Today I am leaving my babies for the first time and heading to Vancouver with one of my girlfriends for the Lady GaGa concert. This is an over night trip that will include a little shopping (Ikea, Keihl’s, Holt Renfew, 4th Avenue, Robson St. and the list goes on and on). I am excited and yet I can’t help but feel a little empty because I know I am going to miss my boys and my husband desperately. That is the thing about being a Mom, when the kids are around me all the time, they drive me absolutely insane. read more…

Today while cruising with my two children in my new minivan, I happened to spy a little squirrel heading our way out of the corner of my eye. I slowed down as the squirrel darted into the street, it quickly changed it’s mind and high tailed it back and just as I was about to start going again, the man behind me leaned on his horn good and hard. I looked into my rear view mirror to find a middle aged man in a Range Rover gesticulating at me. I waved my hand out the window to indicate that I read more…

Coral pink, hot pink, cherry blossom pink, lilac, aubergine, lavender, mauve, oh and the reds like ruby and crimson and vermilion and oh yeah… tea rose like that cute little shrug that I saw at GAP Kids the other day and I could go on and on about colours but what we are all interested in is what do these colours really mean!?!?!? That’s right!!!! You probably already guessed it!!! The Modish Mama is getting her BABY GIRL. I am soooooooo excited and I am totes going shopping because nothing is going to stop me from buying my first little read more…

Tomorrow morning at 915am we are slotted in for our private ultrasound to find out if my little parasite is a girl or a boy. So, I thought I would give everyone a chance to vote and try to take a guess of what we are having. Here are the deets: We currently have 2 boys, Oskar who is 3.5 years old & Angus who is 16 months old. Both their pregnancies were planned. I am currently 24 weeks pregnant with baby #3 who I like to call: The Parasite. This baby was totally unplanned. Given all that info, what read more…

I love fashion ads and I know it is weird, but when I see a thick Vogue magazine my eyes bulge out and I can’t get it to the cash register fast enough. It’s not because thicker means more editorial content, no, it’s because thicker means more high-end advertising and I love me some high-end fashion ads. It is the beginning of August which means we are mere weeks away from the best Vogue magazine of the year… The September Issue. Otherwise known as the annual fashion bible, it’s like Anna Wintour’s yearly smack down of the print media world. read more…