Archive for November, 2009

Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration at Suter Brook Village this Thursday evening

Monday, November 30th, 2009

SuterBrook-Christmas-poster-sm (http://dandelionkids NULL.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/SuterBrook-Christmas-poster-lg NULL.jpg)

Please join us for the Suter Brook Village Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration this Thursday, December 3rd from 5:30 – 9:00PM.

A fun and festive evening for you and your family to celebrate the Christmas season by lighting the 35’ Suter Brook Village Christmas tree. Meet Santa Claus, take a ride on the horse-drawn carriage, listen to the sounds of the carolers and enjoy seasonal treats and goodies!

Please bring a non-perishable food item to donate to the Food Bank.

Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Entertainment, Events, Local, News | No Comments »

Commercial Drive Winter Festival this Saturday November 28th

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Commercial Street Winter Festival sm (http://dandelionkids NULL.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Commercial-Street-Winter-Festival-lg NULL.jpg)

The Commercial Drive Winter Festival is this Saturday, November 28th at the Britannia Community Centre, running from 1:30 pm – 9:00 pm. The event includes ice skating with Santa, a showing of the classic holiday movie “Miracle on 34th Street”, trees on display decorated by local schools, and prizes under the trees! Prizes include an iPod and Wii.

Winter Festival is a FREE community event, and they will be collecting non-perishable food items and donating concession sales proceeds to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. The holiday trees along with food and toy baskets will be donated to local charities.

For more information please visit www.thedrive.ca (http://www NULL.thedrive NULL.ca) or call (604) 251-2884.

See you there!

Tags: , , , ,
Posted in Events, Local | No Comments »

New product: Early Rider learner bikes

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Easy Rider Classic graphic (http://dandelionkids NULL.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/earlyrider_classic NULL.jpg)

New Product: Early Rider Learner Bikes

We’ve carried a pedal-less bike for years, and it’s always been hugely popular. Now we would like to introduce our new favourite bike by Early Rider from the UK. It has got to be the most stylish bike out there!  A classic learner bike with 2  models – the Early Rider Lite (http://shop NULL.dandelionkids NULL.ca/erln-whuk NULL.html)(for 1.5 – 4 years) and the Early Rider Classic (http://shop NULL.dandelionkids NULL.ca/ercn-whuk NULL.html)(for 2-5 years), both of which have flames on the side. We just love these high-quality bikes, and your child will too!

These bikes were designed by a British father who wasn’t happy with the bikes without training wheels available on the market for his 3-year-old son. So, he created his Classic style of sit-and-go bikes. Being lower to the ground than traditional bikes makes them safer, and since the bikes are pedal-free, they allow children to concentrate on balancing, and learning without training wheels. And, with the added feature of restricted steering, the element of overturning is removed as your child learns their limits on the bike.

dandelion KIDS has some stock right now, and are expecting a big shipment before the holidays. Please call or email to pre-order.

You can learn more about the Early Rider bikes on their website (http://www NULL.earlyrider NULL.com), and be sure to watch the video.

Tags: ,
Posted in News, Products - Boys, Products - Girls, Products - New | No Comments »

Eastside Culture Crawl this weekend

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Eastside Culture Crawl graphic

The Eastside Culture Crawl is a longstanding tradition, and a must-do event on the calendars of Vancouver’s Arts Community. This is the 13th year running, and it’s looking to be as great as always. It starts Friday (5pm-10pm), and runs through to Sunday (11am-6pm both Sat & Sun), so try to make some time to get out and support the Arts. The event is FREE.

You can learn everything that you need to about this year’s Crawl at their website www.eastsideculturecrawl.com (http://www NULL.eastsideculturecrawl NULL.com/).

Tags: , , , ,
Posted in Entertainment, Events, Local | No Comments »

Eric Carle’s Dream Snow Pop-Up Advent Calendar are now in stock!

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Eric-Carle-Dream-Snow-calendar-cover-sm
(http://dandelionkids NULL.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Eric-Carle-Dream-Snow-calendar-cover-lg NULL.jpg)- click for larger preview -

Our favourite Christmas item, besides our window!

Eric Carle’s Dream Snow Pop-Up Advent Calendar.  This is no ordinary advent calendar! Based on the best-selling Christmas story Dream Snow by Eric Carle, this calendar unfolds to reveal an intricate pop-up Christmas tree surrounded by presents. Children open a window each day to discover a new decoration to add to the scene. By the time December 25 arrives, this calendar will have become a dreamy Christmas display!

Eric Carle is an acclaimed and beloved creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for young children. Since The Very Hungry Caterpillar was published in 1969, he has illustrated more than 70 books, most of which he also wrote.

Eric-Carle-Dream-Snow-calendar-popup-sm
(http://dandelionkids NULL.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Eric-Carle-Dream-Snow-calendar-popup-lg NULL.jpg)- click for larger preview -

Calendar is 31 x 31 cm; 4 pp ; 25 punch-out decorations, and full-color throughout.
Age: 3 Years +

Available on line (http://shop NULL.dandelionkids NULL.ca/rain55 NULL.html) and in store for $14.95

Tags: , , ,
Posted in News, Products - Boys, Products - Girls, Products - Unisex | No Comments »

Family Fuse Weekend at the Vancouver Art Gallery

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Family Fuse graphic

The art events for families and children at the Vancouver Art Gallery are always amazing but this one sounds extra special. See you there!!

