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Haunted Pumpkins, A Cake Bake-Off, and A Discount Code for Meal Delivery!

October 6, 2017 By Kari Leave a Comment

Edmonton Love-1

Haunted Pumpkin Festival at Prairie Garden: This is the perfect fall outing with your family! I would plan it as a whole day, or at least half-day outing, because there’s so much to take in. Corn mazes, haunted houses, ghost trains, pumpkin picking… and the list goes on. The Haunted Pumpkin Festival is on at Prairie Gardens every weekend for the rest of October.

Citie Ballet: The Citie Ballet season opener ‘Illuminate’ is coming up on October 27-29. It features new work by Alysa Pires, one of the winners of the Northwest Dance Project’s International Choreographic competition, and is set to music by Nina Simone (love!). Citie Ballet is a not-for-profit organization, and all performances are original, choreographed right here in Edmonton.

Edmonton Love-2

Make your own cream: Body lotions, creams, butter: whatever title you want to use, they’re far too expensive for my liking. I whipped up this Coconut Lavender Whipped Cream that smells great and is really easy to make. Try it out and let me know what you think!

Edmonton Love-3

Restaurant News: As featured in last week’s Local Love List, the Baiju team is building a separate bar inside their restaurant, called Little Hong Kong. Word is they have plans to open up another cocktail bar on 104th Street, in the spring of 2018. It’s set to go in the Mackenzie Building, and will feature an outdoor patio.

Fall Home Show:. I went the Birthday Cake Bake-Off at The Art of Cake the other night. It was a promotional event for the Edmonton Fall Home Show coming up October 20-22 at the Edmonton Expo Centre. (Of course, I made my cake pink.) Gloria, who runs Art of Cake, will be on the demo stage at the Home Show on Saturday, October. 21 at 5pm. Watch my Insta Story this week to see a fun DIY Project I’m putting together to be auctioned off at the show, with all proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity. Also, I’ll have a pretty sweet giveaway in next week’s Local Love List, so be sure to check back!

Edmonton Love-4

Meal Delivery: Our first HelloFresh Canada box arrived this week! Every week, HelloFresh sends you easy-to-follow recipes created by a team of in-house culinary experts, with all of the ingredients perfectly portioned.
I would love for you to try it along with me. Your first HelloFresh box ($140 value) is 40% off! Just use the discount code KARI40 when ordering online. Let me know how you like it!

Edmonton Love-5

Monster’s Ball: Rad Dads Edmonton is hosting a free, family-friendly costume party on Sunday, October 29th from 2-5pm at 9910 109 Street. Don’t forget to bring a donation for Santa’s Anonymous. Check their Facebook page for more details.

Baskets for Babies: Local jewelry company Eliasz and Ella, along with 3Leaf Wellness, is hosting a donation drive for families who access the Bissell Centre. Until October 21, bring in a minimum of two new baby-related items and they will gift you a piece of E&E jewelry! Donations can be dropped off at 3Leaf Wellness – 10122 175 Street. More details here.

Eat at the table: We’re really working to spend more time together as a family enjoying meals around the table. We’ve had some guidance from our friend Emily Mardell of Get Joyfull and Food First Nutrition Consulting. Check out her tips on making mealtime both enjoyable and a priority – here.

Edmonton Love-6

High-Level Street Car: This is the final weekend to experience the High Level Streetcar. Wyatt went for the first time last weekend and loved it! It’s such a unique way to experience our city. Departure times are here.

Edmonton Love-7

Market Schedule: Local outdoor markets are winding down for the season. Here’s when and where to sneak in a final visit.

City Market on 104th: Runs Saturdays from 9-3pm. The final day is October 7th (then the market moves indoors, every Saturday, at City Hall through the winter).

Callingwood Farmer’s Market: Runs every Wednesday 12-5 and Sunday 10-3. Final Day- October 8th

St. Albert Farmer’s Market: Runs every Saturday 10-3pm. Final Day- October 7

 

Check out more Local Love – here!

Would you like to be featured on the Local Love List? Do you know of a hidden gem you would like people to know about? Email: Kari@KariSkelton.com.

