We were going to wait until South East Asia to get a cheap haircut, but when we saw $11 haircuts in Fukuoka, we decided to try it out. It was a unique experience to purchase our haircuts via a machine. Neil translated the flowchart of what was on offer and how to get your haircut.
It’s a mouthful but we all thought this was one of the best hikes we’ve done. These are the views from the cable car: Some of the alpine flowers we saw on the hike: At the peak of Mt. Nakadake, the second highest point of the Japanese Central Alps.
On Monday morning, Felix packed up and headed out for his first overnight school trip. The Grade 7s in their school travelled to Muskoka Woods for 3 days of fun in the sun/snow/rain. He picked a friend and asked that his friend wake/notify him as needed when his processors are off (which is when he’s […]
Neil was moving some things at the back door and picked up Lara’s backpack. He couldn’t figure out why an empty backpack was so heavy, so took a peek.
Nolan’s Science class did their frog dissection this week. Thanks to Nolan and his friends for the photos and videos for this post.
About a week ago (Oct 23), Nolan stubbed his toe badly while running up the stairs. The next day, he ran 5K in the City Championships. And then yesterday (Oct 29), we all went for a 10km hike with friends. At the end of the hike, he said his knee hurt (this, we know about, […]
After weeks of daily early-morning or after-school practices, Nolan placed 7th in the North Toronto meet. As a result, he was able to attend the city races. In November, he’ll be trying out for the Swim Team and the Water Polo Team. No sleeping in allowed!
Lara’s class was learning about energy in class and they had to do a slide presentation about hydropower. She decided she also wanted to make a waterwheel to show how water turns a wheel, and the energy transfers through a rod to generate electricity.