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 [...]
June is a very busy month for us, with a conference and live internet show for Jim, 2 mini-vacations for the family, and Daegan’s birthday—on top of our usual soccer and classes and playdates. We’ve got to get the rest of the garden in asap too if things will have a chance to bloom before [...]
This afternoon the men headed out to do some Mother’s Day shopping, and gave me the gifts as soon as they got home. A bit early, sure, but what’s not to like? And apparently there are even more things coming in the mail next week. Woot! The boys helped Jim pick out some flowers, which [...]
As the Homeschool Art class was cancelled this session due to low registration, Daegan has been asking me to do more arts and crafts at home. I saw these ideas for “bingo dauber” art on my friend Alicia’s Magical Childhood blog a while ago, and showed it to the boys today. “Oh, yes, we’re interested!” [...]
While Jim stayed home with Gareth, who was struggling with a cold and another bad asthma attack, Daegan and I headed out for a nature walk as part of my Sabbath Manifesto. Amid sun, rain, and even hail, we had a great time on our 3-hour stroll around Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in the heart of [...]