The year that was the dumpster fire is coming to an end and we look back at our parenting during the most craziest time of our lives. We reflect on starting a podcast together during a time when EVERYONE was starting a podcast to keep their sanity, as well as give some tips as to how to make the most of your New Year's eve. Our drink is the Pixie sparkling wine, celebrate with festive crackers (the kind you pop, not the snack food), and give our mom shout out the timeless MARGE SIMPSON! We hope you have a safe and happy New Year's Eve, we'll see you in 2021!

Our third and final episode in our CHRISTMAS ELEGANZA EXTRAVAGANZA series. Today we wrap up our holiday talk with our fave Christmas traditions. We talk all about traditions we had when we were younger, ones we've kept with our kids, and new ones we've started. We drink the Founders Original Grapefruit Tequila Paloma, we eat some yummy President's Choice Decadent chocolate chip cookies, and give our mom shout to DOREY WALKER from Miracle on 34th Street. We hope you've enjoyed our festive episodes and no matter what you are doing over the season, stay safe and have fun. Find us on the socials...Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter...or write to us at [email protected]. Happy holidays! :-)

Welcome to the second episode in our CHRISTMAS ELEGANZA EXTRAVAGANZA! Today we do some throw backs to the toys we wanted for Christmas as kids, what our kids want now, and our love and hate relationships with holiday shopping....I truly dislike crowds. We drink the Babe Rose with Bubbles, test out wrapping paper, and give our mom shout out to EMILY HOBBS from Elf. We hope you're enjoying this merry time of year and that you enjoy the episode! Follow us on the socials...Facebook, Twitter, Instagram....and don't forget you can write to us at [email protected]. We love hearing what you have to say about parenting and the podcast!

Today we begin our month long CHRISTMAS ELEGANZA EXTRAVAGANZA! December is holiday time and each week we'll have a holiday theme to our episodes. Today's episode looks at our favourite Christmas movies. We talk about our top three must watches, if we watch them with our kids, and why we love them. We also answer the age old question, is Die Hard a Christmas movie? Today's drink is the XOXO Rose (in a convenient and cute juice box), test out hot chocolate, and give our mom shout out to MOTHER PARKER...from A Christmas Story. What is your favourite holiday flick? Find and follow us on social media (Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram), or write to us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Today we get a little more serious and talk about something we've all struggled with (and still struggle with), body image. We discuss our own body image concerns, where these stemmed from, and how kids today are impacted with body image issues differently than we were. We also have a special guest....Vanessa! Our friend Vanessa joins us to give us a perspective from a mom who has a girl as well as talking about her feelings about body image. Our drink of the episode is the Unwined, Stop and Smell the Rose, we test out Dove products, and give our shout out to MRS. GEORGE (Regina's mom from Mean Girls). Don't forget to subscribe, and follow us on the socials. You can also write to us at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Reading is what? FUNDAMENTAL! I think our intent for today's episode to discuss the importance of reading to our kids and why kids benefit from reading, but I think it also took a "this is an episode for us" turn along the way. We are both big readers and we talk about our loves of the written word. Our drink is some good old fashioned Bailey's in our coffee, we get cozy with reading socks, and our mom shout out goes to MARMIE from Little Women. Find us on the socials....Instagram and Facebook @dontmakemeusemymomvoice, on Twitter at @momvoicepodcast, or email us (we love email!) with your parenting stories at [email protected]. We hope you enjoy!

We're not talking a Kevin McCallister style home alone today, just, you know, an hour (or more) here and there. What is a good age to start leaving your offspring alone? What are some things to take into consideration? That's what we discuss on today's episode...leaving your kid alone for the first time. We also drink the the Oast, Forgotten Field, sour IPA, rate the Google Nest doorbell cam and keypad door locks, and give our mom shout out to KATE MCALLISTER! We hope you enjoy...and do a proper head count when counting your kids before leaving on a plane (don't count the neighbour).

Eventually you'll go out...without the kids...and you're mother/father/sister/cousin/BFF won't be available to watch the little ones. At some point you may have to hire that responsible, lovely, 13 year old down the street to come and babysit. Today we discuss our experience as babysitters in our younger years, and our experiences hiring babysitters now. What do you pay them, what questions (if any) should you ask before they come over, and the all important...what snacks do you leave?! We drink the Smirnoff Vodka Soda berry lemon, give our thoughts on delivery vs frozen pizza, and give our mom shout out to the amazing FRAN FINE! Don't forget to follow and interact with on all the socials....Facebook and Instagram at @dontmakemeusemymomvoice, Twitter at @momvoicepodcast, or email us your mom stories at [email protected]. Enjoy!

Nights out for partners are important to reconnect and enjoy some time away from the house. Girl's nights are important for moms to get out of the house and vent about their partners and kids (kidding of course...or am I). Today we talk all about these fun filled evenings away from the house. We drink the Girl's Night Out Sangria, sample some yummy Cineplex popcorn, and give our mom shout out to LOIS GRIFFIN! Happy listening! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram at @dontmakemeusemymomvoice, on Twitter at @momvoicepodcast, or email us at [email protected].

It's that spooooky time of year full of ghosts, goblins, and of course...candy! Whether you're venturing out and hitting the neighbourhood, or staying more low key with some movies and snacks, make sure you have fun and stay safe. Today we talk about our Halloween memories, how the day has changed from the 80s, and our fave scary movies. We drink the Smirnoff Berry Blast cooler, give our opinion on our fave candies, and give our mom shout out to MORTICIA ADDAMS (although we have a few special mentions). Follow us on Facebook and Instagram at @dontmakemeusemymomvoice, on Twitter at @momvoicepodcast, or write to us at [email protected]. Happy Halloween everyone!