Kidding Around Vancouver Island

I am thrilled to have gotten to know some other bloggers and Vancouver Island fanatics – VI Reviews (Shalyn) and Eyes On BC (Linda). These two women write about great happenings across the Island too. I encourage you to check out what they write about – they are a wealth of information! Oh – Shalyn [...]

Downtown Nanaimo will be transformed into the Island’s largest backyard barbeque on July 14th and 15th , thanks to the people behind the Nanaimo Barbeque Festival. Teams from around North America will descend on the city’s downtown core to compete in a Kansas City BBQ Society sanctioned event. Local residents will get a chance to [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

We all want to teach our kids the true meaning of Christmas.  What about teaching them the true meaning of Labour Day?  That’s George’s plan for the girls this year:  cutting the lawn, weeding the garden, ripping out that old fence and putting in a new one.  Some good old-fashioned labour.  Okay, while we see [...]

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 [...]