I did something new to me: I helped flood our community ice rink last night. I even have proof! As you can probably tell, I’m wearing every article of warm clothing that I own. ;) I volunteered to try it out because I’m working on a piece for the paper about it. I’ll share a […]
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Some of you already know that our eldest daughter is in her first year of university and has been away since September. I didn’t write much about this (although you saw her in my recent post about the live butterfly exhibition at the Canadian Museum of Nature) but she was home over the holidays and […]
Some of you already know that our eldest daughter is in her first year of university and has been away since September. I didn’t write much about this (although you saw her in my recent post about the live butterfly exhibition at the Canadian Museum of Nature) but she was home over the holidays and […]
07 Jan, 2018
A peek inside the live butterfly exhibition at the Museum of Nature
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: - Ottawa for kids|Ottawa
For a few years, many moons ago, the kids and I were regular visitors at the annual live butterfly show at Carleton University here in Ottawa. I thought it was a great way to introduce kids to the magic, beauty, and joy of these amazing creatures. So when I heard about the new live butterfly exhibition […]
07 Jan, 2018
A peek inside the live butterfly exhibition at the Museum of Nature
Posted by: andrea tomkins In: - Ottawa for kids|Ottawa
For a few years, many moons ago, the kids and I were regular visitors at the annual live butterfly show at Carleton University here in Ottawa. I thought it was a great way to introduce kids to the magic, beauty, and joy of these amazing creatures. So when I heard about the new live butterfly exhibition […]
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