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its beginning to look a lot like christmas
Filed Under events, faces & places | November 29, 2010
I did not grow up in Vancouver. This is not that unique really for a city of this size. In fact, I am often surprised by how many people from here aren’t actually from here. I grew up on Vancouver Island in the world’s smallest town of Cobble Hill (okay, its not REALLY the world’s smallest, but [...]
entranced
Filed Under faces & places | November 24, 2010
“Perfect!” ~ L, 4-years-old “Oh no! Is it really over?” ~ M, 7-years-old We were invited to opening night of this year’s Disney on Ice presents Let’s Celebrate and, with memories of our annual trips to the Ice Capades at the Pacific Coliseum when I was little, I was thrilled to be recreating a similar [...]
get crafty: 2010
Filed Under faces & places | November 15, 2010
Here is our annual listing of craft fairs around Vancouver. We’ll be adding to this list as we discover more but if you have one to add to just use our handy online form to send us the info and we’ll be sure to add it or you can add it via the comment functionality [...]
knit wit
Filed Under faces & places | November 9, 2010
We recently wrote about the Purple Crying campaign which is all about preventing shaken baby syndrome brought on by the frustration of early infant crying. The campaign is now coming to a close with over 3,000 purple hats flying through the doors at BC Children’s Hospital. To celebrate (and raise awareness) they’re finishing it off [...]
do you have a little star on your hands?
Filed Under faces & places, guest bloggers | November 8, 2010
In honour of the impending opening of the final Harry Potter movie (we can’t wait!!!), we thought we’d ask Jordan Thompson of BrightStars Performing Arts for some tips of the trade if your little one has the acting bug. And no, we don’t support spectacular child-star burnouts, but we do support your little one following [...]
scary bites: sponsored post
Filed Under sponsored posts | November 1, 2010
Halloween’s behind us, the holidays loom and your cupboards are probably full of the treats your tot collected on October 31st. All that sugar leads to thoughts of cavities and tooth brushing, which is why we thought it timely to discover that October was Orthodontic Health Month thanks to Dr. Colleen Adams from Arbutus Orthodontics: [...]
