Did you watch the Winter Olympics last month? Which event were your children glued to? Was your family or child inspired by watching the athletes compete? Today at Our Family World, I share some ideas for Family Fitness Inspired by the Winter Olympics! It looks like winter is here to stay this month, so we
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What’s going on in Cape Breton for children and families during the March Break, March 8-16? Cape Breton Centre For Craft & Design March Break Camps March Break Madness Kids ‘n’ Art March 10-12, 1-4pm; Fee: $45 Kids ‘n’ Clay March 10-14, 1-4pm; Fee: $75 Kids ‘n’ Origami March 15, Noon-3pm, ages 8+; Fee $18
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What’s going on for children and families during March Break on the mainland, March 8 – 16th? ART Art Gallery of Nova Scotia In-Gallery Activities SKETCHING IN THE GALLERY Wednesday, March 12 and Thursday, March 13 1:30am – 3:00pm Drop-in and sketch in the gallery with drawing tips from a well-qualified artist. Drawing boards, pencils
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Board games are a big part of our lives! We play them often as a family or with friends – in fact, about twice a year we have a “Board Game Day” in our home, inviting friends of all ages to play board games together all day and into the night. We also incorporate board
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Only two weeks from today, the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Winter Games and the Ravellenics will begin! Join me along with many other knitters, crocheters and fibre artists as we enjoy completing a project while watching the games. If you’re on Ravelry, you can join The Ravellenic Winter Games 2014 group. If you aren’t
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It’s Fibre Friday and I have yet to cast on a new project! Well, the truth is I have started and restarted a lace scarf a few times 🙂 I will try again, but in the meantime I am contemplating what I will knit for Ravelry’s Ravellenics. The challenge is to cast on at the
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This morning we woke up to a lot of snow. The views out our sliding door and from our porch look like this: My 9 year old daughter is going to have a lot of fun with the snow spray paint she got in her Christmas stocking! What will you be doing in the snow
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Welcome to Fibre Friday! Every week I will be sharing the fibre arts we like to do and what we are working on on our homeschool! This week, I would like to share my recent article from Home & School Mosaics: Needle Felting Fun. There are so many great things you can make with your
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Is your family full of Tolkien fans? Ours is! This past week we were delighted to have the chance to go to the movies as a family to see the second instalment of The Hobbit. While it wasn’t true to the book, it was quite the thrill ride! At the beginning of December, before the
Want to learn about the Great Escape this Remembrance Day? A friend of mine posted an old news story on Facebook that I hadn’t seen before. It is all about an excavation in 2011 by British archaeologists. They dug up the escape tunnel used in the Great Escape by prisoners of war in the Stalag
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