Family Fun

  • Little Green Thumbs: Tots in the Garden

    Little Green Thumbs: Tots in the Garden

    If you like to garden, you already know about the joys associated with nurturing growth and beauty. It is natural to want to pass this appreciation on to your children. And you don't need much to do it just a...

  • Taking a Road Trip with Baby

    Taking a Road Trip with Baby

    You’ll be in the car for five whole hours - how can you make the trip enjoyable with a baby along? Learn about it There’s no question: Marathon car trips with a baby on board take a good amount...

  • family DISCOVERIES: Chicago

    family DISCOVERIES: Chicago

    CHICAGO - MY KIND OF TOWN! The Sinatra classic couldn't be more fitting when describing how I felt after taking the family on a trek to the windy city. Another line from that song is very appropriate too...

  • Building Memories

    Building Memories

    There's a new clutch of crafters in town and they're looking for a scrap. A scrap of paper that is — or a snippet of ribbon, an end piece of wallpaper; or anything else that can be used to embellish a page...

  • family DISCOVERIES: <BR>GREAT WOLF Lodge

    family DISCOVERIES:
    GREAT WOLF Lodge

    "Bubbles! You have to have bubbles to work here! Lots of energy, a fun attitude - you know, bubbles!" Great Wolf Lodge Manager Keith Simmonds finished our chat with this statement, and after spending...

  • Making the Most of Dinnertime: Start When Children are Young

    Making the Most of Dinnertime: Start When Children are Young

    Picture Norman Rockwell, the classic American painter, alive today and commissioned to paint a scene of our generation’s family dinner...

  • Cleaning with Kids Can be Fun!

    Cleaning with Kids Can be Fun!

    Housework, children, fun? Do these words belong in the same sentence? Sure but you need to add some creativity to the jobs! First we need to discuss how to assign the jobs. Job charts that rotate chores can be...

  • Olympic Spirit Toronto

    Olympic Spirit Toronto

    Dundas Square is a totally re-vamped area of downtown Toronto that is centered at the corners of Dundas and Yonge streets. All four corners and their respective east/west/north and south outlets have undergone...

  • Toronto Blue Jays Game

    Toronto Blue Jays Game

    We wrapped up our stop in Toronto by taking in the Blue Jays playing the Tampa Bay Devil Rays down at the Rogers Centre. Before the game even starts, there is a lot going on. Inside and outside the stadium...

  • Make Movie Watching Enjoyable for All

    Make Movie Watching Enjoyable for All

    Looking for things to do with the family? What better way to enjoy a relaxing evening or a rainy afternoon than by watching a good movie together. However, choosing a movie that the whole family will enjoy is no...

  • Family Volunteering

    Family Volunteering

    With constant reminders of terrorism being talked about everywhere, attempts to return back to a normal routine has been a struggle for many Canadian families. But according to child experts, parents can give a...

  • family DISCOVERIES: Toronto

    family DISCOVERIES: Toronto

    Toronto is tops on the vacation hit list for most tourists from abroad and from within Canada. With so much to offer as Canada's biggest city, it is easy to see why this is the case. The Family and I made our...

  • Buying a Family Pet

    Buying a Family Pet

    Sooner or later, your child will probably ask for a pet. While owning a pet has many advantages such as teaching responsibility and fostering care and compassion in our children - pet owning is also an enormous...

  • family DISCOVERIES: The Muskokas

    family DISCOVERIES: The Muskokas

    Muskoka - the word alone conjures up images of beaches, relaxing in a deck chair and nights around a bonfire while the echoes of children's laughter pierces the air intermittently. For many who grew up in...

  • Re-connect with your child this summer

    Re-connect with your child this summer

    As another hectic school year comes to a close, summer holidays present the perfect opportunity to re-connect with your child. Doing activities together is an ideal way to spend quality time, rediscover what...




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