http://mykidstime.ie/blogs/galway Blog for mykidstime.ie Galway Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:23:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday was the Annual Macnas Parade which is an integral part of the Galway Arts Festival. The Parade started at Spanish Arch, then up Quay Street, High Street, Shop Street, Elglinton Street, Francis Street and over the Salmon Weir Bridge ending at Galway Catheral. The theme was - The Wild Hunt, and ... http://mykidstime.ie/blogs/galway/blog/2010/07/19/macnas-parade/ I've been meaning to visit Woodville House Walled Garden ever since we listed the Garden last year on Mykidstime.ie. So the other afternoon, we met up with friends to make a trip out to Woodville near Kilchreest which is in between Craughwell & Loughrea. It is signposted but the signs are ... http://mykidstime.ie/blogs/galway/blog/2010/06/22/woodville-house-walled-garden/ My youngest daughter (5) is mad about buns.  Actually to be fair to her, she is mad about the icing on buns. So, yesterday being a bit rainy-showery, after school we decided to make some buns.  Usually I make a recipe that uses flour, butter, sugar, but decided to try this ... http://mykidstime.ie/blogs/galway/blog/2010/06/01/afternoon-baking/ We recently attended the relaunch of the Galway City Museum Detective Sheet for kids.  This was a project we worked on a couple of years ago, http://mykidstime.ie/blogs/galway/blog/2008/05/07/launch-of-kids-activity-sheet-at-galway-city-museum/, and the Museum has updated the Sheet due to exhibits moving around and changing. The Detective Sheet is designed to make the child's visit ... http://mykidstime.ie/blogs/galway/blog/2010/05/24/relaunch-of-galway-city-museum-detective-sheet/ I don't know about you but whenever I see a gift of an arts or craft project that my daughters have received my heart usually sinks...  This is because I know that inevitably the project will be ridiculously fiddly and hard for them to do and they will get bored ... http://mykidstime.ie/blogs/galway/blog/2010/05/05/crafty-time/ It's always interesting to see what people from other countries recommend for families in Ireland.  I just came across this article in The Independent, the UK based version: Family Ireland: There's plenty to distract parents and children alike in this green and pleasant land. Trying to cover a whole country in ... http://mykidstime.ie/blogs/galway/blog/2010/04/17/views-on-ireland-for-families/ On Tuesday this week, my eldest daughter's 2nd, 3rd & 4th classes went to University of Limerick to the new Irish World Music & Dance Centre to a lunchtime concert being performed by 4th class pupils from Scoil Iosaif Naofa from Kinvara, Co Galway.  Since last year when they were ... http://mykidstime.ie/blogs/galway/blog/2010/04/16/wonderful-music/ Today we piled the kids' bikes into the back of the car and nipped down to Ballyloughan Beach to try them out on the mini-promenade down there.  The promenadey-bit has a footpath right next to the cycle path going along the length of the beach. This is really the ideal biking ... http://mykidstime.ie/blogs/galway/blog/2010/03/17/bikes-at-ballyloughan/ We decided to visit Coole Park this afternoon, it is just out side Gort (off the main road), it's well signposted. We brought a picnic, and arrived at Coole Park to find the tea rooms were closed but toilets (in a separate building were open). We headed over to the Walled ... http://mykidstime.ie/blogs/galway/blog/2010/03/13/coole-park/ This weekend the weather was great, so while husband and eldest watched Important Rugby Match undisturbed, I took the two younger boys to Rinville and let them run around a bit. We parked on the road, walked across the field to the Big Stone, then took the path to the right ... http://mykidstime.ie/blogs/galway/blog/2010/03/01/visit-to-rinville/