Last month I had the privilege of working with the wonderful Jillian from Little Lifelines CPR. Jillian is a local mompreneur in Calgary, her business, Little Lifelines, was created after recognizing there was a need to support parents and grandparents with basic children’s first aid. She shared with me these five important first aid tips and reminders for parents at a workshop she recently designed and hosted for my staff. Children’s little bodies are quite resilient, but as

Well, the snow will not let up in Calgary! It’s been one really looooooong winter. So it wasn’t a huge surprise to wake up to a snow storm. Again. It was 13 degrees over the weekend. Our new roof got done! but mother nature is a force. This morning we are getting snow and lots of it. My little guy has also been battling another round of PFAPA a type of periodic fever syndrome. The poor little guy has been hovering around the 40-41 (103-105) range. So after getting some meds i

Ok. This blog is all about being open and honest and being able to share with you our journey towards a more simple and minimalist life. When I say our journey…many of you associate this with our recent big move and downsizing. However, there is a list of reasons as to why we chose a more simple lifestyle. The benefits for us living this lifestyle is weaved into earlier posts throughout this blog. Bottom line, we want to enjoy life, do what we love, get more time back with ou

This week we’re exploring dinosaurs and dino digs. My boys really enjoyed this invitation to play. it was super fun and really easy to set up. The boys spent over an hour emersed in learning and play. I got some time back to get errands done around the house. The clean up took five minutes! I would suggest creating a dino dig kit at clean up time. so next time it’s easy to pull out again. I added books to this play idea. You can grab books at the library or use some dino book

I cannot believe we are approaching 17 weeks since we first took possession of our new home. We hammered this job out in 2 months but the thoughts and ideas about this home had been fluttering around my mind for much longer than that. For a couple of years, I had envisioned a home that was in some ways transitional yet still modern and simple. About 2 years back, Ben and I had been out to a see a potential home just outside of Cochrane, Alberta. The house was in some ways Sca