My six-year-old son is a die-hard fan of Thomas the Tank Engine. He is obsessed with Thomas & Friends and owns everything Thomas—trains, books, toys, bedding, and tons of clothes down to underwear and socks (yes, this mom feeds his obsession). So my husband and I thought it would be a cool idea to surprise him and his sister with a visit to Thomas Land , an amusement park located within Edaville Family Theme Park in Carver, Massachusetts (approximately 75km south of Boston)

A couple of our friends invited us to join them on a mid-week ski trip to the Canadian Rockies . We left Edmonton Monday morning just after 10am, stopped for a short washroom and beverage break at Tim Horton’s in Gasoline Alley, stopped for a longer lunch break in Calgary, and made it into Canmore shortly before 4pm. Disclaimer: this blog post contain affiliate links. I will earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you) if you click on a link and book or purchase a produc

You may recall my (first!) blog post from last week about our 5-day all-inclusive stay at the Crown Paradise Club Puerto Vallarta just before Christmas. While everyone was content with spending the entire 5-day stay at the resort, I wanted to do one thing off-site – swimming with dolphins, one of the many yet-to-do’s on my bucket list. We went with the Dolphin Connection tour at Vallarta Adventures , which is a shallow-water encounter that offers a true face-to-face experien

With just four weeks to Christmas and seriously behind with my shopping, I had this brilliant idea. I suggested to my husband that instead of gifts (to ourselves and the kids) this year, we should splurge on an all-inclusive vacation. My husband, who has always been the cautious and what-if half of us, took a bit of convincing (all of 10 minutes) but our kids, who have never been, were instantly onboard when we finally decided it was a go. Disclaimer: this blog post contain a