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Eco-friendly Easter Baskets for Children

March 18, 2019 By Megan 13 Comments

Eco-friendly Easter Baskets for Children

At Easter time, stores are filled with candy, chocolate bunnies in every size, and plastic eggs galore. It’s a recipe for sugar-overload, and I don’t even want to think about where all those cheap plastic eggs will wind up. The environmentalist and mom in me secretly cringes at these aisles every time a holiday rolls around. I’m not… [Read More]

Filed Under: Celebrations, Play Tagged With: Easter baskets, Eco Easter baskets for children, eco-friendly Easter, eco-friendly Easter gifts

Painted Heart Tea Light Holders

February 5, 2018 By Megan 1 Comment

Painted Heart Tea Light Holders

I am in love with these sweet painted heart tea light holders we made. This was a fun collaborative effort with K and I, and not only did it give us a fun little mommy and son time together, but we now have a gorgeous new tea light holder that also functions as beautiful Valentine’s… [Read More]

Filed Under: Celebrations, Crafting Tagged With: DIY tea light holder, heart candle holder, heart tea light holder, Valentine's Day candle, Valentine's Day candle holder, Valentine's Day craft, Valentine's day tea light holder

DIY Advent Calendars

November 8, 2017 By Megan 10 Comments

DIY Advent Calendars

With Canadian Thanksgiving and Halloween behind us, Christmas seems to be in full swing over here. I’m a big fan of advent calendars – who isn’t? – and we try to do something fun and different each year. Whether it’s tiny bags with fun trinkets or cards with daily fun activities to do, we all love opening… [Read More]

Filed Under: Celebrations, Crafting Tagged With: advent calendars, DIY advent calendar, DIY advent calendars for kids, homemade advent calendars

Healthy Easter Brunch Ideas

March 21, 2016 By Megan 5 Comments

Healthy Easter Brunch Ideas

With Easter quickly approaching (how did that happen?), we’ve started deciding on our Easter brunch menu. It will be a vegetarian affair and we’re planning on eating a lot of delicious food. Sometimes I think people don’t believe that the words delicious and healthy can be synonymous, but, my friends, they definitely can. Even when we’re… [Read More]

Filed Under: Breakfast, Celebrations Tagged With: healthy Easter brunch, kid-friendly Easter food, vegetarian brunch, vegetarian Easter

Eco-Friendly Gifts for Adults

December 15, 2015 By Megan Leave a Comment

Eco-Friendly Gifts for Adults

Psst, Christmas is just 10 days away. Crazy, I know. I actually cannot believe we haven’t even had to break out our boots here yet. Yesterday it was almost too warm for even Fall jackets! Yet in just over one week, we’ll be celebrating Christmas, in a very green way. Literally. We’re making our holidays as… [Read More]

Filed Under: Celebrations, Green Living Tagged With: eco-friendly christmas gifts, eco-friendly gifts, eco-friendly gifts for men, eco-friendly gifts for women

DIY Healthy Brownie Mix in a Jar (Vegan)

December 9, 2015 By Megan 1 Comment

DIY Healthy Brownie Mix in a Jar (Vegan)

Does Christmas some times leave you stressed out? About present-buying, the money spent, the lack of time to do it all? Are you looking for a simple, but affordable DIY gift that would be perfect for a member of your family and also make a great gift for your child’s teacher? This DIY healthy brownie mix in a… [Read More]

Filed Under: Celebrations, Sweets Tagged With: DIY brownie mix, DIY edible gift, edible Christmas gift, handmade Christmas gift, handmade edible gift, healthy brownie mix, vegan brownie mix

Moon and Star Mobile Christmas Ornament

November 30, 2015 By Megan 12 Comments

Moon and Star Mobile Christmas Ornament

Can you believe Christmas is less than one month away? I, for one, am so, so excited! I’m a big fan of this holiday and can’t wait! Not only do I have a SUPER ecstatic 4 year old, who asks every single day “how many more days until Christms?”, but this will also be baby girl’s… [Read More]

Filed Under: Celebrations, Crafting Tagged With: moon and star christmas ornament, moon and star mobile, nature christmas ornament, Papa Please Get the Moon for Me

Vegetarian Christmas Menu – Appetizers, Sides and Main Dishes

November 27, 2015 By Megan 2 Comments

Vegetarian Christmas Menu – Appetizers, Sides and Main Dishes

Over here in Canada, we celebrate Thanksgiving waaaayyy earlier than in the U.S. Seriously early. We were giving thanks and gobbling up delicious meals about 6 weeks ago. It was still warm and sunny out! For real. This also means Christmas comes early in Canada. Stores have been decorated for weeks now, I have tons of… [Read More]

Filed Under: Celebrations, Meals

Eco-friendly Toys for Preschoolers

November 15, 2015 By Megan 1 Comment

Eco-friendly Toys for Preschoolers

With Christmas just 6 (yes, six!) weeks away, many people are beginning to think about presents. This year, we have both a baby and a preschooler. We like to focus on family time, the food and the magic of the holiday (like fun DIY advent calendars), but of course, K is also so excited about… [Read More]

Filed Under: Celebrations, Play Tagged With: eco-friendly toys, eco-friendly toys for preschoolers, preschooler toys, toys for preschoolers

Trick-or-Treating – Healthy Halloween Treats & Alternatives

September 30, 2015 By Megan Leave a Comment

Trick-or-Treating – Healthy Halloween Treats & Alternatives

Do your little ones love Halloween? I know K sure does! Are you dismayed by the sheer amount of sugar that often ends up in their little tummies after the trick-or-treat run, though? I definitely am! I’m not a stickler by any means and he’s enjoyed his fair share of treats, but after his first… [Read More]

Filed Under: Celebrations, Play, Sweets Tagged With: healthy halloween alternatives, healthy halloween treats, non-candy alternatives for halloween

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