My grandparents got it quite clear when it came to their priorities in life: family (and food, ha!) So for me, Comiditas, in a way, has reminded me of the importance of playing and laughing and celebrating around food with the people you love.

Can Comiditas create a rainbow?

I tried, so I collected all the fruits and veggies from our kits and arrange them by colours.  I have to admit that to me, it looks fantastic, check out the photos!

Thanks Kia!

Portobello West Market

Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th of March, 2011 (11:00am – 5:00pm)

Creekside Community Recreation Centre (Olympic Village)
1 Athletes Way, Vancouver

Admission is $2 each. Children under 12 are free.

Got Craft?

Sunday 8th of May, 2011 (10:00am – 5:00 pm)

Royal Canadian Legion
2205 Commercial Drive (@ E.6th Ave), Vancouver

Admission is $3.00 each. Children under 10 are free.

** Please note that the venue is located on the 2nd floor with no wheelchair access.

On March 26th & 27th we will be at the Portobello West Fashion & Art Market held in the Creekside Community Recreation Centre (Olympic Village).

We are very happy for this chance to show what we make and get some comments for our toys. Come and visit us!

Fee: $2 admission for the public (children 12 and under get in free!)

Where is this?

Creekside Community Recreation Centre
1 Athletes Way
Vancouver, BC

How to get there…

By Skytrain and Walking
Main Street/ScienceWorld: Walk West along Terminal Avenue to Science World then follow the Seawall South and West.

Olympic Village: Walk East along 2nd Ave to Ontario Street then turn left OR Walk down to the Seawall and head East.

By Car
From Main Street – Turn onto 2nd Ave heading West then turn onto Ontario Street heading North.
From Cambie Street – Turn onto 2nd Ave heading East then turn onto Ontario Street heading North.

Parking

• limited two hour on-street parking
• underground City of Vancouver pay parking: $2/hour, $10/day

Birthday cake

The book is written in a very entertaining way and at the same time, I think it discuses issues that are profound with respect to raising a child in these days.  There are two main themes developed, the first one is abut safety with our children.  Products to make you house safe, places where you can safely go to, or not, things that you allow your kids to do, depending on their age, places where they can play, etc.  The second one is about self-reliance and education.  Basically to allow your children to do things appropiate for their age and allow them to feel capable and responsible for their actions.

As a parent, you can get quite confused, to be honest, with the overwhelming world of safety for children .  I don’t want to be un-safe of course, but some of the products and the decisions have not much to do with safety but more with giving parents some comfort, and that is the tricky part that should be solved with commons sense, which we all now is not so common anymore.

If you have a chance, visit their website, is very interesting to open a debate.

Free-Range Kids

We’ve been working for several months on the Ice Cream set.  Developing ideas, making changes, trying things out, etc.  Finally, I’m very proud to show our new set.  This is the product that we are launching for Decembre, but I think its important to share it now so you can see what it is and I would love to get comments on it.

I really like it, hope you do too!

The business´s production is made in Guadalajara and we started a business relationship with several children´s museums in Mexico called Trompo Mágico,  Papalote Museo del Niño,and Explora, centre of sciences.  In 2010, Comiditas began to be in an art supplies & paper store as one of the educational toys that they promote, Lumen (several stores in the country).