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Inside Santa’s Bag 2011
Inside Santa’s Bag 2011

This year, just like last year, I’ll not be doing a full on gift guide but rather this round up… I hope it’s a short and sweet peek into the things I recommend for Christmas! For The Girl – Disney Princess Royal Tea Party Playset – Little H is still in the princess phase. We saw this playset while out [...]

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New White Coca-Cola Can Design to Support WWF
New White Coca-Cola Can Design to Support WWF

You know those commercials with the Polar Bears drinking Coke?  The ones that come out right before Christmas?  Yeah you do…they’re cute, they’re classically Coca-Cola and they never fail to bring a smile. Well, Coke has become so enamoured with the Polar Bears that have graced their holiday advertising that they’ve teamed up with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and started [...]

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Hunt’s and Urban Moms Tomato Cook-off ! #HuntsTomatoCookoff
Hunt’s and Urban Moms Tomato Cook-off !   #HuntsTomatoCookoff

Wow, this has been a year let me tell you! I can’t believe my baby N is going to be ONE this month…and Thanksgiving is this weekend. I feel like I’m flying by the seat of my pants. Pretty soon I’ll blink and be wondering how it’s two days to Christmas and I have nothing done/bought/made. I’m so thankful for [...]

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Shoe Love
Shoe Love

My new loves from Naot Shoes!!

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Cirque Du Soleil’s OVO – a Review #yyc #calgary
Cirque Du Soleil’s OVO – a Review                    #yyc #calgary

I just came back from the Cirque Du Soleil show OVO which is playing now in Calgary and had to sit down and write this review right away because I’m so fired up from it.  It was amazing.  It was beautiful.  It was Cirque! OVO is the story of a village of bugs who’ve come across a precious egg.  They [...]

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Me = Fat Footed : A Shoe Review
Me = Fat Footed : A Shoe Review

Early in the spring, I was asked to try out some sandals from Naot.  I wanted to say “YES!”  But I didn’t…I cringed inside and I resisted my first instinctual reaction and instead said… The shoes are freakin gorgeous!  I have a question for you though – I have hard to fit, large, wide feet.  How do the shoes wear?  [...]

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Review – Ford Explorer Limited V6 w 4WD
Review – Ford Explorer Limited V6 w 4WD

We were lucky to be provided with a vehicle for our family trip this year.  It was so nice to save the wear and tear on our own mini-van.  Yes, *gasp* I’m a mini-van mom! After getting over the shock of driving an impeccably clean vehicle with no juice spills, crushed goldfish crackers and lord knows what else, we drove [...]

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Chow time with Chibi – a Photo Story
Chow time with Chibi – a Photo Story

  *thanks to Cesar Bistro for providing product to facilitate this post.

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7 Birdie Inspired Items for your Home
7 Birdie Inspired Items for your Home

Since discovering the birdie cage wall decals I decided to scrounge around on Etsy for other examples of birdie inspired decor.  Here’s what I found:  

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Make Christmas Magical – Free Personalized Email Video from Santa
Make Christmas Magical – Free Personalized Email Video from Santa

A co-worker told me about this video service last year (thanks Mel!)  Sympatico has this amazing service where you can upload a picture of your child, input a few personal details like their age and what they want for Christmas and then it sends you an email from Santa.  Little H is absolutely enchanted by this and is asking to [...]

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