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Summer Crafts for Kids #ArtsyPlay

By Amanda | July 23, 2014 - 5:55 am |July 23, 2014 activities, Artsy Play Wednesday, crafts, Summer Sanity

We chose a few linked up crafts from last week to share with you here today as we believe they would make fun activities for a rainy day. These summer craft ideas for kids really would be fun any time during the year! Summer Crafts for Kids Have you ever read Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See by Eric Carle? It is one of my FAVOURITE books and children love it too as it reads REALLY well as a read aloud book due to the rhyming and rhythm of the text. On a rainy day, why not head … Continue reading →

Canadian Content on Netflix #StreamTeam

By Amanda | July 21, 2014 - 5:55 am |July 21, 2014 entertainment

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Little Kid Canadian Content Netflix Shows

I always love to find new ways to teach my children about Canada, the country that we live in. There is all kinds of history that I would like them to learn (history that admittedly, I need to brush up on!), there are many famous Canadian people, a ton of beautiful hidden gems in Canadian geography AND there is some great Canadian television content! Why not snuggle up with your kids, grab a snack (perhaps some Maple Leaf Sugar Cookies and enjoy some good Canadian Content on Netflix together? All of the shows below were either filmed in Canada, take … Continue reading →

Parenting Styles in the World Today

By Amanda | July 18, 2014 - 10:09 am |July 18, 2014 for parents, parenting

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DISCLAIMER: I haven’t written a piece before where I share my strong opinions on a topic quite as strongly as I do in this one. I want everyone to know, PRIOR to reading this, that while I do have my strong opinions, I am VERY open (and encourage) others opinions and respect the fact that my opinions are NOT right, they are simply opinions! I am writing this post in hopes to start an open and respectful dialogue amongst parents. Will you join me? Anyone who knows me is aware that I LOVE to discuss parenting. I love to hear … Continue reading →

Join Me in the Clean Water Campaign! #CleanWater #PGMom

By Amanda | July 17, 2014 - 7:07 am |July 21, 2014 charity, life

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How many times in a day does CLEAN WATER touch your family’s life? Did you know that approximately one billion people in the developing world* do not have the same luxury, and diseases from contaminated water are killing more children every day than HIV/AIDS and malaria combined*. *Source: World Health Organization Walmart and P&G have put together a Clean Water Campaign to help provide clean drinking water to children in the developing world through a water purifying technology developed by P&G. One small purification packet quickly turns 10 litres of dirty, potentially deadly water into clean, drinkable water! For every … Continue reading →

Keep Your Kids Busy This Summer with These Activities! #ArtsyPlay {LINKY}

By Amanda | July 16, 2014 - 5:00 am |July 16, 2014 activities, Artsy Play Wednesday, crafts, food, Outdoor Activities

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For children, summertime is typically the most fun time of the year! The weather is good (most of the time) and they get to play outdoors A LOT! I am a HUGE believer in letting children play by using their imaginations and just having good, old fun. BUT… Sometimes children come to you muttering those terrible words “I’m bored” and then what? That is what Artsy Play Wednesday is for. Use it as a resource to pin and bookmark some activities that you would like to try out with your children this summer. We’ve got some amazing and FUN Summer … Continue reading →

Have you Visited a Parks Canada Park This Summer? {#Giveaway} #TrySomethingFresh

By Amanda | July 15, 2014 - 6:00 am |July 15, 2014 entertainment, family, giveaway

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Have you ever visited one of Parks Canada Parks? There are many parks across Canada to discover! My family are definitely not campers, although I would like to TRY “Glamping” to see if I could convince my hubby to embrace the outdoors. I grew up cottaging as a child. Every summer, we would spend our vacation up North. We were very fortunate to have a gorgeous park near our cottage and I learned to appreciate very quickly everything that parks have to offer! You could WIN an exciting 3 day, 2 night Parks Canada Family Adventure (worth over $5000) by … Continue reading →

Enjoy Coffee with Kraft Keurig®* Compatible Pods #KraftMeACoffee

By Amanda | July 14, 2014 - 8:00 am |July 21, 2014 food, giveaway

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Have you tried the Keurig®* Compatible Pods? Maxwell House Keurig®*Compatible Pods Nabob Keurig®*Compatible Pods Gevalia Keurig®*Compatible Pods These pods are available at your local grocery store, in fact, I recently saw them at my local store in a HUGE display at the front: My favourite brand was the Gevalia Keurig®*Compatible Pods! I find it the smoothest out of all of them. It provides me with a deliciously rich, full-bodied cup (or cups, depending on how my night goes the night before) of coffee in the morning! The Gevalia Keurig®*Compatible Pods are available in two varieties: Dark House Blend and Dark … Continue reading →

Healthier Fried Chicken

By Amanda | July 11, 2014 - 5:55 am |July 11, 2014 food, recipes

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While searching for a Delicious Chicken Recipe, I came across Sunshine and Sippy Cup’s Healthier Kickin’ Chicken Recipe. I modified it slightly according to what I had in my kitchen and made it last night for dinner. It was absolutely DELICIOUS and will definitely be added to our regular dinner routine. Healthier Fried Chicken Recipe Type: Chicken Author: Amanda @ Multi-Testing Mommy Prep time: 30 mins Cook time: 20 mins Total time: 50 mins Serves: 4-6 Ingredients 1/2 cup oil (I used 1/2 avacado and 1/2 Three Farmers Camelina oil) 1 tablespoon onion powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon garlic … Continue reading →

Loving My Clean Floors Thanks to the Bissell Multi-Surface Expert Vacuum

By Amanda | July 10, 2014 - 7:00 am |July 21, 2014 home

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When my husband and I first lived together, we rented a basement apartment. The majority of the floor space was carpeted and a vacuum became a necessity. My inlaws had recently purchased a Bissell vacuum and swore by it, so we did the same thing. I still remember the first test that we did with it by cleaning the floors with the little mini vacuum that we had and then seeing all of the dirt and dust being lifted out of the carpet right before our own eyes. It was the very first bagless vacuum that I had ever owned … Continue reading →

Fish Crafts for Kids #ArtsyPlay {LINKY}

By Amanda | July 9, 2014 - 12:01 am |July 9, 2014 activities, Artsy Play Wednesday, crafts, kids

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