9th
September
2009
Posted in: Local Shop n' Dine, Product Reviews, babies n' kids, events, play
Our friends at MusiGo are throwing a FREE dancing, instrument-playing, yoga-posing wiggle party this coming Monday in Bowmanville for kids 6 months-3 years:
Mon., Sept. 14
9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Theatre Dance Academy
2445 Baseline Rd., Bowmanville
Registered programs begin the following Mon., Sept 21st.
We’d love to attend and share the fun with you, but both my girls are in daycare.
Are any of you free to go in our place and share the experience with a write-up and photos?
Leave a comment and let me know!
5th
September
2009
Posted in: Local Shop n' Dine, babies n' kids, shopping
A week from today is the Durham Parents of Multiples giant consignment sale in Oshawa! This is the fall sister sale to the spring one held in May.
Bring a wagon and reusable shopping bags, leave the kids at home (if at all possible — you need your full attention for scouring the racks and digging through toys; but there are tons of kids there), and be prepared to stock up on tons of kids and maternity clothes, toys, books, gear and more.
Sat. Sept. 12
Oshawa Curling Club @ 226 Bond St. E.
9 a.m. – noon
The line up starts early, so get there as soon as you can to be one of the first in the door. Big ticket items such as strollers and outdoor toys go first.
Durham Parents of Multiples is a non-profit organization providing support services for families with twins and higher order multiples in the Durham Region. We strive to help each other through the unique challenges of raising multiple birth children and share in the many joys. For more information visit www.drpomba.com.
21st
May
2009
Posted in: Local Shop n' Dine, babies n' kids, events
It seems like from here on in, there’s some family fun-ness happening in Durham.
This weekend is no exception.
Saturday is the much-anticipated Mom2Mom Sale in Ajax. All the details are here.
Many of Durham Region’s Farmers’ Markets open this weekend or next. All winter, when we drive by the location of our local one, Lucy yells, “Therrrrrrre’s the Market!” Can’t wait to get some fresh and local food again. Click here for a list to find your closest one.
Saturday is also the Region of Durham’s annual National Public Works Week celebrations, where you can tour various recycling, traffic, water and compost facilities. It may SOUND boring, but they’re actually lots of fun for kids to see where our stuff goes. Plus, you get to see big tractors and diggers and dudes in hard hats (perhaps that last one is something for the moms?).
Finally, and this one is for us north Durham folks (go Boonies!), there’s free compost to be had at the Uxbridge Arena from 8 a.m.-noon.
Take a spin through your local paper to find all the garage sales, too. This weekend seems to be the unofficial kick off to the season.
(Eric, I’m gonna be gone for a few hours on Saturday morning. Good luck with the kids!)
Don’t forget to visit our local events page here for more.
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25th
April
2009
Posted in: Local Shop n' Dine, babies n' kids, events, shopping
If you live in Durham Region or anywhere in south central Ontario today, you know it’s GORGEOUS out — currently 28 degrees up here in the Boonies! Unfortunately I’m spending some of the afternoon getting ready for tomorrow’s Mamas & Chicks Show, which includes this reminder blog post, which in hindsight is probably pointless because you’re probably all outside!
Eric, Alice and I will be there just inside the front entrance, so be sure to say hello and enter to win all this booty:
Another special thanks to our friends in the Durham Region parent-geared business community for the support and product donations. Don’tcha all love freeeeee stuff?
See you there!
20th
April
2009
Posted in: Local Shop n' Dine, babies n' kids, events, shopping
CONTEST CLOSED: FREE TICKETS ALL GONE!
It’s spring shopping time, and the Mamas & Chicks Show in Oshawa this Sunday is just the place to mingle with other moms and support local businesses (my fave!).
There’s free parking, tons of great prizes to win, more than 55 exhibitors, and the Cutest Spring Chick Competition to win a photography and art portrait. We’ll be at the very first table when you enter the show, so be sure to say hello.
Want to go and not pay? I don’t mean sneak in the back door (is that even possible with a babbling baby and ginormous stroller?), I mean get on The List for free tickets.
These contests are always so challenging. My brain hurts from coming up with this skill-testing question:
How much is admission for the suckers who have to pay because they won’t be on The List? You’ll find the cost somewhere on the show’s website.
The first 50 to send the answer to info@durhamregionkids.com win, so enter soon!
Here’s what we’re giving away on Sunday:
See you there!
