Run for the Cure gets personal
The CIBC Run for the Cure has become an annual event at our house after my battle with breast cancer. This year's event is on Sunday, Oct. 5 and Toronto Zoo has been added as a Toronto run location.
Free Family Show at RBG
City Parent’s Free Family Show at Royal Botanical Gardens on Saturday, Oct. 25 begins with a treat of loot bags for the first 750 guests
Dress-up play sets the stage for creativity and learning
If you have a seven-year-old who’s pushing 14, don’t blame her princess costumes.
Kids can wear their neighbourhood pride
A new line of graphic T-shirts lets kids celebrate their neighbourhood and support Breakfast for Learning charity.
Stepping into dance class
The tiny dancer loves ballet class while her mom learns to dance around the recital-induced stress.
Family camp
Family camp is a chance to emember how good it is just to be with our friends and families, to share with them in ways that status updates and picture postings simply cannot manage.
Adoption stories
If fostering or adopting are commitments that you can make, however, it will change you as much as the children who come into your home
Hamilton Museum of Steam & Technology National Historic Site
Witness the social and mechanical life of Canada's early industrial revolution Housed in a 150 year old Waterworks, thi sNational Historic Site preserves two 70 ton steam powered water pumping engines, perhaps the oldest surviving Canadian-built engines. The historic Hamilton Waterworks
Bringing back play
Canada is a country with great facilities but as the cost of participation increases, fewer parents are able to enrol their kids in sports.
Ten easy good turns for Good Turn Week
Scouts Canada’s fifth annual Good Turn Week is happening April 26-May 4
Harbourfront Centre festival welcomes spring
Harbourfront Centre’s inaugural Spring Fling festival presents eight new interactive programs (Easter weekend, April 18 to 20) including music, dance and hands-on activities.
Building connections
Playing organized sports means enduring all manner of silliness that should have little or nothing to do with playing hard, winning with grace, and losing with dignity.
Birthday time
A birthday is a time for more than just presents and cake, it's also a time for reflection and maturing.
March Break to do list
Get geared up for March Break by making plans and registering kids in programs now.
Business plan
Me eldest developed his first business plan this past week - this week we go into production.