Monday, October 7, 2013

Live Action

If you have boys that love to play games, let them try coming here, Laser quest! Instead of sitting in front of the screen, they can be active by being in the game running around shooting each other. My nine years old son loved it! He plays black ops with his dad so this place was like live black ops. My 3 years old daughter was too scared. She wanted her step father to hold her. It was dark and a lot of noises. In the end, she got a bit less scared and was brave enough to hold my hand and walked around. 

You can have your birthday party here also! 


Location:  Laser Quest
                1980 eglinton ave. East
                 Scarborough

Cost: $9 per person except for my daughter, she was free. Total cost was only $21ish for 20 minutes play. 



Sunday, September 22, 2013

Indoor playground

Since the weather is getting a bit chilly, I didn't want my kids to go outside in the park to play, so I searched to see for a new indoor playground that I haven't been to yet and found this place!

So far I like it because it is very spacious! There's tons of tables for parents to sit and relax. There's a big kid playground and a small kid playground. There's also a snack bar because you're not allowed to bring outside drinks and food inside. I would come back here again and I would also book a party room if I decide to rent a party room one day for a birthday party. They also have a small gym for sports and a mini arcade place for the kids. If you want your kids birthday here, there's a host for your party too! Neat!

Name of place: Kidsport indoor playground
Location: 4500 Dixie rd
               Mississauga

Cost for each kid: $8.85
Adult fee: $1.77
Total cost: $22.00 for two kids and two adults

Remember to wear socks! Or you will have to buy a pair socks here for $2.75? 




Sunday, July 14, 2013

Woodbine beach

Grab some sun lotion and sun glasses! For summer, the beach can be warm enough to play around in the sand. The nice breeze and a kiss of the sunlight keeps you warm. My kids walked up to their ankle deep in the water, it was kind of nasty to see so much seaweeds washing ashore. My kids collected rocks and played at the park and we also fed the birds! They liked doing that the most. Cool down with some ice cream. I think the ice cream truck is always there now because it's summer. 

Location: ash bridge bay

Cost: $7 -
$5 we bought pizza from pizza pizza and brought it to the park to each
$2 ice cream

 

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Chuckie Cheese

What kid doesn't like chuckie cheese? None that I know that is! Go wild little munchkins while I sit and relax :)

Location: Chuckie Cheese (Vaughan mills plaza)

Cost: $20 plus tax for 75 tokens


Sunday, June 30, 2013

Camping Trip

This is the kids first camping trip. I was a bit worried about my little 3 years old daughter, how she is going to handle the first night sleeping inside the tent. By 11 pm, both my kids fell deep asleep. It got quite chilly at night so I bundled up my kids to keep warm.  They roasted marshmallows, went fishing, a long walk to get to the beach, catch bugs and ran around with some toys I brought along for them to play. We saw deers, a snake and raccoons. 
I asked my son if he like camping, he nodded and would like to do it again :)

Location: Awenda Provincial Park

Cost: $200 for four of us (two adults and two kids) for camp site

Tent $98 from Walmart, I totally recommend buying the tent that we purchased. It took us less than 5 minute to put up a tent for 6 ppl.  It says set up time, 1 min. The rods are already connected in the tent and all you had to do was open pull the rods n hear a click to secure the rods together. It was awesome!

Food depends how much your family eats. We had hot dogs, viet rolls, hamburgers, mango, salad and ribs. For a family of four for one night stay... Maybe $50 breakfast lunch and dinner

Mosquito repellent: I bought a kids spray repellent bc the green spray bottle that says off! Is not recommended for children under 12. But! I learned that you can take the laundry freshener material bounce thing (not the liquid freshener, the one you toss in the drying machine) and rub it on the kids and it works better than the repellent sprays. 

Gazebo was $100. It also didn't take long to set it up. Bought from Walmart. It's the one with neon colour linings.  Saves a lot of time putting up and down. 


Friday, June 21, 2013

City Pass

Yes, I know this is an obvious thing to do since we live in Toronto. But hey, when we are trying to think of something to do, reminding the cn tower can be a to do list with the kids too! Well, I bought the city pass Because it's cheaper. I wanted to bring the kids to the other four places the city pass included also. The city pass will definitely give you something todo with the kids. I think you have to go to all five places within 10 days. So! There you go! The kids have something to do within 10 days! 
Cn tower: Tommy liked it. Tia had no clue. 
Museum: They both liked the bat cave most.
Zoo: Tommy didn't enjoy it. Tia had more fun. 
Science center: They both had a good time here. Lots of activities for the kids to do in here. 
Casa Loma: Tommy liked it. It felt like a haunted house for him. Tia didn't care. 

