Kids
25 Days of Christmas Family Advent Activity Calendar: 2020
Soon it will be December 1, and along with our tea, chocolate, toy, bath bomb advent calendars we have happening this year, we are continuing our family activity calendar too. If you’ve been…
Dexter can send you a virtual birthday message
Birthday celebrations in Ottawa have certainly looked different in the past few months, and even with some of the province opening back up birthday celebrations are still going to not be the same…
Activity: Create an Art Gallery!
After taking the kids to the National Gallery of Canada, they have been even more engrossed with art and creating it. I am a huge fan of introducing art to the kids at…
Activity: Make and Design a Hotel!
My son initiated this recent activity and it turned out to be a lot of fun. He started building a hotel using Lego Duplos (my kids have stayed in hotels many times it…
Activities for kids: Subjective Art
I have always loved art. When I studied history in University, I took some Art History classes and loved them. We are lucky to have the National Gallery of Canada here in Ottawa…
A Fun Scavenger Hunt Game for the Kids (with Printable!)
This is a game that can be played indoors, outdoors or both! When we were away in PEI, we created a game for the kids to play that was not only fun but…
Get-Moving Activity: Movement Stations for kids
(reposting this older post from when my kids were quite young to help parents looking for indoor activities to do with their kids! This is something I used to do when they were…
A Guide to Winter for Ottawa Families
10 fun outdoor things to do when the temperatures drop and the snow falls in Ottawa I have openly admitted that we are not a traditional winter family. We don’t ski, we are…
25 Days of Christmas | 2019 Activity Advent Calendar
YAY CHRISTMAS! Long time readers will know this is a big deal in our home and for those of you who are newer, follow my Instagram account to see what our month-long celebrations…
Our 2018 Advent Activity Calendar
It’s almost December 1, which means it’s almost time for our annual activity advent calendar to count down until Christmas. We have been doing an activity advent since 2009 (when I read about…
