Kidding Around Vancouver Island

This from a magazine article I wrote late last year for a column I did called Class Acts. BLYS Yoga is now part of our lives. Our 10 year old takes the pre-teen/teen yoga classes and LOVES it. 2nd time for it and ask when it starts. We have other young friends going with her [...]

Ella Rose learns the marimba from Fahlon We love the Craig Street Market in Parksville. So many great things to see, buy and eat! Also hear. We fell in love with the local youth group Kumbana Marimba, led by sisters Fahlon and Jasmine Smith from Errington. They play traditional African music along with some South [...]

We have a yearly excursion to Mount Washington to do a bit of snow tubing. It is a whole lot of winter fun – and a great family outing. We skip out of school and work for the day and head to the hill. We wear our warmest snow gear and eye up our favourite [...]

One of the awesome tree tapping experts at the Forest Discovery Centre in Duncan 5th Annual West Coast Bigleaf Maple Syrup Festival It’s that time of year again – a whole day devoted to Maple Syrup.  Taste maple syrup from Vancouver Island at the Bigleaf Maple Syrup Festival at The BC Forest Discovery Centre in Duncan. [...]

FREE Events with the VI Symphony Saturday, February 18, Port Theatre Musical Instrument Zoo (11 a.m. -12 noon) NoteworthyKids Music Club Family Event (11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.) Open Rehearsal (12:30-1:30 p.m.) Reserve your Complimentary Ticket: 250-754-8550 Info: www.vancouverislandsymphony.com

Not quite dead! I am back. So busy with work and life and let this slide. I keep hearing about so many wonderful events, places, ideas and fun here on Vancouver Island, that I have to write about it. So, I am back. I hope I keep you and your children entertained.

Lantzville, just north of Nanaimo, may not be a big town, but they know how to put on great events.  From the Rotary Club’s wonderful Breakfast with Santa to the Fire Department’s Halloween bonfire and fireworks, people come from all over to join in the festivities.  But the crowning event of the year is Minetown [...]

With the sunny hot summer we’ve had on Vancouver Island this year, fruits were ripening extra early, and that meant starting blackberry picking mode not long after BC Day – it’s been going strong ever since.  When we head down to the park, we don’t bring any snacks with us; just grab a handful of [...]

Our kids are Island kids through and through – always at the beach, going to farmer’s markets, exploring the parks, and travelling the back roads.  So when we told them we were going to visit another island, they were pretty ho-hum about it all.  But as we left the ferry and started driving around Salt [...]

KidsFest in Parksville is coming up this Sunday August 16th for a full day of fun, food, and entertainment.  It’s held down at the Community Beach in the large field over on the right hand side – where the kites are flown. Will Stroet is the MC and provides muscial entertainment between acts, which include [...]