As you may have noticed from the blog silence over the past week, we've had our computers switched off and have been enjoying time with our families. We hope you too have had a happy and restful holiday with lots of family time, reflection over the past year, and excitement for the year ahead. Happy ...

A goûter, or a taste, of kings' cake is a tradition in France during January. Traditionally this cake, known as a Galettes des Rois, marks the celebration of Three Kings Day / Epiphany / Twelth Night. Fortunately it is celebrated for the entire month of January, so the good news is that you can still ...

I know we're already 4 days into December and I'm a bit late to share this, but the PlayInChoc Advent calendar is honestly just too cute not to share with you.  We've now opened three little boxes and it's the highlight of our evening. Each box includes a yummy dairy-free organic chocolate along with a ...

In our week of interviews to celebrate our 10th Birthday, it's Courtney's turn to answer our ten questions... 1. Describe your ten-year-old self. Knowing what you know now, what advice would you give that ten-year-old girl? When I was ten I was the eldest of five kids -- my baby brother, Spencer, had just been ...

To celebrate our 10th birthday we've dug deep into the archives to find ten favourite posts from the last decade. Just looking back through the archives reminds me how diverse the topics are and also how many fun ideas we've shared. Here are ten of our favourites: 1. We loved reading all the comments in ...

Can you believe it's that time again?!!!! Christmas is coming! And Hanukkah! And St. Nicholas! And....! Lots of reasons to be festive and merry, and plenty of excuses to buy little gifts for your loved ones. This year's Holiday Gift Guides are up on our site. We've got gift ideas for babies, children, and us deserving ...

We had a very little birthday party celebration for our two year old, since we had just arrived the night before to our little holiday getaway by the beach. So to keep it very simple, I used some seashells as decorations, and then the seashell necklaces made years before for as accessories for her siblings! ...

To celebrate Babyccino's 10th Birthday, we thought it would be fun to share interviews with the three of us. We are often asked to answer questions for other blogs and websites, but we've never actually answered them for our own. So why not?! We came up with ten fun questions featuring the number 10. And ...

We love bringing small celebrations to life with homemade decorations, which add a special and festive touch! Chinese New Year is today, and we've spent the week making these super simple DIY paper lanterns. We're hoping to hang them up while we feast on Chinese food (yum for Dim Sum), eating our dinner with chopsticks (which ...

In my family, Thanksgiving is a complicated holiday. For many Americans it is a time to spend with family, but also a time to reminisce about "Pilgrims and Indians" and the story of the "first Thanksgiving feast". However, for other families, like mine, it is a reminder of the genocide and atrocities that soon followed ...

Have you ever thought about how powerful the olfactory memory is? Many times, different smells take me back to a particular moment in time -- often a childhood memory. Spices have always been around our house.  African food needs quite a bit of it! The smell of delicately balanced ginger and cloves will always remind ...

Attention everyone! Our annual Babyccino holiday gift guides are NOW live! Full of wonderful ideas and inspiration, we are offering 6 great gift guides this year: Gifts for Children Gifts for Mama Gifts for Babies Stocking Fillers Partywear Holiday Decor Ranging from the practical and pretty to the meaningful and memorable, you will find tons ...