Christmas time is all about traditions right? Well this year the kidlets have requested that we use a real tree for our Christmas tree this year. Before that we’ve done an artificial tree for the past oh, 6 years or so. But where in the Vancouver area can you go and cut down a Christmas…
Product Review: Dell Inspiron 5675 Gaming Desktop
One thing that I know my kids will grow up around will be computers. If I count the computers in our house the number would be 5 actual computers; 2 desktops and 3 laptops. This does not count tablets or smartphones either, that would just bump up the number a tad. Are all those computers…
Checking out Centennial Beach in Delta
I try and think of different places to go when I have the kids while mommy is sleeping between her nightshifts. We’re fairly fortunate to live so close to the beach but I thought I would take the kidlets somewhere different for a change of pace. I wanted something that had a bit of a…
Outfitting the Kids for Rain
Here on the west coast of British Columbia, or wet coast as some like to refer to it, we get a lot of rain. You might not think we do from our most recent summer, but it will rain and when it does, are you and your kids ready to get wet? Being a parent…
Finding that Perfect Pumpkin at Hazelmere
It’s that time of year. You know, when the rains come back to Vancouver and the sun is a stranger? The leaves change colours and clog up the roads and cause flooding? Well okay, that might not be the nicest thing about this time of year but you know what I do like about October?…
Family Outing: Apple Picking in Abbotsford
One of the things we as a family have wanted to do this year was find a place we could go pick apples. We did just that, we decided that on a Saturday we would pick one of the (somewhat) local farms to go apple picking and it was not quite what I was expecting,…
A Journey To Better Sleep
Having kids is tiring. I do not know of a parent out there that would disagree with me. When the kids are young and I mean in the baby and infant stages they typically wake up multiple times in the night which means you and mom need to wake up multiple times in the night…
Family Outing: Fort Rodd Hill, Victoria BC.
I may be a bit behind in writing about our family adventures, but I hope it is not too late to write about them (even if they are not fresh in my mind). Last month, in April, we planned a nice week long vacation to Vancouver Island. This involved visiting our friends for 3 nights…
First LEGO Kit: City Race Plane 60144
While ‘A’ is growing up I have been wanting to try his hand at building a LEGO set. Unfortunately the minimal age that any set I have seen has been ages 5 and up. Well at 3.5 years old, ‘A’ isn’t quite yet 5. But I thought I would try and find a smaller kit…
Product Review: Netgear Powerline PL1200 Extend Your Network
Most homes these days have some sort of computer network. Be it wired with cables or wireless with Wi-Fi. Though, say you want to extend your network into a bedroom or a newly renovated home office. You might not feel comfortable punching holes in walls and running Ethernet cables around the house, or perhaps your…