Posted on: July 12, 2013
Last week we gave you a list of 20 things to do this summer with your family and had so much fun we decided to list 20 more! With these lists, you will banish “I’m Bored” from your kids’ vocabulary. Well, maybe just hear it a lot less often… 1.
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Posted on: July 5, 2013
Summer days deserve to be lazy, hazy and unstructured. But sometimes we need a direction for our languor. Here are 20 ways to have fun with the family! 1. Spend a rainy day indoors exploring your local Devonian gardens. None in your city? A large garden centre can provide an
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Posted on: June 10, 2013
I did something spontaneous the other day; I paid for a stranger’s breakfast. Now before you go thinking this is really more than it is, the breakfast only cost $1 because I was at Ikea. But nevertheless, when the cashier jokingly said “Your total is 105 pennies or you could
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Posted on: June 6, 2013
Only a few short days before the never-before-seen animated short “Get A Horse!” with Mickey Mouse and featuring Walt Disney as the voice of the iconic character makes its world debut on Tuesday, June 11, 2013, at the Annecy Animation Festival in Annecy, France. This is old school animation at
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Posted on: June 3, 2013
Kathy Buckworth shares some thoughts this month on trios of children. This column was originally run in the Metro News. Kathy’s new book I Am So the Boss of You: An 8-Step Guide to Giving Your Family the “Business” has been optioned by Warner Bros Television. Pick it up at
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Posted on: May 29, 2013
There are certain kids movies that I find tolerable, others that are so annoying they make me want to poke my eyes out and fortunately there are some like Monsters Inc that I can watch again and again with no self harming side effects. But after a million or so
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Posted on: May 16, 2013
And it begins again! Victoria Day long weekend is the unofficial start of the summer camping season when people across the country are digging out the tent, trailer or big RV and loading up the cooler to escape into nature. It’s never been a secret that I love camping. Or
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Posted on: May 2, 2013
Although technically spring has been here since March 21st, spring-like weather has been more elusive. And many of us have used that as an excuse to stay indoors. Well no more! The David Suzuki Foundation has issued an intriguing challenge: Can you spend 30 minutes in nature each day for
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Posted on: April 10, 2013
A recall has been issued for 100% cotton footed one-piece sleepers and a sleep gown from babyGap and Old Navy. Health Canada found that a sampling of the sleepers don’t meet flammability requirements for children’s sleepwear. Please note that there have been no one has reported an injury due to
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Posted on: April 8, 2013
Potatoes get a bad rap in this anti carb world, but try as I might to avoid them, I love those little bundles of starchy goodness. I blame Julie Van Rosendaal for my latest obsession; hash browns cooked in the waffle iron. So the other day I needed to buy
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