Claire & Rhys are super keen to do some fun 1/2 day or a few hour long camps during the summer.
I found out that the horticultural centre, which is beautiful, hosts some kid classes. I signed Claire & Rhys up for two classes in the summer- a fairy garden workshop and a tea making workshop. Both were on very nice sunny days and the staff who ran them were amazing. Always great to spend some time outdoors.
Claire & Rhys have been doing Pedalheads summer camps for the past three summers & they always have a great time! Their biking skills improve so much over one week.
Claire was in level 4 this year and she was able to bike on the road with her group- Wow! Jimmy drove to pick up the kids and passed Claire with her group. She sure is growing up & is so independent.
Rhys was in level 3 and did awesome. He no longer jumps off his bike to stop 😉 He learned all his hand signals and is so confident on his bike.
On the last day they have a bike rodeo where they get to dress up like princess’ or pirates. Parents get to come watch them bike a circuit. Always a fun time and we love seeing how proud they are of their own successes.
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Several years ago when we first moved back to Victoria from South Africa we had registered the kids in a children’s art class at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. The kids had a wonderful instructor who they adored. Her name was Sandi Henrich and she is a wonderful art teacher.
Claire & Rhys love art and this summer we enrolled them into a summer art camp at Poppet Creative. The week long class was taught by Sandi 🙂 The kids were so excited and they had a great week!
This summer we signed up for less activities/ camps for the kids. They work so hard during the school year that it is nice to have some unscheduled play. Free-range kids 🙂
One of the few things we did sign up for was swimming lessons- 30 minutes per day for two weeks. Perfect! We ended up with a very nice instructor who was strict but made it fun for the kids. Claire & Rhys did really well this time around. They are like fish in the water although Rhys sinks so easily!
Claire & Rhys were in a one-week science camp this summer.
On one of the days they had to dress up like their favorite scientist. Rhys went as a geologist and Claire went as the famous primatologist Jane Goodall. Their costumes were pretty cool:
