a peek inside the fishbowl

Angels in Action on Nov 6, 2009 in Angels in Action – a fundraising group for Ovarian Cancer – is hosting a fundraiser – a murder mystery dinner at Villa Lucia Thursday November 19, 2009. Tickets are $75.00 each with a $30.00 tax receipt. Money goes directly to fund research an...

Christmas gift idea #1: embrace your trees on Nov 6, 2009 in Easy ways to make kids happy Christmas gifts kids shopping toys Halloween is over so it’s legal to start thinking about Christmas gifts. My Christmas shopping motto for 2009 is this: Fewer gifts, thoughtful gifts. Say it with me now: Fewer gifts, thoughtful gifts. Since the Fewer gifts, thoughtful gifts...

Exploring Barrhaven part 4: Caffeine and sanctuary on Nov 5, 2009 in Ottawa Recipes and Food family food kids parenting Two Monkeys in Barrhaven is an awesome little coffee shop that sells a mean bowl of soup too. And it's family-friendly to boot!

Exploring Barrhaven part 3: The story behind Lytle Park on Nov 4, 2009 in Misc. life Ottawa activities family outdoors Who knew that I had this much to say about Barrhaven! In my last posts we had been exploring the Nepean Quarry and had participated in a little bit of geocaching. My legs were killing me but the girls desperately wanted to play in the little playgrou...

Exploring Barrhaven part 2: Geocaching near the Nepean Quarry on Nov 3, 2009 in - Ottawa for kids Easy ways to make kids happy activities fall family geocaching Ottawa outdoors At the end of yesterday’s post I had just whipped out ye old iPhone and fired up the Geocaching app. First, I should explain a bit about geocaching. Geocaching is an outdoor treasure-hunting type of activity in which the participants use a Glo...

Exploring a bit of Barrhaven: the Nepean Quarry on Nov 2, 2009 in Easy ways to make kids happy Ottawa After a good long stretch of yard work on Sunday we decided that to explore a hitherto unknown (unknown to us anyway!) part of Barrhaven.  I heard about an abandoned quarry so I wanted to check it out before all the leaves had fallen. The trail was...

post-Halloween thoughts on Nov 1, 2009 in Easy ways to make kids happy sanity saving parent tips halloween kids parenting When I was a kid I remember collecting Halloween candy in giant pillowcases, making my own costumes (that is, unless you count the time time I wore this costume … although mine was Snow White!), and I remember the candy. Back then people w...