The day that our little family has been waiting for has finally arrived: The Royal Botanical Gardens Rock Garden has finally reopened after a 2 year, $20 million makeover. Pre-makeover, I had only visited once, but instantly fell in love with the place. I brought my mom and kids there for a Mother’s Day adventure, and it was an oasis ... Read More »
You can not know how thrilled I am that the #MonsterJam trucks are on their way back to Hamilton for another show. Didn’t peg me as a Monster Jam fan? I’m not. I’m really not. However, the newly minted 5 year old in our house very much IS, and he’s been talking about this year’s Monster Jam show since last April. I’m just ... Read More »
About halfway through, I stopped seeing the wires. I and 3 of my kids just got back from seeing the opening performance of Marvel Universe Live in Hamilton, and WOW- what a night! You’ve got to hand it to Marvel, they know their audience- I’d say that the adults (skewing towards dads, but plenty of moms in there too) ... Read More »
Alright, here’s the deal. The Marvel Universe is coming to Hamilton next month. Yeah, that’s right: all of your fave Marvel Super Heroes will be landing in the First Ontario Centre on Thursday, August 6 – Spider-Man, The Avengers, Iron Man, Hulk, and more! Now, this isn’t “Marvel on Ice” or “Marvel: the Musical” – this is real-deal Super Hero ... Read More »
The Maple Leaf Monster Jam is quickly becoming my 4 year old son’s new favourite tradition. Two years in a row is enough to make a tradition, isn’t it? As you know, our lives have been pretty topsy-turvy for the last month as we got the house read for listing. The kids were out of the house for two full ... Read More »
Last year, H-Man went to his first ever Monster Truck event here in Hamilton, and we’ve been hearing tales about it weekly ever since. As though he knows that Monster Jam is returning to town this month, the frequency of the Monster Truck conversation is increasing daily. The questions, the observations, the totally amazing Monster Truck facts! He doesn’t know ... Read More »
Giveaway Time! One of our lucky readers will win 4 tickets to see Monster Jam at FirstOntario Centre (formerly known as Copps Coliseum) for the 2pm show on Sunday, April 6th, 2014. I don’t know a lot about Monster Trucks, but I’ll take it at my 3 year old’s word that Monster Trucks are So COOL! These 12′ tall, 10,000 ... Read More »
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