If you’re one of the millions of viewers who enjoys Lifetime’s hit series Dance Moms, you’re already familiar with world-renowned choreographer Gianna Martello – she’s also an Instagram sensation, with over a million followers! Dance Moms follows the training and careers of children in dance and show business under the tutelage of Abby Lee Miller. […] Read more…
I’ve pored over all of the 2016 editions of Kate’s Favourite Things and compiled my edited list of the best books I read last year. A few notes before we get to it: While most of these books were published in 2016, there may be a few published earlier, and I just happened to read […] Read more…
Blogging news: the books in my “Favourite Things” posts will now feature affiliate links. For those who don’t speak “blogger”, that means that if you click on the link and end up purchasing the book from Chapters Indigo, a very small portion of the sales will be given to This Mom Loves (this also applies […] Read more…
After eliminating giveaway posts, these were my top ten most-viewed posts of 2016! Clearly, readers are into Momterviews, with education, beauty and fashion thrown in there too! #10 My New Eyebrows: Microblading from Permanent Beauty by Kalyna # 9 Ask the Teacher: My Segment on THE SOCIAL (P.S. I’m back on the show January 23!) # […] Read more…
A passionate advocate for girls’ education and refugee issues, Clare Morneau is a 17-year-old author and speaker who lives in Toronto with her father, Canada’s Finance Minister, Bill Morneau, mother, Nancy McCain, and siblings Henry, Edward and Grace Acan, who joined the family in 2010 from northern Uganda. Clare is compassionate, driven and committed to […] Read more…
Here’s a list of my latest recos! MOVIES The Girl on the Train – I know not everyone agrees, but I thought the movie really did justice to the book, and Emily Blunt was fantastic. Love Actually – I realize this isn’t a new one, but it was new to me! (Don’t ask me how I […] Read more…
I’m all about women helping other women. (Or, really, people helping other people…but sometimes women need it more.) Paying it forward is essential: I love to answer questions from new bloggers or or aspiring TV guests, I support teacher candidates from faculties of education every year, and I’m happy to offer some words of wisdom […] Read more…
On September 25th, HGTV Canada premiered a fun new series with Bryan and Sarah Baeumler called Bryan, Inc., where the powerhouse couple buys and renovates two homes for a profit while balancing their busy home life with four active kids: “Q” (11), Charlotte (10), Lincoln (5) and Jojo (3). Since I always love to […] Read more…
The reason you haven’t heard from me much this month is of course because my new favourite thing is…. Our Kindergarten Classroom The start of the school year is always a whirlwind, and the switch to kindergarten has added in a huge learning curve for me, but I think we’re finding our groove! A couple […] Read more…
BOOKS None of my usual suspense/thrillers for you this month – I branched out! After You by JoJo Moyes (an excellent sequel to the bestseller Me Before You; this one didn’t pull at my heartstrings quite as much, but it was fun to revisit characters that I knew and loved from the first book) Sushi For […] Read more…