I have been wanting to take Mason to a live concert of one of his favorite shows but it seemed I either missed the date or I'd be $150 poorer. I love my child but I'm not willing to spend $80 per ticket for costumed people to run around and sing! He's not yet 3 and I was also not sure he'd be will…
Blog posts : "Out and about"
Thomas the Tank Engine Day
In search of something to do today, I visited the Kids Vancouver website and saw that Art Knapp was having a Thomas event.
I asked Mason if he wanted to go and he said 'Yes!'. So off we went to Surrey to see Thomas. As we started to drive, the rain poured down. Yikes, this might be a no show.…
Swimmin' at Eileen Dailly
I have to admit it’s been a while since Mason and I last went swimming. I do like the pool but it’s a lot of prep work to get organized to go and the thought of having to squish myself in a bathing suit in the fall isn’t that exciting.
Today was a beautiful fall day and I thought a great day…
The Apple Barn
A holiday weekend! As we approach into fall, so many things to do. The weather called for 100% rain today but I was thinking positive thoughts and decided to check out a corn maze.
Google suggested a kids website (which I cannot recall the name of) that provided 4 different farms to visit. Out o…
A trip to see the fishies
Earlier this week I decided to pull Mason out of daycare to play ‘hooky’ and spend the day with me. I figured it would be fun to check out some of the kids activities when they weren’t so busy.
Unfortunately I left it to the last minute to figure out what we were going to do. I thought mayb…
Photo Shoot & The PNE
Recently I signed up for a ‘perk’ on HIParent.ca, a new website for Independent Parents (aka Single Parents) to have a photography session with Lynda Allen Photography. She is based out of Campbell River but made the trek over to Vancouver for the shoot.
An amazing deal – an outdoor setting, g…
Port Moody - Rocky Point Park
For Saturday afternoon (less a nap), Mason and Mommy headed from Granville Island to a quick stop at home to pick up our bathing suits. We were off to Rocky Point in Port Moody to meet up with Rob and his daughter Maya (5 years) for an afternoon of fun at the water park and the outdoor pool!
Find…
Fun at Granville Island
Mason and I had big plans for the Saturday. Initially we were going to take a trip to Science World as Mason hasn’t been for quite some time. I checked their website and was delighted to discover that they reduced their prices for the duration of their reno. From $25 to $14 and Mason being under…
Krause Berry Farm - Farmer's Feast 2011
Here we go go go go on another adventure!
Another place to cross off Mason’s list!! I read somewhere on the Internets that Krause Berry Farm was having a Farmer’s Feast today and we thought we’d drive out to Langley and check it out! Today (Sunday) was supposed to have better weather than yes…
Kerrisdale Play Palace
From looking at the weather reports yesterday, I knew that today was going to be rainy. We slept in (yay, thanks Mason) and headed out just before 11am to Kerrisdale.
Checking out their website prior to leaving confirmed the address which is 41st and East BLVD (or better known as the Mc’Donalds co…
Choo Choo ride
I knew today was going to be a great sunny day and didn’t want to waste it by doing chores inside. The plans were to head to the Burnaby Central Railway near Confederation Park. I tried to go last year but it was closed. We drove by yesterday and the trains were full speed ahead!
The Burnaby…
Burnaby: Hats Off Day
Mason and I went to Hats Off Day last year and had a lot of fun. He was a bit smaller then so he stayed in the Zooper stroller while I weaved in and out of the foot traffic while watching the parade.
Now that Mason is older, it was the perfect day to take him to a community event. We woke up e…
Child Entertainment has gotten out of hand
Now that Mason is close to exiting the ‘toddler’ phase and is quickly approaching ‘little man’ designation, his interest in tv shows and their characters is increasing. While he’s at home, Treehouse TV is on quite a bit. I’m all for educational tv, I encourage it. For the record, Sesame Street ta…
Crash Crawley's
When the rain comes and I mean really pours, parents usually find fun things to do indoors. Sometimes we bake, sometimes we do arts & crafts and when we are really adventurous, we head to indoor play centres. Where they are jam packed with soaked toddlers, loud noise and overpriced moving rides.
Me & U at the Zoo
Thanks to the Abbotsford Groupon for providing a discount on the hefty admission charge to get into the zoo. This was my second trip (first time was in 2007 when I was there as a volunteer for a MS Charity Walk). The zoo isn't actually in Abby. It's not even in Vancouver! It's in Aldergrove whic…
Swimmin' at CG Brown
After Mason was finished dinner, I was thinking of what we should do for the evening and I figured that swimming was a good idea! Nice warm pool on such a cold day! So I looked online for an indoor pool in Burnaby and came up with:
c.g. brown memorial pool at 3702 Kensington Avenue
They had a l…
Koko's Activity Centre
Mason and I decided to trek out to our neighbour city and check out Koko's as it's one of our 'things to do before Mason turns 3'.
It easy easy to find as it's on the main road in Port Moody (St. Johns Street). We enter the decent sized parking lot to see that it's quite full. Guess everyone else h…
Hats off to fun in the sun!
Mason and I had a blast today! We left the house around 9am and headed down the street in the Zooper to attend the Hats Off Day in Burnaby.
Hats Off Day is when the Heights merchants "take their hats off" to their community and their customers and the entire Heights community celebrates together…
I've got a monkey on my back!!
It came the time to retire Mason from the BabyBjörn as he was quickly approaching the maximum weight and it was just too much for my achin' back! Earlier last summer when Clayton's Sister Faye and family were in town she had her youngest in a back carrier which was like 'wow' to me. It seems so sk…
Krause Berry Farm
I look forward to reading WestCoast Families Magazine each month! You can pick up your free copy at Safeway in their free magazine section at the front of the store or by clicking here for their online version. At the back of the magazine is a listing of all the fun events around town.
Over the …