Kidding Around Vancouver Islandfun things for families to do here on The Island
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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 [...]
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
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 [...]
That beautiful May long weekend we just had got us out for a picnic up in Qualicum Beach, which then got us thinking about some of our favourite picnic spots in Oceanside. Of course we have to start with the beaches. At Qualicum Beach our picnic place of choice is the grassy area next to [...]
About fifteen years ago we joined the ranks of dog owners and were instantly ushered into a kind of parallel universe governed by its own social rules, most of which we weren’t even aware of until the passing of our beloved Martin blasted us back into the non-dog universe. There’s a scene in the movie [...]
It was such a lovely holiday Monday, we thought why not drive off and explore the phenomenon of micro-climates. Ok, it didn’t quite go down that way, it was more like, ‘hey let’s find this cool new beach we heard about near Bowser.” So we’re motoring up the island highway past Parksville, then Qualicum Beach, [...]
We gave Grace and Ella a choice this past weekend – watch paint dry or watch cheese being made. They opted for the cheese, but, as the folks at Little Qualicum Cheeseworks are fonding of joking, there’s not a lot of difference. However, seeing all the animals at the cheeseworks and hearing about how the [...]
On our way back from Fanny Bay recently, we stopped in at Qualicum Beach to try the food at a new place called Rawthentic. Our daughters have some “food issues,” as people say these days, and we thought it would be good to try some dishes that didn’t use things like wheat or milk. The [...]
Hockey fans in the Central Island area are being treated to some world-class hockey right now, with the 2009 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge taking place at arenas in Port Alberni, Nanaimo, Campbell River, Courtenay, Cowichan, and Oceanside. View the entire schedule and get up to date scores here at the official website.
