Spring Break 2012: What will you do?

Spring break is next week! Five days to fill with activities to keep us busy. The weather forecast looks promising, warmer, spring-like temperatures! Our Spring Break activity list: DAY 1 Canadian Aviation and Space Museum The theme for spring break is “Green Skies Ahead”.  All activities will explore the importance of energy conservation and green [...]

Christmas on Consignment

With Thanksgiving and Halloween out-of-the-way, it is now time to start planning for Christmas. Deck the halls! Our kids got a hold of the Toys R Us wish book a few weeks ago. We flipped through the book together to get an idea of thing(s) they would like for Christmas. They each picked one thing. [...]

Plastic Milk Bag Mats

I took LLS to his library class today. I settled into a chair at the back of the room, as I usually do. Another woman who brings her granddaughter to the same class sat next to me. During the 30 minute class I typically check my email etc on my phone, but today the woman [...]

Calypso Waterpark: A Colossal Day

We recently moved to Ottawa. As a parting gift, Dad PhD’s colleagues, at his previous job, bought our family two generous gift cards to Calypso Waterpark. As two-time water park season pass holders at  Sandcastles in Pittsburgh, it was a guaranteed hit. Thank you! Dad PhD took the day off work so we could go [...]