In our home our kids have loved the various tents we’ve had in the last couple of years. A pirate tent was first, well loved as it was, it would no longer stand up on its own. Then next was…
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Gingerbread House 2016
Starting a new Christmas holiday tradition in our household; building Gingerbread Houses. Okay, so I’m not much of a baker so we won’t be building them from scratch, though I am sure that would be fun. We also don’t have…
Product Review: TopFin 10 Gallon LED Starter Kit
Even since I purchased the little 5 gallon Eclipse fish tank system I’ve been quite happy with it. Essentially everything you needed to start an aquarium was built all in one neat little package. You got the tank, the lighted…
Track Tuesday #2
Another Tuesday means another Train Track image. I think this may be the first train track setup I did for “A” when we got all the tracks together. At the time it was a bit too complex, busy for him….
Track Tuesday #1
You see them on blogs and websites, the particular topic on a certain day each week sort of thing. Well for me, one thing I have enjoyed doing since being a Dad is to create new wooden train track layouts…
Day Tripping to the Othello Tunnels
My 10 week parental leave is coming to an end shortly and one of the small day trips I wanted to do during my 10 week leave was visit the Othello Tunnels out in Hope, BC. Part of the Kettle…
Keeping Babies Safe – Crib Tent
I have not gotten around to it, but our kids sleep in the same room together. A recap on their ages, “A” is 3 years old and “W” is 10 months old. Up until today, both kids have been sleeping…
Big Brother Is Watching You
When I was little we definitely did not have the technology we have today. Especially when it came to monitoring our kids, more specifically babies, infants and toddlers. One of the gadgets that I have noticed that parents typically look…
Half Day at the Vancouver Aquarium
I think it was a Christmas gift that my mom got for my wife and I, tickets to the Vancouver Aquarium. Children 3 and Under are free which is an added bonus of course. The Vancouver Aquarium is something that…
New Member of our Household; Monkey the Betta
When we had a tour of “A”‘s preschool a couple of weeks ago, a large bowl caught my eye. Inside this large bowl was a red fiery fish; a Betta splendens named Monkey. You probably know them as Siamese Fighting…