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The Adventure Zone (Granville Island)

I have been putting off visiting The Adventure Zone for a few years until I felt okay leaving Mason in a play structure where I had limited visibility.  Not to mention that Granville Island is not the greatest place to visit during the weekend.  Parking was non existent (3 hrs free) and I refuse to …

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1st Annual Family Campout

On Thursday I got this impulse idea to go camping on the weekend.  The weather looked perfect and I was sure there would be somewhere fairly local we could head out to.

I started to ask some coworkers who were into camping and was told that you had to book a year in advance (for ALL of the lower m…

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Mason Update

I haven't written in Mason's blog in a while, other than about the places we visit.  While Mason continues to amaze us with his thirst for knowledge and quite a large vocabulary (in our opinion) the milestones are further apart as they were when he was a toddler.

A few updates for the now 4 year o…

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Burnaby Fire Department - Station 1

When Mason had his first birthday it was more of an adults party than a traditional kids party since he was so young.  His Dad and I decided that he really didn't need anymore presents so we asked for guests to bring donations to the Vancouver Food bank in lieu of gifts & cards.

Here is a pic of u…

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Cat in the Hat

 Cat in the Hat! 

Woohoo! Another live show for Mason to go to.  As soon as I saw the ad, I went to see what shows were available on their website.

This was a smaller production at a theatre that I hadn't heard of and figured it was downtown.  The show is running from February 23  – March 3…

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Pet Expo

I think I saw an ad in the paper about the upcoming Pet Expo and thought it would be a fun event for Mason.

Their website is here.

It was only this weekend so if you want to go, you are too late but you can go next year!  The Expo is also in Calgary.

The ticket prices were slightly confusing as …

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Mason's 4th Birthday @ Go Banana's

Well it's official, my little monkey is 4 years old.  We celebrated his actual birthday with a small dinner with his Dad and I on Wednesday and chose today to have the party with his little friends.

The venue we chose was Go Banana's which I had previously visited in January and thought it would b…

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Birthday Prep disaster

Mason is at that phase where he switches love for toys every few days.  

I LOVE Octonauts! No..Ghostbusters, no...transformers!, no...[insert fun toy of the week here].

So when I asked him what theme he wanted for this years' birthday he chose Octonauts.  This was going to be a tricky one because…

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Growing up too fast!

Another year zips by and now that January is over it's time to start birthday planning for monkey.  The big f-o-u-r.  I get weepy just thinking of how quickly ages 1, 2 & 3 went by and now Mason has one year and a half of daycare before he's in *gasp* kindergarten (which I used to think was soooo fa…

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Sweet Words

Normally I post the funny things Mason says on Facebook but he said something today that I want to remember always.

We were in the bathroom and while the tub was filling up with water, I had noticed he had put in a truck that was battery operated.  I didn't panic because a) it had no batteries in i…

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Go Banana's (North Van)

Mason stayed home from school today so I thought it would be a good opportunity to get out of the house and let him get some exercise indoors!  After reviewing Mason's last of Outings, I realized that we have't been to a play center in a while and thought we'd Go Banana's!

This location is actua…

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Beaty Biodiversity Museum

This is the museum we wanted to see but ended up at the MOA last summer instead.  They are both out by UBC so it was not a surprise I had them confused.

I waited for a Groupon for the Beaty Biodiversity Museum and received for $6.00 instead of the $12 for an Adult.  (Mason was already free as he …

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Mason's rules to Hide & Seek

As Mason learns new games at school I am sure to hear a request to play them at home.  This morning he decides we should play Hide & Seek.  Our home is only one floor but is quite spacious and there are a few spots to hide.  However within a few mins of the game, I realize that Mason has his own rul…

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Museum of Anthropology (MOA)

To be honest I wasn't aware this museum existed until I heard the name pop up a few times over the past few weeks.  I think it started with the Groupon 'deal' for reduced admission.

A beautiful sunny day and yes, we are going to go spend time indoors.  I think exposing kids to scientific, artisti…

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Bugs & Bees @ The Honeybee Centre

A long long time ago, I lived in Langley BC.  I was relatively new to the mainland and this is where I called home for 3 years.  As I traveled out of town, I often passed the Honeybee Centre but never had a reason to go take a look at what they had to offer.

Finally a Saturday with my little man …

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Toopy & Binoo & the Marshmallow Moon

I think when I saw the advert for Toopy & Binoo live in Concert, I was more excited than Mason was!  I'm always looking for new and fun things to do together as a family.  As soon as the tickets were available, I snapped up 3 ($25 each) and told Mason that he was going to the show.  The downside is …

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Bloedel Conservatory

I didn't expect the weather to be so nice today and figured that all of the hot spots would be packed.  Finally when we left the house (we live in a basement suite) I saw how gorgeous the weather was and my initial thoughts were Waterpark! Splashdown! but then realized it was a holiday + hot weather…

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Trains & Dinosaurs

For BC Day, Mason and I decided to spend our time in Langley/Cloverdale.

Our first stop was lunch at ChooChoo's Restaurant, a place I wanted to try out since seeing somewhere on the Internets as a good place to take kids.  I  was surprised they were open so late (9pm) on a holiday but it worked f…

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My own jellyfish

Another Pinterest project.  This was a quick one but not as easy as it looks!

 

I had an empty Dasani water bottle and found a semi translucent plastic bag (which is rare cause I usually recycle em).  Peeling the label off I realized the side of the bottle was ridged which wasn't ideal cause i…

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Mason builds a birdhouse

Pinterest.com is quickly becoming one of the hottest new social media sites and I have been pinning a few craft ideas to "Mason's Life" over the past few months.  Today was somewhat of an ugly day which means perfect for crafting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I happen to have a 2 …

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