15 June 2009

Peony Festival











Teaching the Child to Stop and smell the flowers




Taking a peek at the tadpoles































It was a lovely day for a Peony Festival...
The annual Peony Festival in Oshawa was held this past weekend, 13 and 14th June 2009.
Delicate fragrance filled the air and it was the perfect opportunity to teach the little one to appreciate his surroundings and realise that the beauty must be protected in his own little way - recycle... help keep our surroundings clean...
Hope you enjoy the flowers.








13 June 2009

Lynde Shores Field Trip





It's hard to believe that the school year is almost finished... 2 weeks left and then summer break - Junior Kindergarten done! Where did the time go?!

The last field trip of the year was to Lynde Shores Conservation Area. If you've not been, it's worth the trip - several trails lead you through the wetlands and it's really nice quiet time.

Look into Conservation areas or trails in your neck-of-the-woods (yep, extremely bad pun intended) and enjoy getting back to nature!

The little one was fortunate that both mum and dad were able to go on this trip, which thrilled him to no end, and he had a blast feeding the little chipmunks!

Little bits of information that are great to pass on - don't feed birds and/or fowl bread - gives them bad bellies and close to no nutritional value - bread = bird junk food.

As we wind down the school year and look forward to the summer break, take time to stop and smell the flowers, take a walk and enjoy the weather and your surroundings. It's the little things in life that count.

Have a safe and fabulous summer!

Feeding the Chipmunks.... Alvin? Simon? Theodore?


Looking up a tree

Canadian Family... of Geese
(and that's dad squawking... boring mom with the drama)


Protected Wetlands