Location: Cn Tower, Museum, Science center, Casa Loma, Toronto Zoo

Cost: close to $200 for two adults and two children. My 3 years old daughter was free. If your planning to go to more than two of the places, I would say you'll save more money buying the city pass. 





Ice Cream Day

Everyone loves ice cream! This is something I did with my sister, my two nieces and my kids. We dedicated the whole day to go to every ice cream store we know. Each child got one small cup of ice cream. They totally enjoyed it!

Location: any ice cream stores near your area. We went around in Vaughan. 
Dairy Queen, cafe Demetre, Marble Slab creamery, Menchies, Baskin Robbins, La Paloma Gelateria & Cafe, and one more.. Can't remember :D

Cost: it should range from $2-$4 each small cup of ice cream
There's a groupon deal for Marble Slab Creamery, Here's a quick link:
http://www.groupon.com//raf/UserReferral_rp/121015/10r1act/lk/uu4374153

Well! Have fun! Hope this is an idea that you would like to do!

Also a deal going on in Groupon for Yeh! Frozen Yogurt & Café, Quick Link:
http://www.groupon.com//raf/UserReferral_rp/121015/10r1act/lk/uu4374153

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Strawberry Picking - Whittamore's Farm

My kids had a lot of fun strawberry picking. Especially my son who was trying to find the biggest strawberry. My daughter who was two years old then, picked every strawberry she saw, even the nasty ones. I had to pick them out when she wasn't looking so she can have more space for fresher berries. It was like hunting. They went from left to right finding as many strawberries as they can. This is definitely something I would do more than once. There's also raspberry picking, green peas, potatoes and some other berries and veggies you can pick. We only did the strawberries because it was pretty hot under the sun for a while. This is something we all had fun doing. Visit the website to make sure the season is in for each berry or veggy you want to pick. There's many other activities other then picking. There's a farm and pumpkin land that we haven't gone yet. Once the kids go there, ill post it up on this blog about it too!

Location: Whittamore's Farm
8100 Steeles avenue E, Markham, ON. 

Cost: $10 Max for two small buckets for my two kids.

You can bring your own buckets to fill it up. Let your kids pick out their own buckets at the dollar store. The cost depends on the weight. For strawberries, they are $2.25/lb. Don't worry if you forgot your bucket. They supply buckets there as well, but they are much bigger. 

Remember to bring plenty of water to drink and lots of sunscreen! It can get quite hot! 

Fishing - Professor's Lake

When we decided to go fishing, I doubted that my kids will be able to catch any fish. I was wrong, this lake had so many fishes. To my surprise, my son caught one after another. He caught it so easily! My daughter on the other hand didn't have the patience to sit and wait long enough for a fish to bite the bate. Luckily though, the lake was right next to a park! So while my son and his step dad were fishing, my 3 years old daughter and I enjoyed the time at the park. She also kept her self busy picking at all the dandelions! 
It wasn't that far, we did one stop at Tim's for rest room. If your kids feels like they never catch a fish, bring them here, I'm pretty sure they'll catch at least one! My son definitely enjoyed this fishing trip! He caught the most out of all of us! 

Location: 1660 North Park Drive
Total cost: $50
Fishing rods for kids are about $15 each.  Adult rods can range, ours cost $100 a rod but I'm pretty sure you can find them cheaper. You can get cheap ones in Walmart. But they do break easily. My son dropped it and hit the rock and it broke. Worms we got them at a store called sails, for $2.99? Around there for 24 worms which they ran out of the lessor worms. Gas was $20. So I would say $50 total cost if you have rods for yourself already.

Volleyball parents

For parents or parent who plays volleyball and have no babysitter to watch the kids, this indoor beach volleyball has a playpen full of sand toys for the kids to play while parents play their volleyball games. It definitely sold me because it kept the kids busy and having fun while I get a chance to focus on any volleyball game. 
 Although, it is a bit pricier than most other places. This is the only place I know so far that has this for the kids. If you don't mind adding a couple of more dollars, then I highly recommend this place for anyone with kids! 

Location: Beach Blast 15 Leswyn Rd Toronto, ON, Canada, M6A 1K1
Cost: about $700 a team ($100 per person plus tax)
One of the parent can be in a team while the other parent can play with the kids in the playpen.