We previously wrote the blog “Read to Your Kids Before Bed Everyday” and I thought this needed an update.

Annika "reading" to Jada, 2008

We still strongly believe in reading to you children everyday.  It takes some time to do but it is worth it, for the kids and youself.  We just signed Annika with the Vancouver Island ...

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The other day I was a the garden supply store and I came across bird nest balls for helping your backyard bird friends gather building materials to make their nests.  I thought to myself that this was a great idea for a craft I can do with the kids.  The store was changing $7 per ball!  I ...

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Yesterday was Annika’s birthday party.  We were so lucky to have the nicest day in the last little while considering what we had planned for the party activities.  The weather was sunny and warm and the kids hardly came in the house at all; perfect.  They ran around the backyard and played with the outside toys ...

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Easter weekend and the weather is horrible.  We were hoping to at least do some family activities; like go for a family picnic, find some geocaches, have an Easter egg hunt in the back yard, or visit a farm.  The stormy weather outside changed these plans in a hurry.  A little rain would not stop us but a full out ...

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With the weather starting to warm up in some areas, and little flowers popping up everywhere, I thought I’d write about some outings to do in nature with your kids in spring.  The list of course could go on and on but I will tell you about my favorite few.

Get the kids to ...

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Right now the Hummingbirds are starting to migrate and move to the BC coast.  We saw three hummingbirds in different locations around Victoria and I believe that they where Anna’s Hummingbird’s. A friend told me that they actually live in Victoria year round because of the mild tempertures which was verified here.  I only managed to get ...

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Last night we changed to daylight savings time so we “Sprang forward” one hour.  Now with it being light later in the evenings we will be taking advantage of more daylight to go out with the kids.  Whether it’s going to the beach, the playground, going for a walk, or just playing in the yard, we ...

Continue reading Daylight Savings Means More Family Outings

We went to the garden supply store a week ago and bought all kinds of seeds for the garden.  The kids had fun picking them out and we tried to keep it under control, really.  Since then the weather has been quite rainy and cool and all we’ve managed to do is some more yard clean-up.  ...

Continue reading Our First “Gardening” Attempt