{"id":6732,"date":"2012-03-09T07:54:14","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T12:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=6732"},"modified":"2012-03-09T13:06:29","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T18:06:29","slug":"five-ideas-for-five-days-of-march-break-family-fun-in-ottawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2012\/03\/09\/five-ideas-for-five-days-of-march-break-family-fun-in-ottawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Five ideas for five days of March Break family fun in Ottawa"},"content":{"rendered":"

H<\/span>oly cow, did you see the weather forecast for March Break in Ottawa? Sunny and 10C to 15C! Glad we’re staying in town to enjoy it! <\/p>\n

If you’re also staying around town and looking for ideas to keep the kids entertained, here’s a handful of ideas for you!<\/p>\n

1. RCMP Musical Ride Stables<\/strong>
\nI wrote about the RCMP Stables earlier this week, and I said then that it shot to the number one spot for my recommendations for FREE family fun in Ottawa. Gorgeous horses, a bit of history, and completely free. You can read the blog post here<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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2. Movies and Popcorn<\/strong>
\nThe Rainbow Cinema <\/a>at St Laurent have some fun kids movies playing this week, and admission is only $5 per person (or $2 if you go on Tuesday!) This week, you can see The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, Hugo and (yay!) The Muppets.<\/p>\n

3. Visit a Museum<\/strong>
\nDo your kids like airplanes? Visit the Aviation Museum. Animals? Visit the Experimental Farm. Dinosaurs? They’ll love the Museum of Nature. Art? Take ’em to the National Gallery. Trains and rocketships? You’ve got to go to the Museum of Science and Technology. Really, you could spend the whole March Break museum-hopping and not double-up once!<\/p>\n

4. It’s Maple Season!<\/strong>
\nI’m a fan of the Log Farm <\/a>sugarbush off Cedarview Rd in Barrhaven, but there are tonnes of sugar shacks around Ottawa. We’ve been to Stanley’s Old Time Farm, too. It will be great weather to get out and enjoy one of Canada’s best seasonal treats!<\/p>\n

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5. Take a day off<\/strong>
\nIt’s fun to be doing stuff, but it’s also fun to be doing nothing. Make sure you schedule some downtime with quiet activities like board games, crafty projects and other fun stuff that doesn’t require you to get dressed and leave the house!<\/p>\n

Still looking for ideas? Check out these blog posts in my archives for more suggestions!<\/p>\n

Five warm and frost-free indoor places to visit on Family Day<\/a><\/p>\n

Seven days of free family fun in Ottawa!<\/a><\/p>\n

Five crafty ideas to keep kids busy<\/a><\/p>\n

What will YOU be doing this March Break?<\/p>\n

Edited to add: <\/strong>Ha! Listen <\/a>to the scheduling mom with a plan (me), a bunch of kids and a laid-back dad named Pedro are all approaching March Break from our own perspectives with this fun clip that aired on CBC radio Ottawa Morning <\/a>today. Warning – funky music alert!! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Holy cow, did you see the weather forecast for March Break in Ottawa? Sunny and 10C to 15C! Glad we’re staying in town to enjoy it! If you’re also staying around town and looking for ideas to keep the kids entertained, here’s a handful of ideas for you! 1. RCMP Musical Ride Stables I wrote … Continue reading “Five ideas for five days of March Break family fun in Ottawa”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ottawa-family-fun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6732"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6739,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6732\/revisions\/6739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}