Monthly Archives: January, 2011
Social Media Monday Part IV: Starting a Blog
This is a new exciting series on Social Media with shared posts from Kids in the Capital. by Brie You’ve decided to give it a try. I mean, why not! But now you actually have to figure out how to blog. Where to start? The first thing you need to do is pick a blogging platform. There are …
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary – Take 2
This is a repost which we wanted to share again since tomorrow Sunday January 30th & February 27th from 10-11:30 the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is having Nature Nuggets for Families: Animal Tracks. Drop-in nature adventure for families: guided walk, activity, nature crafts and storytelling. $15 per person, dress for the weather. Saturday February 26th they are …
ABC Photography Challenge
Since this site is ‘your’ site as much as it is ‘our’ site we wanted to provide you with a chance to share your thoughts and pictures! Modeled after Kids in the Capital’s photo challenge we thought we’d start one of our own! We are going to try out an ABC photo challenge. We’ll start …
Community Supported Agriculture
As moms, we’re all looking for ways to feed our families wholesome, nutritious foods including more fruits and vegetables. Farmer’s Markets are a great place to pick up fruits and veggies but they are often a minefield of imported produce posing as local. So what is the discerning parent to do? One way to make …
A Great New Book Find
by Sharon My husband recently returned from a business trip in Toronto and he brought back a great book for Hannah that I want to share with you all. It is called, “When Daddy Travels” written by Harriet Ziefert. This book takes a difficult concept like why a parent has to leave town for work, and …
Social Media Monday Part III: What is Twitter?
This is a new exciting series on Social Media with shared posts from Kids in the Capital. by Lara Last week we talked about blogging and this week I’m going to talk about an aspect of social media that more people have a hard time getting in to – Twitter. Twitter – in it’s simplest explanation …
Little Scientists
by Danielle With the cold weather we’ve had to find endless indoor activities to fill the days. I pulled out the old science experiments for kids books I had lying around. I found them at book sales and from my mother (who likely found them at book sales). They never out date themselves so it’s …
Guests are Coming…are you Ready?
by Sharon I don’t know about you, but now that the holidays are over, our calendar is getting filled up with visitors from out-of-town. Since our family lives 3000 miles away in the States, we don’t get the occasional overnight guests…ours stay for a week or so at a time. So, in an attempt to …
A Meal Assembly Journey – Part 1
My return to work after a year on Maternity Leave is looming. This is my second swing at the bat so I have a pretty good idea of what the first few weeks of routine change will be like. I know that the schedule change from being at home 24/7 to being out of the …
