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    2021 Holiday Tree Lightings & Parades in the Pictou County Area

    2021 will be my first holiday season in Nova Scotia since 2003! The holidays will look a little different from what the kids and I are used to, but I’m hoping to make it memorable with new sights, sounds, and experiences. My fondest memories of the Christmas’s growing up include tinseled out real trees, Christmas Eve and over-the-holiday visits with…

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    Now Open – Stanley A. Milner Library

    To say our family loves libraries would be an understatement. Having programing end and branches close this past spring was hard to deal with for my library loving kids. We love checking out different locations and get excited when we hear a new branch is being built. But to hear the largest branch in Edmonton was getting a complete overhaul,…

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    Get Back To Nature: Famous Five Parks, Edmonton

    In the early 1900s, five Albertan women set out to change the shape of politics in Canada. In 1918, Canadian women attained the right to vote. But under the British North American Act, women were not considered “persons” under the law, and therefore, could not be appointed to the Senate. The five women, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Henrietta Muir Edwards,…

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    Introducing…Mapping Out Joy

    Change is good. Change is needed to keep growing. I have been thinking about this change for a while now, but finally accomplished it when the fear of change let go, motivation to move forward grew, and I had the time to make it happen. I started my blog over 5 years ago. I had just decided to homeschool my…

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    Dermott District Park – Natural Playground and Recreation Area

    New playgrounds are always an exciting experience for my kids. They can’t wait to check out the new equipment, see what cool features are there that they might not have seen before, and make up imaginative play and games in the new to them space. Dermott District Park is no exception, especially since it’s different than most playgrounds in Edmonton.…

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    Visit the New Urban Farm at Edmonton Valley Zoo

    The Edmonton Valley Zoo recently completed one of it’s many planned updates and we enjoyed exploring the new spaces this past week.  Included in these updates is a new Urban Farm, complete with petting zoo and indoor stables, the new Red Panda enclosure, and new playground area. The goats on the roof were the main attraction for us (well, me…