A Wild Wizard Adventure at the Edison and Ford Winter Estates

How does a vacationing Canadian family find themselves in a classroom with 29 home-schooled Florida kids and a ‘Wild Wizard’?

It was the guilt.

We had misgivings about pulling our kids out of school for a week. But the lure of four extremely cheap last-minute tickets was too strong to resist. We allayed our pangs of conscience by telling ourselves that we weren’t just going to play on the beach, but seek out educational opportunities. It would be a learning experience.

Accordingly, on the...

Published in - – Family Fun Canada – November 25,2015

HIKING TODDLER-STYLE: ONE KILOMETRE PER HOUR ON THE ST. MARGRET’S BAY TRAIL

It's a gorgeous Nova Scotia fall day. My husband and I have planned a brisk family walk along the St. Margaret's Bay 'Rails to Trails' Trail, starting at the former French Village Station in Tantallon. Our 2-year old will soon fall asleep in the Mountain Buggy stroller (we predict) soothed by the fresh autumn air and lulled by the sound of the wheels against gravel. Our plan is to walk for a while, and then at some...

Published in – Family Fun Canada – October 14, 2015

The Joys of England's Cornish Riviera Express -Family Luxury on a Britrail Pass

My daughter has her nose pressed to the glass and is gazing dreamily out the window at smooth green fields, horses and cows and the occasional clump of trees: gentle, rolling countryside that only England can offer. Suddenly there is a change in pressure, and with a tremendous WHOOSH, everything outside goes black. She turns round, eyes wide, and I reassure her: "we're only going through a tunnel". ZOOM! The outside view reappears and my...