Today, during his swim lessons, he floated on his back for the first time by himself!  He is also becoming quite the expert at doing “The Rocket” at he shoots towards the steps at the side of the pool.
Way to go kiddo!

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Tolii has all this week off from school for mid-term break.  He is not pleased.
Katya took Monday and Tuesday off to spend time with him (actually, to do many urgent household chores which were moderately entertaining for Tolii).
But now he is heading into days with Baba, and neither can speak each other’s language well.  Worse, [...]

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Tolii has always had a thing for doing flips…well, turns out he really enjoys all things gymnastic.  Tosha, too - but he’s a bit young still to join the Andover Gym Club at Salto Centre like Tolii has two weeks ago.
Every Thursday after school he scoots off to have some fun on the mats and [...]

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Tolii went off to school this morning!  It wasn’t really his first time there, since he went for story time in the spring as a way to get familiar with the place.  However, it was the start of his new “career” in education…
Tolii dressed up in his new school uniform - wow he’s a real [...]

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After 4½ years, it was finally time for Tolii to say “good-bye” to his days at the Oak Tree Nursery today.
Tolii is very excited to be leaving: he starts at Whitchurch Primary School tomorrow!

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I just got back the digitized version of all of my dad’s Super 8mm cine film!
What does that mean?
It means we can watch films from my childhood in the 1970s without having to set up a projector!

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Arcade Fire is a popular Canadian alternative music group; Again, I catch these things well after others have made them popular.  I haven’t listened to them much.  Probably all of 6 minutes so far (the same song twice).  I like them, well this song to start with; In particular, I really liked the interactive music [...]

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Tolii graduated from the Oak Tree nursery this evening. Friends can see all the graduation photos in our gallery (remember to log in there).
Its off to Whitchurch Primary school for him come mid-September.  In the meantime, he can now coast through the rest of his summer at the nursery….
Tolii’s A-Levels (Attending Lunch, eating voraciously, even [...]

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Today was Tolii’s last swim lesson for this term. He earned his “Duckling Award Grade 4” certificate from the Judy Sporle swim school!
More importantly for Tolii, he got a badge!
The “exam” was last week; so today was a bit of a practice session and a chance to have a bit of fun. Vicki took Tolii [...]

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Tolii and hist friend Luke hopped, skipped and jumped their way down form Oak Tree Nursery with Daddy this afternoon - they were off to the first story time at Whitchurch Primary School.
They met up with George at the school - today was his 4th birthday - we all wished him a happy birthday.
A quick [...]

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Tolii and Tosha met some of their friends and had a very good time at the Whitchurch primary school’s family fun evening tonight. Tolii loved the bouncy castle and getting his face painted. Tosha loved to chase balloons and play with Joshua!

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Andrew is back from a brief trip to Canada for the 25th anniversary reunion of the Ontario Science Centre’s Science School (OSCSS). Its been 20 years since Andrew went to the school for half of his grade 13 credits before heading off to university.
First, there was a party at Chia Chia and Graham’s house.
Then [...]

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