Writing my way through the joys and challenges of motherhood
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, […]
*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 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 […]
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? […]
I have lived in Kingston, Ontario for most of my life. And I’m not just saying that because I’m old now and more than half of my life has happened after highschool, though that is a factor. I was born here, at Kingston General Hospital. At the time my parents lived in Amherstview, which is […]
*I was given 2 free passes for LEGOland Florida in order for me to create this review. All opinions (and photographs) are my own, or that of my family. Read my Disclosure Policy for further information. This post may contain affiliate links.* On our second day of vacation in Florida we visited LEGOland. We […]
*My family and I were provided with a complementary stay at the Genesee Grande Hotel in order to facilitate this review. All opinions are my own, or those of my family. Please visit my Disclosure Page for more information.* Looking for somewhere to stay in Syracuse, New York? Look no further than the Genesee […]
If you’re anything like me, you look forward to the end of winter. And not just because it means the snow and cold weather move along, but because the sap starts running up the trees. As a gardener, I love the idea of spring and new growth, but what I really love when winter […]
Despite being a two working parent household, we have managed to fit in a lot of fun things this summer. Today I’m going to show you some of our day at Boldt Castle. The history of Boldt Castle is a very sad one. George Boldt bought the island for his wife Louise, and designed the […]
Emma and I had the pleasure of taking the Time Travel Trail tour in downtown Kingston. *The Time Travel Trail, a subsidiary of The Haunted Walk of Kingston, allowed Emma and I to take a tour for free so I could create this review. All opinions are those of myself and/or my daughter.* The Time […]