As a kid I might have gone to Canada’s Wonderland maybe ten times. It was far away, and a long, hot day. As an adult I’ve been more times than I ever went as a kid. This season, in fact, I’ve been 3 times, and we have plans to fit in at least one more. […]
7 Things I’ve Learned Packing for a Family Camping Trip
When I was a kid, my family went camping every year. We had bins of camping equipment that lived in the basement, and my favourite thing was when we’d pitch the tent in the backyard ahead of time and we could play in it! Of course, the camping was awesome too – beaches all day, […]
Ghosts of the Fort: A Haunted Walk
*I was provided with a free Ghosts of the Fort tour for myself and my husband in order to facilitate this review. All opinions are my own.* The Haunted Walk has been operating in Kingston for 20 years. That’s a long time! They have been so successful they now do tours in Ottawa and […]
How To Recover From Family Vacations
How to Recover from Family Vacations is a sponsored guest post*. If you are interested in writing for A Modern Mom’s Life, please visit my Guest Posting page. You often see advice on how to prepare for family vacations and various family events, but what about how to deal with the aftermath? With family vacations, there […]
A Day In Photos: Kennedy Space Center
Space travel is amazing to me. I love science fiction, exploration, and the idea of extra-terrestrial life. That means that a trip to Orlando, Florida includes a visit to the Kennedy Space Center. Maybe more for Patrick and I than for the kids, but hey, it’s a FAMILY vacation so everyone should enjoy it, right? […]