtub. The floor is gritty with bits of sand. I smell sunshine and water and coconut on the backs of their necks. It’s summer, sweet summer. Our schedule is...
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29/52
We had a beach morning, my girls and I. We moved our blanket several times to get out of the way of the tide, they played and played. I watched them and took pictures and journaled. It was wonderful...
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To Mother Boldly: a Tale of Two Strawberry Pickings
We’re on a super mini-vacation right now in a favourite city of ours, Montreal, and these lessons from the strawberry field are true as we explore the city with our littles. It was perfect...
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Ten on Ten: August Edition
1. Morning play. The girls are loving their blocks these days and they become everything- little coffee cups, play food, tower-building materials. 2. We’re in a super intense season right now- career...
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Kilmeny, my three and half year old, every day showing us more of herself with the thoughts she comes up with and the perspective she has on life. She is so much fun these days (still challenging...
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Coffee, Striped Blankets and Making the Most of a Moment
The air is still and quiet, the water beyond the sand is glassy. The clouds fill the sky with white waves and at least three shades of blue. It feels like early morning but it isn’t. I sip my coffee...
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Kilmeny, looking like the Celtic princess that she is. She would live in her bathing suit if she could and often spends hours each day wearing it, under her ‘ballet’ skirt because that is ‘what...
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