MARATHON, ON – Schools in the Superior-Greenstone District School Board are actively accepting registrations for students who will be starting Kindergarten this September. At this school board, the formal registration process marks the beginning of the Transition to School program for [Read more]
Had to share these photos of Emeraude sewing a new puppet Sunday night; she hasn’t been feeling very well (about 4 days now of 101 – 103 temp even when medicated but the doc at emerg Sunday evening gave us a Rx to bring to Th.Bay in case she doesn’t get better while we’re [Read more]
Blueberries abound in Manitouwadge In case you haven’t heard, it’s blueberry season in Manitouwadge. Here is some information to help make your blueberry picking experience not only safer but even more delicious! The North American Blueberry Council marks August as blueberry month in [Read more]
The morning of Emeraude’s last swim lesson was very cold. The mercury never went above 10 degress celcius and I was not surprised when, around, 10am the phone rang and it was her instructor asking if I preferred she not swim. Emeraude however was ready to go, having put her swimsuit on an [Read more]
What a great way to end the year! Parents and caregivers were invited to join their children for a casual picnic of hot dogs, fruits, cold plates and deserts, in the Nursery School yard. Thank you to Nikki and her staff for the wonderful care they provide going over and above what is expected [Read more]
Title: EEC Fire Station tour Location: Manitouwadge Fire Department Description: Firefighter Marilyn will be giving us a tour of the Maniouwadge Fire Department and answering questions about being a Firefighter. Start Time: 15:15 Date: 2009-06-18 Absolutely wondeful! Emeraude had such a great time [Read more]
It was an incredibly long day and, after all the craziness, Emeraude was not up to playing soccer. She asked to stay home and I obliged agreeing that she had done enough for one day (and had way more patience than any 4 year old should need). This of course did not mean that she was [Read more]
Saturday, June 6th, after attending the OPP‘s Bike Rodeo (part of turn off the screens week) Emeraude asked to go to the Cow Palace and redeem a coupon she had recieved at the Rodeo for a free Mr.Freeze (all the kids received them for redemption at either the Cow or the Petro for wearing [Read more]
Emeraude & I transplanted some of our seedlings today. Though they all need to be done, to keep it enjoyable we only do as much as each of us is up to. We transplanted 3 squares (with 9 compartments each with a seed or two planted originally for the most part) of radishes and a [Read more]
This is a really easy one. Be careful of course with the kettle… You can add almost any fruit to Jell-O but pineapple and, hmmm… I forget the other but they are listed on the box. We were making strawberry jelly and opted to add sliced bananas in ½ the batch and fruit cups (x2) [Read more]
Feel free to print the book if you have a little one in your life (2-6 yrs) who would like to read it. It is for personal use only (not to be sold in whole or in part) and I would ask that if you enjoy it and would like someone else to have a look, you link back to here. [Read more]
Do you have multiple sclerosis (MS) and headache? More than one in two individuals with MS experience headache, particularly [Read more]
Next Month in Chirp . We’re still working through our April issue and having a blast doing so. In Manitouwadge, they sell Chirp at the pharmacy, wherever else you may live it’s worth finding if you have a child (or work with children), [Read more]
Jan.19.2009 Emeraude had tried adding coffee to her liquid glue the other day to make a picture that looked like dirt but the coffee disolved and looked more like mud. We found this very interesting and I suggested that we try to see what other kitchen ingredients might disolve when we added them [Read more]
Emeraude woke up from her nap with a plan… She began listing to me the ingredients we needed for a ‘kind of craft’. As I listened to her explanation of what we were to do, I realized what she wanted and explained to her that this was called an ‘experiment’. We [Read more]
