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Local trips, real-life activities & everyday parenting

09/29/2026

Help a mama out: I need some 10-year-old birthday gift ideas!

Family is asking and the birthday boy has zero suggestions 😅🤦‍♀️

08/24/2026

Your opinion: What is Alberta's best Mexican restaurant?

📸s:
1. Twin Butte Country General Store, Twin Butte (20 min south of Pincher Creek)
2. Morales Cocina x Cantina, Wainwright

08/24/2026

Summer is winding down, and I'm happily looking back through photos that capture another year of memories.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿?

This was our drive home following two weeks in southern Alberta where hubby finished an ultramarathon and our daughter ran the 4km Sinister Kids event.

It makes my heart happy just thinking about all that they have both accomplished.

He has a genetic condition where, generally speaking, "your blood doesn't transport enough oxygen for running" and she wasn't even able to walk unassisted from the vehicle to the Stollery in early December.

After the races we got to explore more of southern Alberta, enjoy a bunch of pools, and generally wore everyone out. Got to love the exhausted drive home where the back seat is silent!

This trip will always be a very special memory.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿? Share them in the comments and let's warm each other's hearts!

08/23/2026

🌽 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 - 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜'𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂! 🌽

Not sure where your closest corn maze is, want to try a new one this year, or your favourite is closed due to this wild growing season?

There are over 15 farms that run corn mazes across Alberta. Unfortunately, not all of them are open for 2026, but that isn't going to stop us from getting lost in the ones that are!

Find your favourite corn maze at https://www.albertamamas.com/corn-mazes-of-alberta/

𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝?

08/22/2026

𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱?

I accidentally started the tradition of "collecting" landmarks, and we're getting closer to completing the list.

By my count we have 35 left to visit - I love that it's easier to count the missing than the "complete" now!

Here are some of my favourites:
🦫 Beaver in Beaverlodge
🥛 Milk Bottle in Edmonton
🖖 Starship in Vulcan
🍄 Mushrooms in Vilna
🥟 Perogy in Glendon
🦞 Pinchers in Pincher Creek
🐻 Jasper the Bear in Jasper
🥔 Sammy and Samantha Potato in Vauxhall
🎣 Fishing Lure in Lacombe
🐟 Northern Pike in Rochon Sands

Get more details about each of these Alberta landmarks and more (over 100 in total!) at https://www.albertamamas.com/ultimate-list-alberta-roadside-attractions/

Share your favourites in the comments (bonus points for your own photos!) 👇

08/21/2026

🚗 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽.

You can be at a beach, hiking to a canyon waterfall, meeting dinosaurs, visiting a wildlife park, or exploring somewhere completely new, all 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗱𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻.

No hotel. No packing for a week. Just pick a destination and go.

I've rounded up 𝟱𝟬+ 𝗘𝗱𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 here:
https://www.albertamamas.com/day-trips-from-edmonton/

👀 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗼 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆?

08/19/2026

😳 I haven't been to the Legislature Building since before they renovated (𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘖𝘓𝘋!).

Which is crazy, because we love visiting museums (see my list of 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗱𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻: https://www.albertamamas.com/free-museums-edmonton/)

BUT! I am planning a "day in town" with hubby and the kids right now. On the schedule:
- Old Strathcona Farmers' Market
- Edmonton Streetcars Museum & ride
- Legislature Building Visitor Centre & Tour

This has involved a bit of messaging with Hubby. Like many Edmontonians, we call the pictured building "The Ledge" in conversation. But how on earth do you write that and convey the pronunciation??!!

"The Leg"???

Any tips for our day out, other locations you find challenging to write vs say, or do you know a free museum I'm missing from my list?

08/18/2026

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝘁?

Slicing an apple "the wrong way" through the seeds to get a star is a winner here.

08/13/2026

🍄🏰 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝗔𝗜. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺! ✨

From a gingerbread house to a pirate ship, Charmed has some of the most unique cottages in Alberta.

Peek inside the cottages, see what's included, and find which one you'd book at https://www.albertamamas.com/charmed-family-resorts/

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀? 🧚

08/12/2026

⏰️ One last time... ⏳️

🎳 Kids can still bowl free for 2-3 weeks at participating Alberta locations (a couple actually go until October 31st!). Have you signed up and taken advantage of it yet?

Find an alley near you at https://www.kidsbowlfree.com/7zv8j7

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