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Chinese New Year Bento Lunch

February 19, 2015 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Kung Hei Fat Choi!! Or Happy New Year in Chinese! Did you know it's the year of the sheep this year?! Ya... me neither... Partially because it's not! Murphy's Law, a Chinese colleague told me that it was year of the sheep this year and that I should make a Sheep lunch to celebrate! So instead of asking The Google to make sure, I blindly made a sheep bento and patted … [Read more...]

Ski Vacation Bento Lunch

January 16, 2015 by Sarah 1 Comment

Get your veggie fix in easily with this Ski Bento lunch

Today we eagerly set off on our first family vacation of the year! A ski trip to Panorama Resort, a mountain I haven't visited in many years. We are all very excited! The drive to the Interior of BC is a long one, and in order to minimize stopping time, and maximize nutrition, I decided to pack appropriately themed ski bento lunches in our EasyLunchBoxes for the kids to eat … [Read more...]

Back to School Koala Bear Lunch

January 5, 2015 by Sarah 1 Comment

It has been an unbearably long time since I posted a bento lunch (see what I did there?!). Not for a lack of making bento's either, I suppose I've just been lacking inspiration, motivation, or just bento-mojo I suppose. What better time than the New Year to raise the bento bar? After doing some holiday cleaning, I stumbled upon a box containing some bento supplies that I had … [Read more...]

Little Ladybug Bento Lunch

September 16, 2014 by Sarah Leave a Comment

The smallest kid loves ladybugs, and apparently they love her too as it's not uncommon for them to land on her often, and in the most random of situations. In fact, we were in the car, stopped at a red light once and one few right in the open window and landed on her! Not sure if this is some kind of good luck charm or omen, but the kid has a way with ladybugs! So today's … [Read more...]

Mini Sammie Bento Lunch

September 2, 2014 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Today is supposed to be a big day in my house... The first day back to school. Parents everywhere are rejoicing at the thoughts of reading the morning newspaper, finishing their hot cups of coffee, peeing alone, and silence... Oh the silence of the front door slamming shut behind the kids that are happily bustling off to school. Not only does today mark the first day of … [Read more...]

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Adding *work from home mom* to my job title today! Adding *work from home mom* to my job title today! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Well, that’s a wrap on my final maternity leave! Back to work for this girl!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Re-entering the workforce is looking a little different this time around. Working from home means I’m going to have to be even more diligent with taking breaks and making time for myself, something that I’ve historically not been very good at. It also means that my screen time is going to be increasing exponentially. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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In anticipation of my return to work, I picked up a pair of @sojovision bluelight glasses from Amazon. They shipped super fast, are a great fit and look super cute if I do say so myself!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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We had two milestone pandemic birthdays two days apart - 16 and one, so I rented out the amazing @capcityarcade and had our own little birthday party. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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What’s your favourite retro video game? I got lost in pong (although it was called something else), and impressed my kids by getting the high score! 💪⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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One year (and a day) of loving you! 💕 What a y One year (and a day) of loving you! 💕

What a year it’s been. Much like everything else in my life I came into this whole new mom again role with high expectations. I had so many plans to do all the things I missed doing with Smalls as a baby because of her open heart surgery. 

Sadly, the pandemic took many of my dreams for this maternity leave away. What it did do however was gave me even more time with all of my kids. It gave the kids more time to watch their baby sister grow, learn and develop and I am so amazingly grateful for that.

I am so fortunate to have the most amazing kids, four different and truly outstanding little humans.

I can not even begin to believe it’s been a year, I blinked and here we are. 

Happy birthday my sweet babe. I love you more than words. 💕💕

Swipe 👈 to go back in time (I had to skip a couple months as I couldn’t post all 12 shots.)

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Of course the new park up the street opened just a Of course the new park up the street opened just a few days before I’m set to go back to work. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Virtual Baby Shower Gíveaway - Day 5! 👶🏻 Virtual Baby Shower Gíveaway - Day 5! 👶🏻

I shared a meme on Facebook while I was pregnant with Brooklyn, it was poking fun at how the second, third, and in this case fourth baby don’t have the meticulously curated baby book that the first child gets.

This rang true with my second and subsequent children for sure, but that stops here.

I’m a big fan of minimalistic baby things and this @stashandstory modern and functional baby book box is exactly that.

This sleek book and box pulls double duty as a space share memories and also keep them. Hospital bracelet and name card, tiny hand and foot prints, and soon all of her artwork will be meticulously stored in this gorgeous keepsake. I can’t wait to fill the pages with the same excitement as I did with my first child (sorry Smalls! 🤣)

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