With school soon coming to an end and camp not starting up for a couple more days we’re looking to fill up our kids’ itineraries (and keep our homes from becoming total disaster zones). With plenty of outdoor activities to enjoy the beautiful weather, we’ve penciled in the park, La Ronde, the pool and some other fun in the sun. But with the hot temperatures we’ve been having lately we’re making a point of planning at least one [...]

Heading to the great outdoors and camping with the kids this summer?

Get fired up and dig into a delish campfire dish! Check out these campfire fun food ideas for the kids…and you, from our friends at Owlkids publisher of Chirp, chickaDEE and OWL magazine. Insert your own spooky campfire stories, a few marshmallow or smores and you are really cooking on your camping trip!

Firepit Pizza

Ingredients: Pocket-style pita bread, tomato sauce, grated mozzarella [...]

Ever see beautiful underwater pictures and wonder how they are taken? Taking a family trip down south soon? TV Host and Filmmaker, Zeke Piestrup, shares tips on how to capture incredible photos underwater and in fast-motion situations!

No matter whether we’ve been doing Pilates three times a week or watching every last morsel of food that enters our mouths, we still shiver at the thought of swimwear season.

Sure, we have an ample supply of self-tanner to hide some extra cottage cheese on our thighs and an arsenal of cover-ups to make sitting poolside less stressful but with summer’s impending arrival we know its time to finally hit the changing room.

Bad lighting, [...]

When it comes to our babies we want to put only the best into their little bodies. From homemade baby food to organic milk to natural health remedies, we are constantly searching for the most natural baby products with the purest ingredients to nourish and soothe their every need.

And we’re not embarrassed to admit that this all-natural mantra goes even deeper than what we put into their mouths. Our home cleaning products are all organic and non-toxic. Toys, [...]

Summer is coming, and with it days where you need to keep your children occupied. Why not hire a summer babysitter? If you going that route look out for specific skills in a summer child caregiver to ensure that your child will securely enjoy summer activities.  She preferably should have an enthusiastic personality, with high energy and good imagination. She should be willing to make light meals, do some light housekeeping, and have a driver’s license and possibly a car. [...]

I love that my kids are creative and really like their arts and crafts.  But I’m one of those parents that can’t stand Play Doh because I hate the mess.  You can’ make me feel guilty about the fact that it’s banned in my house. I don’t care because it gets into my sofa, under my nails and I have spent way too many hours separating the colours so my kids don’t have “mix-up” meltdowns.

But after much reflection [...]

Doesn’t the thought of summer approaching put us all in a better mood?? Vacations, swimming, watermelon and of let’s not forget POOL PARTIES! And what better way to launch the summer than to have your kids and all their friends over for a pool party to remember? The sun is shining, there’s a warm breeze and not a cloud in the sky; it’s a beautiful summer day. But perfect weather is just the first step to pulling off [...]

Funtropolis is a completely new way for families to have fun. Physical activity and play are encouraged between a parent and child in a safe and interactive environment, without the need for protective gear.

Imagination is the name of the game at Funtropolis at both the Laval and St-Hubert complexes. Funtropolis recently underwent a major expansion with the opening of the biggest play centre of its kind in Canada, located in south shore St-Hubert. Plus, [...]

Many people think that because girls tend to focus more on their interpersonal relationships, that they have more emotional intelligence. According to Rachel Simmons, author of Odd Girl Out, this is not always the case. Being taught to be a “good girl” does not always make it easy to express the strong and “more real” emotions which can often lead to distress.