Kidding Around Vancouver Island

We signed up Ella for swimming lessons, but it turned out the lessons were really for us.  You see Ella thinks swimming is a contact sport – she has to be clinging to me in order to get into the water.  Her teacher  was very patient the first day.  No you can’t put a strangle [...]

Need a relaxing spa getaway for an afternoon, where kids have plenty to do, but still taking it easy on your pocket book?  Look no further than the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre.  Ok, maybe “spa-like” would be a better term or “sort of spa-ish” – the point is, a few hours swimming with the kids can [...]

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 real lesson [...]

Tis also the season of watching more movies, and that means deciding what’s appropriate for your kids. I’ve been surprised to see how many films young kids (under 13) are watching that are rated PG. We’d all do well to remember that PG means Parental Guidance and if you look at www.filmratings.com you’ll see that [...]