The Magic of Seasonal Festivals for Children

Editor’s Note: It’s an education imagination Saturday. If you missed it this morning, we reviewed two fantastically fun Halloween books with the Rainy Day Book Club. Check them out HERE.

This afternoon we have Rebecca Watkin discussing the Waldorf tradition of seasonal festivals – their significance, beauty and ability to make the imagination of childhood soar. [...]

Blog Book Tour – This Is The Feast

When I first got the invitation to join in the blog book tour for This Is The Feast by Diane Z. Shore, illustrated by Megan Lloyd, I wasn’t entirely confident as we here in Canada have long passed our Thanksgiving holiday.
But, all it took was opening the package, personally sent from Shore, with a handwritten [...]

Thank You!

Good Morning! On this rainy Thanksgiving Day I have to gush. Prepare yourselves. I am out-of-sight emotional these days.
When we first moved to Vancouver Island, I felt so very alone. I’d left a family of friends who held us up and guided us through the transition to parenthood.
I’d left a town with which I had [...]

Thanksgiving Family Walks in the Comox Valley

We realized yesterday, at the point when we were still debating what will be on the table at Thanksgiving dinner – including a yet-to-be-purchased(oops) main dish – that we are a bit overworked right now.
We’ve debated the merits of breaking for a few minutes to go remember what the beach looks like or stretch our [...]

Family Traditions – The Gratitude Alphabet

I’m always looking for new ways to celebrate old traditions around our house.
One of those oldies but goodies I remember fondly from childhood is sitting around the Thanksgiving table – staring down my brother for the rights to be the first one to dig into the fresh perogis – taking turns telling everyone what we [...]

Family Philanthropy – Canuck Place Day of Giving

I feel bad that I’m posting this so late in the day.
But, if you were looking for a great place to do some serious giving to this holiday season, it most definitely has to be Canuck Place.
The Day of Giving annual Radiothon is today and children from around Canada who are coping with life-threatening illnesses [...]

Pumped Up Pumpkin Carving

Pumpkin carving is one of THE great family rituals around here.
Me, I’m the pumpkin patch lover. In my estimation, there is nothing as fun as an afternoon running around the farm, picking out the perfect pumpkin and soaking up that harvest energy.
My husband is the pumpkin carving master, the maestro of glowing squash, the king [...]

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy turkey day, from our family to yours!
Think about taking those leftovers to a lonely friend or heading downtown and passing some out to folks who may be less fortunate than you.
Enjoy!

Starting Family Holiday Traditions

It’s Thanksgiving Eve around these parts and alongside the onset of the holiday season comes the nearly compulsive desire by practically everyone I know to pull out some utterly fantastic family tradition that is yet to have been test driven.
I sooooo love the day dreams in my head of cozy holidays during which the family [...]

Talking Turkey

Are you as underprepared for the the onset of the holiday season as I am?
With Thanksgiving less than a week away, I’m starting to think I should be concerned that my parents will be here tomorrow and I’ll be lucky to have the bathroom cleaned much less have gotten all holiday-ish (although, we did make [...]