Lunar New Year!

To celebrate Lunar New Year we spent the day in Chinatown taking in the sights to mark the beginning of the year of the Snake. We ended our day by eating delicious dumplings and other tasty treats at Mother's Dumplings!

A wonderful start to the new year!

During our trip to Fort York, we found the oldest kitchen in all of Ontario! 

 Tiny doorways that lead to money vaults!

 We attended the 'Poppin', Lockin' and Breakin' performance by Jade's Hip Hop Academy at the Canadian Opera Company. Was an amazing and inspiring time! The youngest Bgirl was 8 years old and we cheered extra loud for her! What could be better than an afternoon of breakin', hip hop and community!

 When it gets chilly outside, get cozy inside! Baking is such a wonderful way to work together and share tasty results! We made cookies this month and can't wait to start our next project; making bread!

 AGO! AGO! AGO!  Such a beautiful and inspiring space and wonderfully curated! We can't seem to get enough!

 Inuit sculptures made from ivory were our favourites! Such beautiful detail and craftsmanship!

 Evan Penny exhibit!

 How does Evan make these amazing sculptures??! We know it's not as simple as 7 steps, but we appreciated the breakdown! Wow. An absolutely amazing artist!

November & December!

Learning how walnut cakes are made during our visit to Korea town. 

The labyrinth at Christie Pits Park

                                                             Self Portraits with chalk

 Warming up with a bowl of miso soup in Kensington Market

 Remembrance Day thoughts...

 Will this origami boat float or sink? We experimented ...
 We slowly added lego figures to see how much weight the boat could hold. It held a lot and stayed a float for a whole minute!

MOVEMBER! 

 Our new friend, Patric McGroarty stopped by and did some song writing with us. We learned about rhythm and how to make up a funny verse and chorus! Listen to a part of our song "things you shouldn't eat" here:

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Making guacamole 

We ended the month the same way we began, by visiting the Frida Khalo & Diego Rivera exhibit at the AGO!!  The Lion Wolves were completely enthralled by the story of their magnificent, colourful and courageous lives and artistic styles.

                                                       Distance & Perspective

                              Painting on photographs in the style of Frida Khalo's father!

Making progress! Our solar system is almost complete!! 

Our trip to Earth Echoes.

We are becoming experts at getting around in the city by public transportation. Last week was the first time we ventured on the subway (now we've taken every mode of public transportation!) We spent quite a bit of time watching the trains zoom by and listening to the music of the subway chimes. 

The sounds of the subway...

 Our trip to 'Earth Echoes' on Bloor Street West. The store is full of different creatures (from bearded dragons to chameleons - both big and small, turtles and many different types of snakes). We met the owner of the shop, Jeff, who was really friendly and knowledgeable. He asked us if we would prefer to learn about lizards or snakes on this visit....we chose snakes! We were lucky enough to hold a baby python and two different corn snakes! We learned about their habitats and many different cool facts. We're excited to visit again and learn about a different creature family!!

 We watched the sucker fish cleaning the algae from the tank. The coolest vacuum around!

 Our friend Jeff showing us the different snakes in the shop.