Kidding Around Vancouver Island

Readers of our weekly newspaper column know what we’ve been up to since December, but here on the web, it’s been a bit quiet, and we apologize for that. But thanks to our sister-in-law, Shari, that’s all changing. She’s going to help us with maintaining the website and making it a great addition [...]

We recently solved the problem of which comes first, the chicken or the egg. What comes first is a place to raise chickens and eggs, so we headed off to a chicken farm. This was part of our “Where Does It Come From?” series of outings for the kids – making sure they [...]

Kids always need good role models and we’ve been fortunate to have some excellent baby-sitters over the years who’ve been just that. One of them is a young lady named Chanice and she’s always had a penchant for horses. A couple of years ago she got her own horse and it’s been a [...]

Our children love live theatre and there’s always guaranteed fun at the Chemainus Theatre Festival’s KidzPlay series. We just got back from seeing Land of Legends, which features a series of stories from BC folklore, told by master story-teller Jim Leard. The kids were on the edge of their seats listening to him [...]

What makes a trip with the kids to the Chemainus Theatre Festival extra special is that there’s so much to enjoy in the town before and after the theatre, including the world famous murals. An ice cream cone at Billy’s Delight Ice Cream Parlour is always a must, no matter the weather. Then [...]