John Lennon’s raw, heartbreaking lament about accepting the abandonment and early loss of his mother as well as his absentee father. Uhm, Happy Mother’s Day?
Shea took Pace and Sasha to ScienceRendezvous which was happening at the U of R on Saturday.
This is a cross-country day celebrating science. At the U of R, all the various science faculties got together to do demonstrations for the general public. I was working but was able to run out to the Uni over my lunch hour and take in some of the event myself. Here are some highlights…
Touch the Pufferfish if you dare!
Pace adds a drawing to a geologic timeline while his dad passes along book recommendations to the Geology students…
This substance has evolved over millions of years to be the perfect nutritional source for infants…
Make your own flubber!!!
Like Lego but better – build your own circuits kit! (Pace and Shea did one of the pre-made ones then Pace immediately began improvising his own ideas.)
Say hello to Mr. Skinny…
Pace even won a door prize! (Look at #11 on the draw board)
For the past few weeks, Pace has been getting increasingly excited about a concert that he’d been preparing for at his school.
Shea and I had received some info from the school but hadn’t realised what a big deal it was until recently – that his school was the only one in all of Saskatchewan to host Voices of Nature, an environmental/educational musical duo who have worked with schools across Canada.
Because Pace’s overflowing school has more students (and therefore parents) than the gym can hold, each family was only issued one ticket. This wasn’t a big deal since it was my Thursday evening to work at the library anyhow. But yesterday, the school sent home a form saying some tickets had been made available and they’d be holding a draw for them.
I decided not to send back the form but now that Shea told me how cool the concert was with a rock concert atmosphere and Pace’s excitement, I wish I’d tried to get a ticket and taken my supper hour late so I could’ve gone.
Oh well, at least he got a signed CD that he tells me I can borrow to listen to sometime… 😉
This clip is hilarious, not just because it reminds me of the things my own kids do now but also because it reminds me of the folk-punk band I was in while on exchange to England which regularly integrated Bon Jovi lyrics into our own songs (in this case, the song became “I want her/Dead or a Liz” which made a whole lot more sense at the time!) 😉
