Woke the kids at 5:30AM – had to hold Felix up in standing position to wake him up. This is 9 mins later. Cold, windy, and pouring rain. At least this time we were better dressed for warmth although shoes and socks were completely soaked after about 20 mins riding. Felix indicated to Neil that […]
Parked at the Floral Clock and bought WeGo bus day passes from the gift shop there. Took the bus to Table Rock for the Journey Behind the Falls (elevators down to tunnels under the falls, with some viewports out from behind the falls). Next a ride up the incline railway, a little walk around in […]
A 50km ride from Niagara-on-the-Lake to Niagara Falls and back! Overall we spent about 6 1/2 hours. May 20, 2017 10:44 am to 5:25pm Name: NOTL to Niagara Falls return Date: May 20, 2017 10:44 am Map: View on Map View on Map (alternate) Distance: 49.5 kilometers Elapsed Time: 4:10:29 Avg Speed: 11.9 km/h Max Speed: 32.4 […]
Parked at main entrance (baseball diamond, has port-a-potty), hike West to Hole-in-the-Wall, where the kids did a ton of exploring through caves and crevices. Continued to the lime kiln and powder magazine, then finished the loop via the Black Creek side trail. Sunny and cloudy, tiny bit of rain, 15 degrees or so. Blackflies were […]
Today’s CAGIS event was done by GENEius was more fun with DNA. The girls got to extract their own DNA and DNA from strawberries; and they got to practice their pipetting technique by making some art. We hooked up with Raquel and Arielle for this session – loads of fun as both Raquel and I were […]
The books we bought for the kids and seem to be working quite well so far: What to Do When Your Temper Flares: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Problems with Anger Author: Huebner I’m not bad, I’m just mad: A workbook to help kids control their anger Author: Lawrence E. Shapiro, Zack Pelta-Heller, Anna F. Greenwald How […]
The books that we’ve read on parenting and that we would recommend: Children The Challenge Author: Rudolf Dreikurs Positive Discipline: The First Three Years Author: Jane Nelsen, Cheryl Erwin, Roslyn Ann Duffy Kids Are Worth It Author: Barbara Coloroso Parent Effectiveness Training: The Proven Program for Raising Responsible Children Author: Thomas Gordon How to Talk […]
Treasure in the backyard Helping out with yard workHelicopter rescuers And THAT’s what they were making!