The Scenario Several years ago, I carefully saved up my allowance and bought a digital SLR camera on the occasion of Emily’s birthday. It was fun to see her unwrap a gift that she wasn’t expecting and I can still remember her excitement. She…

We considered up-sizing our accommodations about two years ago, right before the birth of the kid. Our space met all of our needs but we could see it getting cramp somewhere down the road. With the excitement of possibly moving to a house, we…

We recently received a reader email asking about a travel crib Emily mentioned when detailing the cost of travelling with a baby. Our wonderful reader, a fellow Torontonian, noticed the aforementioned travel crib is available for $198 on Amazon.com; however, a hop over to…

Every year on February 2nd, people everywhere turn to their attention to a little groundhog in Pennsylvania to predict their winter fate. If the groundhog doesn’t see his shadow, it means that spring is just around the corner. If the groundhog sees his shadow,…

We’ve been on a roll over the last year in terms of getting our financial house in order. We checked off some pretty significant items off of our to do list: We optimized our savings by maxing out last year’s annual contribution to my…