April 9th! Already??

Don’t know where the time has gone. All of a sudden, it is April. March Break is a distant memory. Easter has come and gone. And now we are heading into the mid-April weather blips, ranging from shorts and popscicle weather to “oh my goodness, how are my tulips and daffodils going to survive the overnight freezing and snow! “En avril, ne te découvre pas d’un fil.” I googled the expression to find a translation. One version gave me “don’t put your umbrella away yet”. Forget the umbrella, we use those year round. It should have read “don’t bother washing and packing away the winter jackets just yet” or “keep the mitts on hand” (especially if you are on morning yard duty)!!

This year, we invested in a family membership at the Ontario Science Centre. It is relatively close by and the deal was too good to pass up. The temporary Harry Potter exhibit opens this weekend. Don’t think we will be going on opening weekend but we will definitely visit the exhibit during it’s stay. From the news coverage, it looks really interesting. We have until August to find a time to go.

A couple of weekends ago, we went to the OSC and visited the Kidspark area and watched the IMAX movie Hubble. It was really interesting to learn about how the astronauts had to go up and fix the famous telescope and what kinds of information and pictures scientists are now receiving. Seeing a space shuttle liftoff on the big screen is pretty impressive too! (Maybe not as much as seeing one live but that’s a little harder to organize!) On our way home, we stopped by MacSushi for the end of day sale. Kyra had requested sushi for supper that morning and I was not sure I would get around to making it (especially after a day out). However, the price was right, and the sushi is fresh and very good for “shopping-mall-food-court” sushi. The Spicy Dynamite rolls are fabulous and usually my first choice (spicy salmon and shrimp tempura maki) however, ‘end-of-day-sales’ are usually ‘take-what-you-can-get’ and there was enough great selection to choose from. We brought our sushi home and I made a quick batch of inari-sushi to add to our meal (Alia prefers them over maki rolls)

It was also Earth Hour that evening, so we let the girls stay up a little later, unplugged everything, and played Clue Jr. but oil lamp and flashlight. Must say, that it was challenging to read the clues by candlelight. I don’t think it was as big of a success in Toronto as it was in 2009 (participation was down, according to news reports later) but we had fun.