After spending a couple hours in the hot sunshine at the bug class, we slowly headed back to the car. En route, I saw some interesting birds, like this spotted sandpiper: When we got back to the hotel, we went for a swim. This was our first time staying at this hotel in Edmonton (the [...]
On our weekend trip to Edmonton for Daegan’s birthday, we took in an Insect class for families at Devonian Gardens, about 15 minutes SW of the city. Daegan and Jim have done classes in this series before, but this was Gareth’s first time—and mine—and was he ever excited! We all had a good time, but [...]
We spent quite a bit of time inside the Interpretive Centre at Dinosaur Provincial Park, and we were all quite surprised to find that there was far more to it than dinosaurs. (Many more dinosaurs are on display at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, about an hour and a half away, and I think [...]
I’m going to break my post about Dinosaur Provincial Park into two parts: the first on the park and badlands (“the outside”) and the tomorrow’s post on the excellent Interpretative centre (“the inside”). We were absolutely blown away by the park, and how many things there are to do. Next trip we will take the [...]
After the T rex Discovery Centre, we made the scenic drive through the Cypress Hills to Medicine Hat, AB,where we stayed overnight. En route we saw more pronghorn antelopes: and stopped at the Alberta Tourist Info Centre at Walsh, just inside the AB / SK border. We’d stopped there on the way out for a [...]
After picking Jim up at the Greyhound bus station and sleeping in Swift Current Thursday night, we headed to the T Rex Discovery Centre in Eastend, SK first thing Friday morning. The boys were uber-excited! I am including lots of pics from the Centre (at the end of this post) as I am sure at [...]
A few days ago the Jim and the boys made their own fossils using plastic dino skeletons, sand, and plaster of Paris. Over the weekend we finished the project, removing the sand to reveal the fossil impressions. Jim began by carefully sliding the fossil “cake” out of the bowl, supporting it with his hand as [...]
Jim took the boys back to the zoo for a few hours this afternoon, after I ranted like a lunatic it became clear I need a few hours of Mommy-recharge time. They headed back wearing bright-coloured shirts, and sure enough, it worked! Both boys had butterflies land on them, and were able to gently transfer [...]
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 [...]
Over the Easter weekend, we ventured out for a short nature walk to feed the chickadees. Black-capped chickadees are Gareth’s favourite bird, and they LOVE black oil sunflower seeds: Jim and I got in on the action too: But it was Daegan, our “nature whisperer”, who got the best results. Despite being nervous at [...]