Today is the 201st anniversary of Darwin’s birth, so to mark the occasion I read the boys a poem I found online. It’s from an out-of-print book called Hocus Pocus Diplodocus: The Entire History of the Universe in 21 Poems, by Tom Stanier (published 1980). It also goes well to the tune of Yankee Doddle [...]
My friend Cindy posted this video clip on her blog, and I found it really touching and thought-provoking—no doubt aided by the fact that I too am raising two sons, relatively close in age. Enjoy!
Monday January 18th was A.A. Milne’s birthday, so I did a few Winnie the Pooh activities with the boys. We watched the classic The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, read bits from various books, and learned a bit about Winnie’s history. Did you know that Winnie is named after the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, [...]
The boys and I headed over first thing this morning to watch a segment of the Olympic Torch relay. How can you not go when they are coming a matter of blocks from your home!?! We walked up the street about 8:15am, getting there in plenty of time for the expected runner at 8:44. There [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]