Monday, December 31, 2012

Swimming at Terwillegar Recreation Center

Terwillegar Rec Centre
Over the Christmas Holidays the kids and I tried to go swimming at as many pools as possible.  The Edmonton area is home to a lot of new fun pools, one of the closest to us is the city run Terwillegar Community Rec Centre.  This is a very good facility, although a little pricey ($23 for 2 kids and an adult).  In addition to a pool it also has full workout facilities, a large indoor track, gymnasiums, a great playground for kids under 10 (best for under 7 probably) and many multi purpose rooms.  And a second cup and DQ/Orange Julius to boot.  The kids love it, and like all of the new city facilities it is bright with well used natural lighting.

The pool features:

  • river ride - pretty fast current, keeps the kids entertained for hours
  • wave pool - also lots of fun
  • baby pool - the kids are getting too old to go here, but it is a nice shallow warm pool with lots of toys
  • water slide - kids can't go on when there are two kids and only one adult, but it is pretty fun too
  • steam room - can't go to with the kids but it is nice
  • hot tub - fairly large, you can watch people diving from it which the kids like
  • large pool - there is a 50 m lane swim which can  be (and usually is) broken up into several smaller pools, there is also a very high diving board and several smaller ones



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Monday, December 10, 2012

Festival of Trees

We went to the Festival of Trees the weekend before last, it was a lot of fun for the kids.  It was held at the Shaw Conference Center which is fun for the kids to see in itself.

Shaw Conference Center
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There were a lot of little booths and games for the kids to do activities/crafts at, and live dancing displays, along with TONS of Ginger Bread Houses and elaborately decorated Christmas Trees.  The kids favourite stations were:

  • meeting Santa - there was a big line but this one was free, which was nice
  • making a miniature Christmas tree - they couldn't put on all of the ornaments themselves, but they loved making a craft
  • decorating a gingerbread man - there weren't a ton of toppings but the kids loved putting on the icing and m & m's and chowing down
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On the Way Down to the Festival

Trees

Miniature Craft Tree the Kids Made

Gingerbread Man

Green Tree

Red Tree

More Trees