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 […]
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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 […]
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Nolan cleans a fish
His favourite activity after an orthodontist appointment is to hit the Chinese grocery store downstairs for some sort of seafood he hasn’t had before. Today, he chose a whole turbot, a whole pompano, and a whole skipjack tuna. I’m glad he put down the humongous octopus tentacle he initially had his eye on 🙂
Activities
Treasure hunting
…in the vacuum cleaner bag. Our stash this time: Missing piece in our 3D puzzle!
Domestic Travel
Leith: Birds nests, red squirrel trapping and other fun
Short trip to Leith (Jul 27-31) between Felix’s appointments at Sick Kids. Felix’s processors were activated on the day we left. Here’s all the equipment we received, one for each ear. Waterproof covers! After his first swim, he came running out insisting he didn’t like them and wanted to take them off as they were […]
Activities
In less than 24 hours …
Working on a 3D puzzle from Grandpa with friends. Over dinner, the kids asked for their friends to sleep over; so we added three mattresses to the boys’ bedroom and the friends ran home to pack overnight gear (this included a pillow, change of clothes, and books). 10:15PM was lights out. When we left the […]