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Giving experience gifts: a guide for Vancouver preschoolers

Elliot likes making things.  Elliot somehow amasses toys. I’m not sure how, because we really don’t buy that many for him. When Christmas rolls around, I’ve been asking our family to give him gift certificates towards classes or drop-ins, rather than things. At three years old, I know we’re reaching the end of when that …

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Need to entertain a kid on a rainy Vancouver day? Try the airport

We’ve had an unprecedented stretch of dry weather in Vancouver this autumn. When it ended this past weekend in a spectacular three-day downpour, I realised I’d let my rainy day activity plan bank run low. On a Sunday, where to go with an antsy preschooler and a poorly mum that wouldn’t be an absolute zoo? …

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