I was blown away by all the helpful advice and experiences everyone shared on this previous post about my friends' small space rental dilemma and desire for a sofa bed (link to article here). I was surprised with how many great options there actually are out there. Below is a round up of reader recommended sofa beds.
Read MoreThis past weekend we made a short 1 hour trip outside the city to beautiful Golden Ears Provincial Park to spend 2 nights with some friends camping. For a few reasons, some weather related, some personal, we haven't gotten out in Ferdinand the Van as much as we would have liked so we were pretty excited for this weekend getaway. It was in fact, our first camping trip with 2 kids
Read MoreAs a part of the Small Family Homes blog post this month (See the previous first post here) organized by Kate of The Streamlined Life we are revisiting something I haven't spoken about in a while - How we ended up Living Small with kids. It feels like a lifetime ago that we were just two twenty somethings living in our 600 square foot apartment. Funny enough I would argue that our space was more cluttered and less efficient with just two of us in it than now with 4!
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