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Category: Getaways

Make the Most of Your Museum Memberships

My family just recently returned from a trip out to visit our family and friends in Vancouver. We love going back to my hometown and hitting up all of our favourite spots. Despite going back to the west coast at least once, usually twice, a year this trip we discovered…

Step Back in Time at Upper Canada Village

Summer is quickly coming to a close. Are you in denial about this like I am? Fortunately there is still time to fit in a few more awesome day trip adventures before the season wraps up. I highly recommend taking the kids on a day trip to Upper Canada Village…

Family Fun in the New Ford Escape

I’ve never been the mom with the cool car. In fact, I never had a cool car even before I was a mom. I have pretty much always driven a mini-van. And, as a 6 ft 3 woman, with a 6 ft 8 husband, I have a…

Victoria Serves Up the Charm Island Style

My family recently spent an entire month out on the west coast, to find out all about our favourite spots in Vancouver you can read about it here. But, I felt like our short trip over to Victoria on Vancouver Island deserved it’s own post, because it&#8217…

Making Memories: Our Month in Vancouver

I’ve been a little absent from this blog over the past few weeks, and that’s because my family and I spent the entire month of April out in Vancouver. My husband was headed out there for work, so it made sense for all of us to…

Toronto and The Chelsea Hotel Serve Up a Winning Weekend

I recently embarked on a solo parenting weekend with my kids in Toronto. I was inspired to go because the university national volleyball championships were taking place at Ryerson University and I was hoping to attend and cheer on my old team, the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds. I played…

A Winter Wonderland at Montebello

It has been a week since my family took a little two night getaway to the Fairmont Chateau Montebello, and I still can’t get over what a lovely and relaxing time it was. Seriously, when is a holiday with two little kids ever relaxing?! But really, it was…