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Plant tomato plants in an upside down planter
Even though I have a backyard we still like to grow vegetables, herbs and potatoes in containers. It is nice to have edibles close by. Last year I bought two upside down planters to grow tomatoes, but never got a chance to get them started until this spring. So this year we decided to do it for a fun experiment for the family. My daughter thought it was a funny way for plants to grow.
Make land art
Yesterday my daughter was at a beach party here in Toronto. Don’t you think outdoor birthday parties are the best? Kids can be as loud as they want and with proper planning an outdoor birthday party is easy to organize for parents. One of the activities they did at this party was land art . It was a quite the success and the kids really liked it.
Make Potions
Summer has finally arrived here in Toronto. Suddenly we are in full summer, after a very cold and rainy spring. Needless to say we have been outside all weekend. Living in a cold weather climate nothing gets us outside like warm weather, enjoying the outdoors, often without any agenda.
Add a commentGeocaching, an urban or rural adventure
I have for a long time wanted to try geocaching with my family. Think of geocaching as a high tech treasure hunt using a GPS instead of a smelly map made of leather with an X drawn on it. It has been an activity that has captured both the young and adult for some time, but there seems to be a surge of treasure hunting with the advent of GPS enabled smartphones.
April Shower Inspiration
I don’t know about you, but I’m so happy that spring is here. Though spring has been teasing us a little in Toronto, we have had some great days and yes we have have had our share of April Showers.
Here are some inspirational rainy day stories from our April Shower blog contest. If you love rainy days as much as we do, we welcome your stories.
Add a commentEaster decoration
Yesterday was time for us to begin preparing for Easter so we started with some outdoor Easter decorations. Since daffodils represent Easter for me, we decided to make some Easter daffodil pots and brought our craft materials outside to the front porch.
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