Family FUSE Weekend – Green World
November 21 & 22, 2009
10am-5pm, in the Gallery

This Family FUSE Weekend explores the Green World: from a sense of awe and wonder with nature to the human desire to shape and change our environment.

Explore a magical forest through collaborative drawing, create an animation or sound work, witness dance performances or even encounter Big Foot. This Family Fuse Weekend will address everything from ecological concerns to the mythical world around us, giving the entire family new ways to think about the Green World.

Check out the VAG website (http://www NULL.vanartgallery NULL.bc NULL.ca/events_and_programs/children_family NULL.html) for admission info and other kid-related events.

Tags: , , , , ,
Posted in Events, Local, News | No Comments »

eat.shop Book launch Thursday, Nov 19th

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

eat.shop Vancouver book launch (http://dandelionkids NULL.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/eat-shop-vancouver-large NULL.jpg)

We have always loved this series of books and when we were asked to be part of their second edition, naturally we said “We’d absolutely love to” !!!

Join us at the launch party at Club Monaco to celebrate eat.shop vancouver. We’d love to see you there.  In fact, the more the merrier!

Thursday, Nov. 19th from 7-9 pm at Club Monaco (1034 Robson Street). Be sure to send an email to RSVP@clubmonaco.com if you plan to attend.

If you decide to purchase your book at dandelion KIDS instead, you can enjoy 20% off your purchase on that day!

Tags: , , ,
Posted in Events, Local, News | No Comments »

DandelionKIDS 5th Birthday Sale This Weekend

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

DandelionKIDS 5th Birthday Sale mailer FINAL (http://dandelionkids NULL.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/DandelionKIDS-5th-Birthday-Sale-mailer-FINAL NULL.jpg)

Can you believe it? dandelionKIDS is turning 5!

Ohhhh the tears, the laughter, the pee accidents we’ve experienced in the last 5 years! Most important are all the stories we’ve shared – the joy of new babies, first experiences, steps, words, giggles! When we first opened dandelion KIDS, we never dreamed it could be as fun and rewarding and personal as it is. So many of the babies and toddlers we met 5 years ago are now big lovely kids! What a pleasure to watch them grow.

We love being part of a growing community and are honoured to have become a Vancouver favourite.

We’re celebrating our 5th birthday with our Annual Birthday Sale at both our locations on Commercial Drive, Vancouver and Suter Brook Village, Port Moody.

All shoes and clothing 30% off.
Absolutely everything else 20% off.
Sale is in-store only. Free shipping on our web store (http://shop NULL.dandelionkids NULL.ca/).

3 days only
November 6-8, 2009

Sale prices are for in stock items only.

Tags: , , , , ,
Posted in Events, Local | No Comments »

Kids Fashion Show this Sunday, Nov 8th – Vancouver Fashion Week

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

dk-kids-fashion-show-vfw-graphic

DandelionKIDS is proud to be involved with the Kids Showcase of Vancouver Fashion Week (http://www NULL.vanfashionweek NULL.com), which runs from November 3-8, 2009.

This Sunday, Nov. 8th a kids fashion show is taking place at 3pm at Colin Campbell’s showroom, 494 Railway Street (at Jackson Ave) in Vancouver (It’s just around the corner from the Japanese Language School). View a map here (http://www NULL.colin-campbell NULL.ca/contact NULL.php).

Below you can see a few samples of what you might see at the show.

Tea Jinja Floral Dress (http://dandelionkids NULL.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Tea-Jinja-Floral-Dress-v2 NULL.jpg)

2 boys in outfits (http://dandelionkids NULL.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/2kids-il_430xN NULL.97912391 NULL.jpg)

Tags: , , ,
Posted in Entertainment, Events, Local, News | No Comments »

Chambar on VancouverIsAwesome.com

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

VIA Chambar graphic (http://dandelionkids NULL.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/VIA-Chambar-homegrown-graphic-lg NULL.jpg)

Our good friends Karri and Nico just had their restaurant Chambar (http://www NULL.chambar NULL.com/) featured on VancouverIsAwesome.com (http://www NULL.vancouverisawesome NULL.com), in their ‘Home Grown’ section. Chambar really needs no introduction, as they’ve been a hit since they opened their doors in 2004 in the Crosstown area of Vancouver, on Beatty Street.

And of course, who could forget our favourite breakfast spot, their cafe… Medina Cafe (http://www NULL.medinacafe NULL.com/) (located right beside Chambar). Best coffee and lemon meringue pie in town!  And if that couldn’t be enough goodness, they recently opened a cooking school called Dirty Apron (http://www NULL.dirtyapron NULL.com). Now you can learn how to make that tagine at home. AND if that wasn’t enough… they also have their own Chambar Ale. Cheers Karri and Nico!

You can see the full story and short interview with Karri and Nico on the VancouverIsAwesome (http://vancouverisawesome NULL.com/2009/10/23/home-grown-chambar/) site.

Tags: , , , , ,
Posted in Friends, Local | No Comments »