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Month: October 2013

Baby Cow Madness

Baby Cow Madness

I actually don’t know if I have it in me to properly describe the last few days.  It might take me a bit of time to break it all up into it’s component parts and try to explain each piece in a sensible way.  I’ll certainly try as I feel like I’ve learned more than my brain can handle within a very short space of time so perhaps writing it down will make sense of it all! But here is…

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Nature Quest

Nature Quest

Yesterday we headed out into the Gatineau forest for a nature expedition organised through the NCC, my friend had organised a group to go and we all turned up on a fresh but sunny October morning ready for outdoor goodness. I have to say the day far exceeded my expectations, the wonderful naturalist who led our group out into the forest had the kids enchanted from minute one, no mean feat.  Most homeschool kids are used to following their own…

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Farm Week Days 2-5

Farm Week Days 2-5

Ok so my original intention of writing about each day of our farmy adventures last week fell by the wayside in all the busyness of actually doing all of the farm work!  Each day seemed packed with activity, whether that was keeping up with some of our regular homeschool stuff (science club, a wood working workshop, playdates) or trying to preserve our produce while the weather holds.  It felt a bit frenetic. I managed to make apple sauce out of…

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