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Help Your Child Find Friendship After Moving

Details: Category: 99+1 Days of Summer; Published: Sunday, 25 July 2021 03:00

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Not only is summer the most common time of the year for families to move, but over the past year, when change has been preeminent, it seems more families than ever are relocating. Perhaps your family moved homes this year, or maybe you have new neighbours you haven't met yet. Either way, relationships were hit hard during the pandemic, and we now need to rebuild them. Children included! Here are 8 tips for helping kids find friendship after moving.

Book A Tour on Ottawa's Lady Dive

Details: Category: 99+1 Days of Summer; Published: Saturday, 24 July 2021 03:00

You might have lived in Ottawa for years and never taken the time to sample the unique touring perspective offered by Lady Dive Tours! Spend some time being a tourist in your own city and on the Lady Dive!

Family Olympics

Details: Category: 99+1 Days of Summer; Published: Friday, 23 July 2021 03:00

After being postponed for a whole year, the Tokyo Olympics officially start TODAY! To celebrate the start of the games, why not play a round of Family Olympics?

Win An Interactive Mining Dig for All Ages

Details: Category: 99+1 Days of Summer; Published: Thursday, 22 July 2021 03:00

Engage in a unique experience this summer as you explore and dig through a mixture of stones, crystals, fossils, shark teeth and more all buried in sand.

Read more to enter the draw for an interactive mining dig from local business, J&H Expedition!

Click here to purchase your own mining dig on Etsy.

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Household Items You Can Repurpose this Summer

Details: Category: 99+1 Days of Summer; Published: Wednesday, 21 July 2021 03:00

Do you have any broken items in your home that you haven't figured out what to do with yet, or items that are simply no longer usable for their intended purpose?

Here are 5 household items you can repurpose this summer, found at diyncrafts.com.

Make Your Own Disney Dole Whip

Details: Category: 99+1 Days of Summer; Published: Tuesday, 20 July 2021 03:00

Who says you have to go to Disney World to eat a bowl of classic Disney Dole Whip? Make some at home this summer with this recipe from bellyfull.net!

What is Dole Whip? Dole Whip is a pineapple-flavored soft-serve ice cream. It was originally created by the fruit company, Dole, but became available at Disneyland’s Tiki Bar in 1986. It’s now served at a few different locations in the park and also across the US, but pretty synonymous with Disneyland. It’s achieved a large following as visitors to Disney will wait in a very long line just to get one on a hot day.

Games to Play With a Large Group

Details: Category: 99+1 Days of Summer; Published: Monday, 19 July 2021 03:00

Kids love it when we adults get a bit silly. And I think we adults, secretly love it too. Remember the long summer evenings of playing hide-and-go-seek, or sardines with friends? Why does that have to stop now that we're older? Gather a few families and meet at a park to play some favourite childhood large-space games. At IAWAH we love to play a variety of large group games, sometimes in the woods, and sometimes on the soccer field.

Here are three classics that a lot of our large group camp games are based on.

Workout In The Pool

Details: Category: 99+1 Days of Summer; Published: Sunday, 18 July 2021 03:00

Pools are great for lounging and relaxing, but the built-in resistance of water can also make for a great workout! ChoosePT.com has come out with a list of 10 exercises to try in the pool. Try some of these out next time you're in the pool!

Care's Favourite S'mores Recipes

Details: Category: 99+1 Days of Summer; Published: Saturday, 17 July 2021 03:00

Click here for unique and tasty s'mores recipes from Care Baldwin's Pinterest page!

5 Non-Alcoholic Beverage Ideas

Details: Category: 99+1 Days of Summer; Published: Friday, 16 July 2021 03:00

There's nothing quite like the first sip of a refreshing beverage on a hot summer day. Relax, cool off, and enjoy one of these five non-alcoholic drinks this summer!

Dinosaurs Await You at the Museum of Nature!

Details: Category: 99+1 Days of Summer; Published: Thursday, 15 July 2021 03:00

The Canadian Museum of Nature will reopen its doors TOMORROW, July 16th as part of the Government of Ontario’s Step 3 reopening plan!

Visitors can rediscover awe-inspiring dinosaurs, a 19-metre blue whale, the mysteries of the Arctic, diverse Canadian wildlife and more. All of the museum’s permanent galleries will be open along with a stunning 7-metre representation of the Earth called Gaia, created by British artist Luke Jerram. Visitors can also embark upon a new Sound Scavenger Hunt, following clues in each gallery to find six animals/objects that make intriguing sounds in nature. The museum’s special exhibition Owls Rendez-vous will open at a later date this summer. This outdoor exhibition will present live owls in partnership with Little Ray’s Nature Centres.