Question of the month: Spring fun

Kids in the Capital is all about parents in Ottawa helping each other out by sharing tips and advice. Each month we ask a parenting question and we want to hear all the gems of advice you have to share. Just leave your answers in the comments! And if you have a question you’d like to see be a future question, leave it in the comments too! Question of the month #5: Spring fun

Apparently it is spring but it sure doesn't feel like it here in Ottawa. It's hard to even pretend it is spring when there is still snow on the ground and snowpants on kids. But it's coming!

What are you most looking forward to doing in and around Ottawa with your kids once the spring weather arrives? Will you be hitting the park? Heading for a bike ride or rollerblading? Planting a garden?

Tell us what your family loves to do in Ottawa in spring!

Question of the month #8: 2011

Kids in the Capital is all about parents in Ottawa helping each other out by sharing tips and advice. Each month we ask a parenting question and we want to hear all the gems of advice you have to share. Just leave your answers in the comments! And if you have a question you’d like to see be a future question, leave it in the comments too! Question of the month #8: 2011

The New Year is almost here! However you spent 2010, it was sure to have been busy with kids. And now we have a whole new year to plan for!

What activities or events are you most looking forward to doing around Ottawa in 2011 as a family?

Question of the month #7: Presents

Kids in the Capital is all about parents in Ottawa helping each other out by sharing tips and advice. Each month we ask a parenting question and we want to hear all the gems of advice you have to share. Just leave your answers in the comments! And if you have a question you’d like to see be a future question, leave it in the comments too! Question of the month #7: Presents

The holiday season is quickly approaching and for a lot of us that means presents to buy. Maybe you already know what you are buying your kids. Maybe your kids presented you with a long list of requested items. If you don't have any ideas, then read on to see what other parents recommend as their favorite childrens' gifts.

What have been some of your favorite gifts to give your kids? What gifts did you give your kids that they absolutely loved? What gifts do you think they will be thrilled to get this year?

Share with us your gift giving ideas.

Question of the month #6: Halloween candy

Kids in the Capital is all about parents in Ottawa helping each other out by sharing tips and advice. Each month we ask a parenting question and we want to hear all the gems of advice you have to share. Just leave your answers in the comments! And if you have a question you’d like to see be a future question, leave it in the comments too! Question of the month #6: Halloween candy

A bag full of candy is one of the greatest prizes for a kid at the end of a night of Halloween trick-or-treating, but what then? What happens to all that candy?

When the girl was two and we didn't want her eating too much candy we traded her a video for her bag and she was thrilled. One set of parents we know switched out all the chocolate bars with bags of regular chips and boxes of raisins after leaving each house. Other friends have let their kids eat as much as they want on that first night. Last year the kids each got to pick one treat to eat after we got home, so I really can't blame her throwing up that night into my open hands on the fact she had pigged out on candy.

What do you do with your child's Halloween candy? Are they allowed a set amount on Halloween to eat? Do they get to gorge themselves? Do they hid it away and make it last until Christmas time?

Question of the month #5: Favorite books

Kids in the Capital is all about parents in Ottawa helping each other out by sharing tips and advice. Each month we ask a parenting question and we want to hear all the gems of advice you have to share. Just leave your answers in the comments! And if you have a question you’d like to see be a future question, leave it in the comments too! Question of the month #5: Favorite books

Now that kids are back in school it is all about reading, writing and arithmetic! As a family that loves to read, our house is filled with books. Some we've bought, some are gifts, some I need to return to the library before I get a fine. Despite all the books we have I am always on the look out for a great new book.

Do you have a favorite kids book? Do your kids have a favorite book that they want you to read over and over? We want to hear your recommendations for great books for kids of all ages!