Visit our sponsor: A guest post by Maman Loup’s cousin, August Kirste-Yee I just graduated from high school, which, if I’m honest, still doesn’t feel real. What feels even less real is the fact that my 18th birthday is next month … yikes. With all these huge milestones plus these wacky pandemic times, I’ve been […]

I don’t know about you, but one of the most exciting things about finally co-habitating with my then-fiancé—now husband of almost eleven years—was that we would get to share a bed! Sure I was moving to the opposite end of the country, but what was most exciting? Picking out sheets for our new bed! A […]

In writing this review of my deliciously warm and delightfully stylish Toboggan Canada Christine K Parka, I have gone down a proverbial internet rabbit hole, determined to correctly define the terms “parka,” “jacket” and “coat.” And while I now know that a parka is a knee-length, normally down-filled winter jacket, and that this term comes […]

Curiosity is a curious thing. It’s innate in small children as their brains learn to process and understand the world around them. As a parent, this nascent curiosity can be as contagious as it can be frustrating. “Why is it snowing?” can just as well inspire an engrossing conversation about how the water cycle works […]

By Sean Gallimore (aka Maman Loup’s baby bro) This year, we finally got around to doing a responsible adult thing—we got life insurance. I suppose it’s not a particularly exciting thing and generally wouldn’t have anything to do with watch straps, but in this case it does. And, that’s about as good as a segue […]

This blog post is sponsored by Philips Avent. The opinions expressed are my own. If you’ve been following my journey from mom of two to mom of four, you’ll know the arrival of the Cub Twins brought all sorts of game-changing experiences my way. I suppose it’s an asset, considering my line of work, to […]

Let me make one thing clear: I really don’t like reading comic books. I get bogged down by the speech bubbles, and I am happier using my own imagination to illustrate a story. But I’ve always loved the idea of super heroes. I’ve always been fascinated by the almost soap-opera-like back stories, vendettas, imposters, secret […]