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Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology

January 11th, 2010Posted by Risa Kawchuk

On Saturday we made the hour and a half drive to Drumheller to Gareth’s favourite place in the whole wide world: The Royal Tyrrell Museum. We did this for Daegan’s 7th birthday, and Gareth wanted to do the same for his 5th.   Here he is on the petrified log, showing his age (with hand flipped [...]

Being Five poem

January 7th, 2010Posted by Risa Kawchuk

Here’s one of my favourite poems from my childhood.  I read it to Gareth today in honour of his birthday. Being Five by Dennis Lee (in _Garbage Delight_) I’m not exactly big, And I’m not exactly little, But being Five is best of all Because it’s in the middle. A person likes to ride his [...]

Happy Birthday, Gareth!

January 7th, 2010Posted by Risa Kawchuk

Today’s is Gareth’s 5th birthday. He’s come a long way from his struggles with eczema, asthma and allergies as an infant. He’s healthier and happier at 5 then I ever could have imagined back then. Here’s some pics of Gareth first 5 years:   Newborn, then eczema baby in his jolly jumper at 6 months. [...]

New Year’s Interview for Kids

January 1st, 2010Posted by Risa Kawchuk

I gave the boys the same questions last year; here’s their thoughts as of 2010. DAEGAN, AGE 7.5 Favourites: Cereal – Fruity Cheerios vegetable – cauliflower drink – homemade fizzy drinks (juice and club soda) toy – dinosaur figurines TV Show – Dinosaur Train game – Professor Noggin’s Dinosaur (trivia/knowledge) cards book – any BIG [...]

Reading Round-Up: Holiday Edition

December 29th, 2009Posted by Risa Kawchuk

Here’s some of the books we’ve been enjoying over this Christmas/Hanukkah/Solstice season. Hover the mouse of the book image for title and author details. Olive, the Other Reindeer is a cute story (also available in DVD) of a dog named Olive who mishears the lyrics to ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’: All of the other reindeer…was [...]