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Ottawa Family Fun

Ottawa’s Hidden Treasures: Andrew Haydon Park

6 August 2010 Ottawa Family Fun

I‘ve spent so much time this summer blogging about other places that I’ve completely forgotten one of my favourite bloggy activities: telling you about the fantastic family hangouts we’ve discovered here in Ottawa for summertime fun. If you are looking for a fabulous free activity on a hot summer day in Ottawa, you should definitely [...]

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Weekend family fun – the Simply Raw Festival

18 June 2010 Ottawa Family Fun

You know how some friends are more like sisters than friends? My friend Candice is like that. She’s been with me for the worst of times (she was the person I called when we got our infertility diagnosis) and the best of times (she was in the room when Tristan was born.) Candice is also [...]

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Calypso Water Park one-word review: Wheeeeeeeeeeee!

12 June 2010 Ottawa Family Fun

How do you earn yourself a million ‘cool parent’ points? Pull your kids from school on a Friday in mid-June, thumb your nose at the deteriorating weather forecast and predicted highs of a measly 22C, and head out with friends for a day at Calypso, Ottawa’s brand new waterslide park!! After a half-hour wait at [...]

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Calypso water park sneak peek and giveaway!!

21 April 2010 Ottawa Family Fun

Are you ready? Less than 50 days remain until Ottawa’s hottest summer ticket opens: the Calypso Water Park east of Ottawa near Limoges. We’ve been waiting (im)patiently for more than two years for this park to open — did you know it will be Canada’s largest water park? And on a warm day late in [...]

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The Kids in the Capital ABC Photo Challenge

16 April 2010 Ottawa Family Fun

So you know I love the subject of family fun in Ottawa, and you know I love photography, and you know I love taking pictures of my kids doing fun things around Ottawa, right? Then how could I not love the ABC Challenge that GlidingLara introduced on their awesome new group blog, Kids in the [...]

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Ottawa’s Hidden Treasures: The Log Farm Sugarbush

15 March 2010 Ottawa Family Fun

Looking for an inexpensive March Break adventure? I’ve got a great suggestion for you! There’s a delicious breakfast, an historic farm with friendly barnyard animals, mud, maple, sap, mud, hiking, mud, maple taffy, marshmallows, lunch — and did I mention the mud? We headed out with another family and a half and spent a spectacular [...]

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An experienced mom’s guide to kid birthday parties in Ottawa

24 February 2010 Fun for kiddies

We’re thick in the midst of birthday party season at our place: all three boys have birthdays in a five week span. Over the years we’ve mostly contracted out the birthday party, largely because the idea of avoiding 10 caked-up boys drunk on adrenaline on the loose in my house is worth just about any [...]

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A new perspective on the Canadian War Museum

15 February 2010 Ottawa Family Fun

We were watching the Olympic mogul races (Go Canada Go!) the other day when one of the boys started talking about how Germany was evil. I don’t know whether it was something they’d been watching on TV or something from school, but it led to a long talk about heritage and ancestry (Papa Lou was [...]

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Five warm and frost-free indoor places to visit on Family Day

13 February 2010 5 things

The weather forecast for Family Day in Ottawa looks just about perfect for Winterlude’s outdoor activities, which means that the entire population and half the tourists will be skating on the Canal or zooming down the ice slides at Jacques Cartier Park. Had enough of outside? (If you haven’t, here’s five ideas of free things [...]

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Five free family things to do in Ottawa on a cold winter day

18 January 2010 Ottawa Family Fun

It’s January in Ottawa, and if you don’t get the kids out of the house soon, it’s going to get ugly. Here’s a quick list of five free (I love free!) things you can do to enjoy winter in Ottawa without breaking the bank. 1. Feed the birds. This is a perennial favourite suggestion of [...]

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