Tag: national
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My First Cinderella by the English National Ballet
We’ve just got back from the Ballet, My First Cinderella by ENB2. We went to My First Sleeping Beauty last year and it was magical. This one was good, but not as good as last year but that may have something to do with the cantankerous grandmother behind me and the obnoxious yummy mummy in…
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Apparently it’s International Babywearing Week????
I have absolutely nothing against carrying children in slings but there is something about this expression that drives me around the twist. Should I wear it as a……
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Bucket list for Kids: Fifty things to do before you’re 11 ¾
I really liked this list published by the National Trust, except for the addition of the health and safety bits which annoyed me and contradicted the entire article. However, the article made me rather nostalgic, thinking back to when I was growing up in Canada in the great outdoors. We were chucked out the…
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Kids don’t watch TV!
I found this comment from Alice Taylor, a Bafta award-winning gamer, very interesting. It was during a panel discussion at Microsoft Soho Studios. Kinect has recently added National Geographic and Sesame Street to the Xbox peripheral allowing children to be more interactive with the games. They’re trying to move away from the Dora style attempt…
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Canada’s National Dish
I’ve just booked flights home to Canada in the summer and I’m a bit excited so thought I would teach you something about Canada. As Canada is such a diverse place the national dish is debatable. Most people tend to associate Maple Syrup with Canada but contrary to popular belief it doesn’t flow through our…