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Jill Amery

Jill Amery is a mom of 2 small boys and the Publisher of UrbanMommies, a stylish digital lifestyle magazine filled with fitness, style, health, recipes and savvy mom advice to help you through pregnancy, birth, and raising your kids.

Air Transat Flight Attendants

A Journey to Find Santa in the North Pole

charity, FAM, ROAM By Jill Amery December 13, 2015 Tags: air transat, Childrens Wish Foundation, disney, North Pole, santa, Santa Claus, vancouver, yvr No Comments

Gate 52 at YVR was decorated with care as face painters, entertainers, Disney princesses and a magician wandered through the crowd. Children beamed and a few parents let a tear trickle down their face before wiping it away and smiling broadly at their kids. This day was about joy, not illness.

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The Force is with Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition

GEAR, kids, tech, toys By Jill Amery December 8, 2015 Tags: Chewbacca, Disney Infinity 3.0, disney interactive, Disney Pixar, Han Solo, Inside Out, minions, Olaf, slider, star wars, Toy Box, Toy Box Expansion Games, Twilight of the Republic 1 Comment

It seems like shopping for the holiday season is getting harder and harder. Finding a unique gift that can not only be enjoyed by all, but also has some staying power, can be difficult – but not impossible! Good news. Disney Infinity 3.0 is no flash-in-the-pan!

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Gifts that Fascinate and Enlighten

eat, family meals, fitness, GEAR, holidays, kids, self, Shopping Reviews, tech By Jill Amery November 30, 2015 Tags: arckit, Circle, cufflinks.com, Cuisinart steam and convection oven, dell, disney, gameband, inspirion, julia child, led light, mighty magnets, minecraft, pasadena, pfister, sengled, slider, star wars, storm trooper 2 Comments

It’s shocking, but we are almost done! Day 11 of our 12 Days of Christmas Gift Guides focuses on gifts that fascinate and enlighten. In case you missed any, we’ve done a round-up of all of our guides, along with a chance to win $250 in Visa gift cards.

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Thoughtful Grandparent Gifts

Thoughtful Grandparent Gifts

entertain, holidays, Shopping Reviews By Jill Amery November 30, 2015 Tags: black friday, calendar, gift, gift idea, giftguide, grandchildren, grandparents, ipad, iphone, monogram, mug, personalized, photo book, photobox, photopillow, pillow, retro, slider, thoughtful No Comments

This holiday season I’m determined to give thoughtful and kind gifts. Most websites charge crazy prices for shipping, take forever to fabricate a product and even longer to arrive.

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The 2015 UrbanMommies Christmas Gift Guide

entertain, GEAR, holidays By Jill Amery November 30, 2015 Tags: Christmas Gift Guide, contest, contests, gift, Holiday, holiday gift guide, ideas, slider, win 123 Comments

It has been a rough month and our world is changing. We are focused on what matters most in our lives, and what is essential.

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Gifts that Groove

entertain, holidays, kids, self, Shopping Reviews, tech, toys By Jill Amery November 29, 2015 Tags: all boy flashcards, awesome, bean bag chair, childrenn, coloring, colouring mural, cord taco, cuisinart stick, discovery trekking, fjallraven, flask, fun, gift, gifts, Groove, Holiday, holidays, kanken backpack, Mural, nostalgia electrics, nu Butter Machine, nut butter maker, quick dry, shaving, slider, stanley, towels, trufitt and hill, trufitt&hill, yogibo midi 6 Comments

It’s day 10 of the 12 Days of Christmas Gift Guides and we’re channelling Austin Powers and the Fonz. These are gifts that groove.

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Gifts that Smoulder and Stun

entertain, holidays, Shopping Reviews By Jill Amery November 28, 2015 Tags: ash, Bar, barneys new york, Brock Collection, Canon, cashmere, else peretti, Eos Rebel, gown, Hue, Jim Meehan, lighting, louboutin, Martha Sturdy, Massimo Alba, nail polish, Phillips, pigalle, sculpture, Sidecar, slider, tiffany and co, Undulating, Yves Solomon, zac posen 9 Comments

On day 9 of our 12 Days of Christmas Gift Guides we zoom in on gifts that smoulder and STUN. And to my sons’ chagrin there are no handheld toy firearms.

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Gifts that Enchant and Charm

entertain, holidays, Shopping Reviews By Jill Amery November 27, 2015 Tags: beados gems, cannabis, dino trux, dry body oil, gifts, Holiday, live clean, luminous balloons, mala beads, mettrum, mettrum originals, minted, old smoky moonshine, pancake mix, see jane, slider, thank you notes, tiny devotions, tv cufflinks 5 Comments

On day 8 of our 12 days of Christmas Gift Guides, we move into the ethereal. Mystic, moving and gracious, these treats that enchant and charm will keep you and everyone around you smiling.

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Gifts that Quench and Indulge

entertain, Shopping Reviews By Jill Amery November 26, 2015 Tags: American Girl, Beekman Boys, Classic Cocktails, cocktails, dinners, Imagine Tee, Individual Cocktail Aging Kit, Josh Kilmer-Purcell, Liquid Lunchbox, loblaws, mocktails, Modern Mixologist, please and carrots, presidents choice, Skull Bar Spoon, slider, T.A. Barron, Truffle Aioli, Warren Bobrow’s Apothecary Cocktails, Why Hunger, Wisdom of Merlin, xyla, xylitol 3 Comments

It is already day 7, and our editorial board is famished and thirsty. We put ‘Gifts that Quench and Indulge’ together while salivating and are very much looking forward to a cocktail now!

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Gifts that Sparkle

entertain, holidays, Shopping Reviews By Jill Amery November 25, 2015 Tags: Biopop, clean water, CND, Coach, Crayola, Dino Pet, Dinopet, ebay, Edison Lights, Glitter Markers, Hologram, Jude Frances, Nova Scotian Crystal, shellac, slider, Tiffany & Co, tiffany and co, Vinylux, World Vision 8 Comments

It’s Day 6 of our 12 Days of Christmas Gift Guides and with US Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday approaching, our mood is incredibly optimistic!

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