Life Lately, November

Toys To Last, A Djeco Gift Guide

FYO Advent Calendars

Ethically Made Pajamas For The Season

Getting Festive With Tim Hortons

New Year, New Everything

If you’ve long followed The OM Edit, or former ‘Peeks At Five Ft.’, then you know just how many “adventures” we’ve been on. That’s what I call them — our moves, team changes, free agency, last minute contract signing and everything in between like marriage itself, parenthood... you know.. adventures!

And while we love each new adventure as it comes, we of course have favourites. The next, easily finding it’s way into the top few.

All Wrapped Up

Winter is most definitely here (at least if you’re a fellow Canadian it sure is). Christmas is only days away. 
And it’s safe to say the madness of the the holiday season is ever so much underway. We’ve been simultaneously wrapping presents and packing suitcases like it’s nobody’s business.

The Giving Manger

The holidays are fun. They really are. But I’ve found that there was a period of time where they lost the magic a little. Don’t get me wrong – I still looked forward to it and opted into every festivity as possible but it was more about the presents and the parties. Then we became parents! And almost instantly it became magical again. 

Merry Christmas

Happy Christmas Eve! A holiday in itself. While for religious people, tomorrow is the all mighty day, tonight is pretty special as well because if you look around you, you'll see that you are already lucky, blessed, and presented with gifts. The ones that have no price tag. The ones that have no ribbons. The ones that have no bragging points on instagram. 

I know that #hedidwell will be trending on social media first thing tomorrow morning but it should be trending NOW because yes he did! How amazing it is, the lives that we lead full of freedom and adventure, rights, love, material things coming out our ***es, friends a plenty, family living surpass their years. For myself and many of the people dear to me - I see marriages and babies, promotions and cross the globe moves. I mean, can you imagine anything else so lucky as that? I'm just as excited about the handful of brownies I will be swallowing shamelessly tomorrow, the surprises that will be unwrapped, and the completely overplayed songs I will be running around singing just like the next person. Hello! We're only human. But. let's make a holiday out of today and appreciate the little treasures we've already been given.

Sweater: Cynthia Rowley 

Skirt: Pepper Sugar Boutique 

Booties: Pour La Victoire (no longer available, shop current collection).

Enjoy your high carb meals, lengthy card messages that grandma will make you read aloud, and Michael Kors watches. But above all be safe, stay grateful, and Merry Christmas everyone.

♛ Happy Holidays, Peeks At Five Ft.