A fun annual event for us – the Sugar Bush Festival at Kortright! First taste….. mmmm, undecided
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As we close in on March Break, we are trying to ensure we have things lined up for the kids to do, to avoid any cabin fever during their time off. Also on the plus side, (literally) it looks like we’re going to have some great temperatures in Southern Ontario that week! Here are some great ideas around the Greater Toronto Area: Sugarbush Maple Syrup Festival: at the Kortright Centre [ Read More ]
I’m boycotting Family Day this year. Adios. I remember when Family Day was first announced for Ontario back in the fall of 2007, my initial thought was, “Cool, a long weekend in February”. The feeling was short lived when we found out that our employer (who provided three “floater” holidays in addition to our vacation time) was taking back one of those days as a result of the additional holiday. [ Read More ]
A couple of weeks ago, research journal Nature posted a scathing report on the evils of sugar and went as far as to recommend that sugar be regulated in a similar way to alcohol and tobacco products. I posted a couple of twitter links toĀ National Post columns, one arguingĀ in favourĀ of the report’s findings and the other coming to sugar’s defence. Both are great columns and while they focus a little [ Read More ]
It was about this time last year when we first started considering a French Immersion program for Emma. She was in her last year of Casa at the Montessori school my wife teaches at and would be going into Grade One in the coming fall. I have to admit, (as silly as this may sound) part of my motivation for considering it, is that we have a very obvious french [ Read More ]
