This morning the boys and I headed to Calgary’s Firefighter Museum, for their grand-re-opening. Despite the pouring rain and gloomy skies, we had a wonderful time. We listened to speeches, heard some live music, learned local history, talked one-on-one with a friendly “old timer” fire fighter, checked out displays, and so on. The boys got [...]
This past weekend was the Victoria Day, or “May 2-4”, weekend, a little bit of wordplay as the holiday often lands around May 24th, and a “two-four” is slang for a case of 24 beers, which are often enjoyed during this “kickoff to summer” long weekend in Canada. I had a great time gardening and [...]
This afternoon the boys and I met up with some friends down at Fish Creek Park, a huge wildlife area in south Calgary. The boys rode their bikes, scooters and trikes while while we two Moms walked and talked. It was a lovely way to spend an absolutely gorgeous afternoon in the sunshine! And we [...]
After getting some chores and homeschool work done, the boys and I headed over to meet up with the Calgary Attachment Parenting group at their weekly park day. They meet at a park / playground that is pesticide free (and frankly has less dandelions than lots of other places right now!) The boys had a [...]
A couple weeks ago the boys and I did some learning about Ancient Egypt, which I blogged about here. One of the activities we did was try to mummify apple slices in different mediums: table salt, epsom salt, baking soda, and a ‘control variable’ apple that was simply left exposed to the air. A week [...]
Here’s what the boys did on April 8th (hover your mouse over the pics for details): Here’s what the boys did today, same corner of the backyard, April 21—just shy of two weeks later than the above snow pics: And you thought where you lived had changeable weather! And no, you don’t have to [...]
The whole family headed to the Science Centre this afternoon, the final day before it closes and is dismantled to prepare for the BodyWorlds exhibit. Today was also our last day of “spring break”; we’ll be back into our homeschool routines, with new spring classes starting next week. Here’s a ton of pics from [...]
I heard some news about the Calgary Science Centre today that has me shaking my head. Let me preface everything by saying that this info is via my friend Cindy, so please verify for yourselves, just as I am in the process of doing. I have zero reason to doubt Cindy’s word, however—it’s just more [...]
Daegan and I headed out for a short morning nature walk before his drama class last Saturday. We saw more signs of spring, including magpies building a nest: Daegan found a patch of ice that reminded him of a map of Europe (France and Spain, UK up above across the ‘channel’): He learned a bit [...]
The boys and I headed down to our local natural area / park during our recent spell of mild weather. At first, the boys played at the playground, but only after the noise from the passing train stopped: After a few more minutes, we headed off on a nature walk. Various folks on the Alberta-Birds [...]