Jello plus Pop Rocks = Party for your Mouth! We received a great kid snack tip from a friend. Like Jello? Like Pop Rocks? Then put them together! The next time you are serving up a bowl full of Jello, try pouring some Pop Rocks on top. It Snaps, Crackles and Pops… or is that […]
Cooking with Celery When my sister-in-law told me that she often cooks celery, I looked at her incredulously. I had never heard of cooking celery before. We just eat it raw! It’s a don’t know it until you try it sort of recipe! Ways to Cook with Celery Here are the directions from my sister-in-law […]
Top 10 Tips for visiting Get Air “That was the best birthday I have ever had!” So said Thomas on his 8th birthday after we took him to Get Air in Burnside, outside of Halifax, Nova Scotia. “I absolutely loved it!” “That was the best day ever!” Needless to say, our family adventure to Get […]
Pinata Balloons from Nouwee *Disclosure: I received a box of joy from Nouwee full of party supplies to review. This included the Pinata Balloons written about here. Thanks for giving me a great excuse for a party!* And the crowd went wild! That was the reaction to the piñata balloon bursting at my son’s 8th […]
Best Peanut Butter Cookies in the Whole World! “How come you never make these peanut butter cookies?” asks my husband. “Because they are TOO GOOD!” That doesn’t make sense. Yes, it does. They are so good, once they come out of the oven and are melt-in-your-mouth warm, you cannot help eating a whole stack of […]
Peanut Butter Free Bird Feeders Last week I was asked to participate in a kids’ nature night expose in our town. I needed an activity for the kids to do at my table that would go with the nature theme. Also, it had to be something that both toddlers and older children could do and […]
Sugar Moon Farm While in the Truro area to go to the Snowpak Dog Sledding Adventures (NOW CLOSED) and to the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park we decided to expand our adventure to include the Sugar Moon Farm. Sugar Moon Farm is one of the only places in Nova Scotia where you can go watch and learn about […]
Shubenacadie Wildlife Park in the Winter **Disclosure: Our family received a pass to the wildlife park in exchange for letting more Valley families know that they are open in the winter for amazing family fun! All opinions are our own.** Did you know that the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park is open in the winter and you […]
All-Electric America: A Climate Solution and the Hopeful Future by S. David Freeman and Leah Y. Parks (Solar Flare Press, 2015). A review For this book review, I roped my husband, Dr. David Duke, into doing it. When I saw the synopsis, I thought, as he is the head of the Environmental & Sustainability Studies […]
Snowpak Dog Sledding Adventures Riversdale, Nova Scotia **2018: Please note: this business is no longer in operation** *Disclosure: Our family received a trip on the dog sledding adventure in exchange for this blog post. It just means we get to tell you about the most incredible family adventure! All opinions are our own.* […]
