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Get crafty, not candy
Filed Under Tips & Tricks | March 14, 2008
We love the Easter Bunny and we love good quality chocolate (in moderation), but with Easter treats coming from aunts, uncles, and grandparents, we’re thinking the Easter Bunny may opt out of leaving candy this year. Instead,thanks to Keri from Craft Caravan, we’ve got some fun ideas for helping our kids get more crafty, instead of more candy!
What to do, what to do?
Filed Under Events | March 13, 2008
Spring Break’s starting and St. Patrick’s Day and Easter are coming up, so we’ve gone a little long this week to include some Spring Break fun along with our regular events – you’ll find fairs, swap meets, movies, parades, birthday parties and more.
Enrich me
Filed Under Stuff | March 12, 2008
There’s a new milk in town and we think it’s all that it’s cracked up to be. Avalon Dairy, in conjunction with local company Nutrifood Solutions, has just introduced Vitala Milk which is naturally enriched with DHA Omega-3. What’s so great about that? DHA Omega-3 – that’s the kind that comes from fish not flax – is the most effective source of Omega-3s, which are proven to support the normal development of the brain, eyes and nerves, especially in infants and young kids
Moles and squirrels and pigeons, oh my!
Filed Under Stuff | March 11, 2008
Winter seems firmly behind us (at least here on the West Coast), the warmer months are finally here, and there’s definitely a spring in everyone’s step. To match the mood, we’ve chosen light-hearted, funny, classic reads to launch your tots into Spring!
Picture this
Filed Under Tips & Tricks | March 10, 2008
When we flip through the pictures we’ve taken since we’ve had kids we find ourselves suspiciously absent from most of them, so when local photographer and mum Lisa Hartley touched base about the importance of photographing all the generations of your family, not just the newest one, we asked her to expand on the theme…
Dedicated Email: Ciao Bella School
Filed Under Dedicated Emails | March 10, 2008
Finding Preschool space these days can definitely amp up the stress levels. That is, unless you got on all the lists when you first discovered you were pregnant. But in case you weren’t quite that organized, here’s a new solution. The long-running Westside Montessori School on Oak Street is opening a sister school in Sept. [...]
Land ho
Filed Under Places | March 7, 2008
Now that spring appears to have well and truly sprung, the beach is getting busy again. The kids don’t even seem to care that it can still be a little nippy by the water, especially when it’s breezy, instead they’re barefoot and in the water before you can say, “At least roll up your pant legs.” We’re partial to Jericho for our beach visits, in large part because the Galley Patio & Grill on the second floor of the Jericho Sailing Centre.
What to do, what to do?
Filed Under Events | March 6, 2008
This Saturday is International Women’s Day, maybe that’s why it’s just so darn busy. You can celebrate all things birth, or all thing sustainable. Shop at an outside sale, or check out a new store. There’s even a little bit of Barenaked music – live! We’re not sure how we’re going to pack it all in.
Wipe it up baby now, twist it out
Filed Under Going Green, Multi-tasking, Stuff | March 5, 2008
Dishcloths are not sexy. Dishclothes are not exciting. But a good dishcloth can be very satisfying. And when you start raving about your dishcloth to friends you know that you’ve either not got enough going on, or you’ve got a great dishcloth. We prefer the later theory.
Kiddie fest
Filed Under Events | March 4, 2008
It’s that time again. The 2008 Vancouver International Children’s Festival is coming up. This year the festival will be taking over Vanier Park from the 12th to 19th of May but tickets are going on sale on March 8th (that’s this Saturday) at Ticketmaster and they go fast, so consider this your head’s up!
