Cross Canada Adventures!
We live in the Yukon, which means that in any given year winter can go from mid September until mid May… That’s 8 months or 8/12ths of the year or 66% of the year – ACK! Last year we dealt with homeschooling during the winter by intentionally running away and it was GREAT. We travelled for…
The last few months have been a learning experience for our house. Tim and I have learned that it was not our best parenting moment when we decided to stay home this winter because Hunter wanted to… WHAT WERE WE THINKING??? Who gives their kid the trump vote?? Hunter, who proudly claims that winter is…
We spent Monday with a group of energetic and enthusiastic Yukon Homeschool kids on two learning outings. It was a great way to start the week and luckily the weather was in our favour – big blue skies and only -8c when we started off. Our morning was spent at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve where the kids…
Hunter and I extended our usual Ontario trip by 5 days and headed eastwards to Ottawa to kick off the school year and immerse ourselves in all things Canadian History and Government related. We talked Grandma Lynne into joining us for the week and kicked things off by venturing four hours east down the rails…
We have just spent another glorious week in Tofino – also fondly referred to as “my happy place”. It never disappoints and each visit seems to get better and better, even in the variable weather. Over the past 20 years we have been here eight times and these visits have ranged from campground (no amenities)…