They learnt about pulleys at school, sooooooo …. last weekend we had: And this weekend, we have:
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Caribou Math Contest
Nolan joined the math club in school and did his first worldwide Caribou Math Contest, without any prep. Questions and his answers:
Food
Dinner, by Nolan
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 […]
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.