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Activities
The kids had a picnic
I was folding laundry in the sunroom while Neil was repairing something in the basement. At some point, Neil yelled if I was watching the kids. Of course I was! It started out like this: And became this: One chair became two: Two became three: Picnic on the pergola roof! Popcorn, cookies, water. I like […]
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Swim Lessons
Quick bike ride from our house to Lurgan Drive. $30/hr, the kids have 40 minutes private lessons with Alexa. She’s about 15 and a competitive swimmer. Kids go from 9:30-11:30AM Tuesday to Friday, and while one’s having lessons, the other two are playing or practicing in the pool or warming up in the hot tub. […]
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Pippi Lego Friends
Lara: This is Pippi with her monkey Nielson on her horse that she exercises every morning for her morning walk and two of the gold pieces she keeps in her drawers for Annika and Tommy (her friends).
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Microplastic and plastic pollution and shoreline cleanup
Another educational and fun CAGIS event for Lara and me today at Humber Bay Park. Neil took the boys for a bike ride, while Lara and I learned about microplastic and plastic pollution – the demo included yellow sprinkles for pesticides and chocolate sprinkles for droppings that Lara got to sprinkle to demonstrate how far […]
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Ride for Heart 2017
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 […]
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CAGIS – Science GENEius
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 […]