Monthly Archives: February, 2011
Social Media Monday Part VIII: Read, Write, Comment
This is a new exciting series on Social Media with shared posts from Kids in the Capital. by Brie As a new parent you discover the flip side of the city you live in. All of a sudden instead of knowing the hottest new restaurant, you can recommend the best playgroup in your neighbourhood. You may not know …
ABC Photo Challenge – G & H
Thanks to those who signed up and decided to join along with me. Feel free to jump in at any point along the way! Here is another photo tip , thanks to Kids in the Capital again! Tip #2 – Natural Light We are fortunate to have so much sunlight in this city! In fact …
Exploring outdoors
Winter days make for long days with the kids. Especially when you are indoors for most of it! So whenever we get a Chinook head through we try to take advantage of it. This time we headed out to a park to discover and explore. The kids get so excited about this. We start by …
Professional Sports and Preschoolers
For many, the idea of bringing their little ones to a professional sporting event is crazy talk. In my family, it happens on a regular basis. My three-year old is as much of a Flames fan as my husband and I are. She knows many of the players’ names and numbers, and she is not …
Heritage Park’s Day Out With Thomas
Almost every kid goes through a Thomas phase. My kids never watch this show but since they’ve always loved toy trains they were bound to come across the the little engines. Heritage Park has a Day Out With Thomas event every year. We took my daughter when she was 2.5 years and she loved it. …
Gymtastics
The boys and I have been going to Gymtastics for a couple of years now. We started when my oldest was 2, which is about the youngest you can start doing programs there. We usually sign up for a class every winter because they enjoy it so much. They have parented classes for kids 2-3 …
Traveling the World…One Fork at a Time
Here in Calgary, we are so fortunate to have some wonderful cuisine that is not only authentic, but in many cases, child friendly. My husband and I wanted to try more things, as well as expose our daughter to different cultures, but we had no idea where to start. Thanks to some friends of ours …
Social Media Monday Part VII: Finding people to follow on Twitter
This is a new exciting series on Social Media with shared posts from Kids in the Capital. by Lara Now you’re on twitter (right?!) but how do you really find more people to follow? How do you find people that you would actually be interested in following? Here are a few ways to find people who …
ABC Photo Challenge – E & F
Thanks to those who signed up and decided to join along with me. Feel free to jump in at any point along the way! We also wanted to share some photo tips along the way. Thanks to Kids in the Capital for several of them! Tip #1 – editing photos Photoshop is a very popular …
Camping Season
Yes I know – it’s hard to think of camping with the snow and cold temps we’ve been having but Alberta Parks campground reservation systems opens on the 22nd (Tuesday) and so if you’re thinking of heading out for the May long weekend to start up the camping season you’ll want to check this site. …
