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membership has its benefits
Filed Under Places | January 10, 2012
Toronto has plenty of attractions to keep even the highest energy kiddos happy and entertained. But they can certainly become expensive ways to while away a day, especially for larger families. However, most attractions offer a family membership, which typically pays for itself in only a couple of visits. Now while many of the city’s attractions are seasonal, we’ve highlighted a few that are open year round for those families who want to play rather than hibernate. And with March Break not far off, it’s a great time to consider a membership so you don’t become your kids’ main source of entertainment.
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a good cuppa
Filed Under Places | November 22, 2011
Personally, we’d never survive parenthood without coffee … ideally, tasty, fair trade, and organic coffee. But, sadly, we’ve been forced to drink less than palatable java at (desperate) times. So we love it when we find coffee that suits our palate, as well as our sensibilities. On that note, we’d like to introduce you to the Crema Coffee Company.
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pizza pizza
Filed Under Places | November 1, 2011
When it comes to food for the family, there are few things that satisfy a crowd like pizza. Pizza is one of those universal foods that almost everyone loves. But the thing is, there’s a lot of crappy pizza out there: Greasy, cardboardy, gross, pizza. We feel strongly that our kids should never have to experience nasty pizza (until they head off to university and it becomes a staple of their diet, of course). Which is why we take them to Me-n-Ed’s.
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daytripping: port moody
Filed Under Places | October 25, 2011
Even though the summer sun has left and sweater season is upon us, we can still pack up our car and enjoy a cool weather road trip. And feeling the need for a bit more culture in our lives, we headed out to breathtaking Port Moody, the City of the Arts.
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if the shoe fits
Filed Under Places | October 25, 2011
While we can always roll up our kids’ sleeves and pant legs if we buy too big, shoes are more problematic (our kid has literally run right out of a too-big pair of shoes). So when we heard OLLY shoes has an easy, reliable, and accurate solution to sizing up our little one’s feet, and three GTA locations, we ran right over.
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a cut above
Filed Under Places | October 18, 2011
One of our favourite ways to pamper ourselves is to go to the hair salon. Sadly, our children do not seem to feel the same way about getting their hair cut. Thankfully, Sparkyz Kutz for Kidz has the solution to that problem.
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peter, peter, pumpkin eater
Filed Under Events, Places | October 11, 2011
Okay, so while you’re unlikely to eat your Halloween pumpkin once it’s past its prime, you can always roast the seeds before tossing the carved orange orb into the compost. And super fresh pumpkins are best for carving and seed roasting, so try to hit up a local patch. To give you a hand, we’ve complimented our Halloween events listings from last week with a handy list of local pumpkin patches. We’ve gone a bit farther afield than usual with this list because, well, there just aren’t that many pumpkin patches right in the city. All patches are organized alphabetically:
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for the love of pie
Filed Under Places | October 4, 2011
Nothing beats a homemade pie. Except homemade pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. But between getting the fresh fruit and making the fiddly piecrust you need some time, which many of us simply don’t have. So we love that T.O. has a shop dedicated to nothing but pie: The Pie Shack.
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the most important meal of the day
Filed Under Places | September 27, 2011
When we think back to the days of our misspent youth, we recall early morning (or late night, depending on how you looked at it) breakfasts that involved plates piled high with grease, and bottomless pits of coffee. Nowadays, we still crave the bottomless coffee…perhaps for different reasons…but the plates of grease aren’t as appealing. We love the thought of a relaxing brunch, but our wee ones certainly don’t have the patience, or the appetite, for it. Thank goodness we found Cora.
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pumped about pumpkins
Filed Under Events, Places | September 27, 2011
Fall is here, and with it comes cooler temps (think cozy sweaters, jeans, and boots!), crisp apples, and plenty of pumpkin fun. Here’s a roundup of harvest festivities and pumpkin patches throughout the GTA and beyond, that are sure to help the family ‘fall’ head over heels for the season!
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