Saturday night dinner for 4 adults (Grandpa and Joan had a stopover on their way home from Croatia) and 3 kids. At this point, I was the one following the instructions as he called out: Mommy, please put in some basil, I’ll tell you how much. Now some oregano. Now this and now that….. The […]
Browsing Year: 2018
Hikes
Greig’s Caves
First stop on our surprise Thanksgiving trip was to explore Greig’s Caves in Tobermory. For background, go to this post.
Domestic Travel
Surprise Thanksgiving trip
The kids didn’t know where we were going or how we were getting there (except that it was not by plane). We rented a 25 foot RV for Oct 4-8 from a lady who lives in Creemore. Picture of the kids while driving – they played games and drew. We spent the first night at […]
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67th out of 500 runners at the Cross Country Meet
Personal best – 87th place last year.
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Possible fracture at the tip of the distal ulna
Nolan stuck one shoe into the loop of the laces of the other shoe and fell while at school. This resulted in a phone call home and a visit to the North York General Hospital emergency department. Offending shoelaces have been trimmed!
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Bow and arrow
Nolan’s finished reading The Ranger’s Apprentice series over the summer and is now acting it out 🙂 Branch, elastic bands, stir stick from an experiment kit, suction cup that fell off something.
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Nolan’s Day 2017 – done in 2018
Every year, around their birthday, LL takes the birthday child out of school, and spends the day with the birthday child. Nolan didn’t get his day in 2017 so we did it today. He’s collecting his 2018 day later this year. First, he finds a toonie in the parking meters on the way to the […]
Hikes
Humber River, Old Mill Discovery Walk
While Neil worked, the kids and LL went to explore one of the Humber River, Old Mill Discovery Walk. Total distance was 8.1 km. Nolan picked the walk and was responsible to get us there on the TTC and guide us through the walk. Felix was instrumental in finding the first Discovery Walk sign. We […]