 

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Lifestylist + Blogger: KariSkelton.com
Mom to Wyatt, Moses🐾 + Monroe🐾
Babe on the way! (06/22)
❤ @ryanjespersen
motherhood | style | recipes 👇

Kari Skelton | Motherhood
when you feel like you've hit your max bump but th when you feel like you've hit your max bump but there's still nine weeks to go. 😳

It's truly amazing what our bodies can do. 💛

#31weeks #sunsoutbumpsout #beachball
Life update. ❤ I’ll be keeping this piece of Life update. ❤

I’ll be keeping this piece of art forever. Wyatt painted this for me back in January, when I was isolated with Covid. I taped it up on the wall beside the bed during my stay in our guest room. If you zoom in, you’ll see me in the front with the big baby belly. (Wyatt calls me ‘big belly’ these days!)

Rainbows represent promise, hope, and new beginnings. 

It's been a rough past few weeks for our family, hence my absence online. Thank you so much for your messages of love, concern, and support. They mean so much to us. I know I share a lot with you on here, but I’m not going to get into details this time. Just know we're doing alright. Junebug is great (and kicking and rolling around non-stop!), Wyatt is awesome per usual, and Ryan and I are rock solid.

I had to take a break from work. My main focus has always been (and will
always be) protecting the peace, health, and well-being of our family unit. 

Social media can be a beautiful place where connection and inspiration happens. Unfortunately, it can also foster hurtful and harmful attacks. I’ve learned so much over these past few weeks, and have deeply reflected on my presence and future plans online. I’ll share more soon, but for now, I just wanted to check in, say a sincere thanks, and let you know we’re all good. ❤️
The moment I found out. September 22, 2021. I’ll The moment I found out. September 22, 2021. I’ll be honest - the first trimester wasn’t great. There were moments of joy (like this one) but it was filled with anxiety, scary moments, and a few hurdles. 

🤰I’m playing catchup on some pregnancy blog posts but I wanted to make sure this was up, especially for those who have been following our journey. 

👉 Head on over to KariSkelton.com for ‘Pregnancy Q&A: The First Trimester’ where I get into all of it. Link is in my bio.

❔️Please ask any questions. That’s the whole reason why I share about this. I believe sharing our experiences and personal stories helps all of us feel less alone and often validates what we’re going through. 

(If you can believe it, I took a video of the exact moment I found out but it disappeared from my files. Poof! Gone.💨 Of all the videos to lose…. 🙈 But very happy to have this photo).

#pregnancystories #motherhoodrising #motherhoodunites #Canadianblogger #Canadianmom
Contest Closed. Congrats to our winner @michelle_q Contest Closed. Congrats to our winner @michelle_quay! Thanks to all of you for entering! ❤

➡️ Giveaway! To celebrate @fresonbros first birthday tomorrow (Saturday, March 5), we’re giving away a $250 Freson Bros. GC! 🥳

You’re invited to pop down to the party between 11-5 to celebrate with us! 🎉There’s birthday torte, a whole bunch of perks, specialty tastings, and additional in-store giveaways, including a beautiful Camp Chef XT Wood Pellet Grill! 🙆‍♀️

To enter our $250 GC Giveaway:

👉 Make sure you follow me @kariskelton and @fresonbros.

👉 Like this post.

👉 tag some friends who would love this!

✨️ Bonus entry: Head to KariSkelton.com and leave a comment on my ‘Freson Bros. Turns One’ blog post (make sure to add your IG handle in that comment so we know who you are). 

*This giveaway is open to Canadian residents only and is in no way endorsed or supported by Instagram. The winner must be able to pick up the $250 gift card prize at Freson Bros. Edmonton 5139 Mullen Rd. Contest closes Friday, March 4 at 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced on this post before 9 a.m MST Saturday, March 5. 

🚨*PLEASE watch out for impersonation accounts that unfortunately sometimes pop up during giveaways. I will only reach out to you via DM from my account (@kariskelton) to confirm your win and then we’ll coordinate details via email only.
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