Completed: #10. Do something active for 3 months straight

 I finished decorating the Christmas tree today. With a toddler, it took hours. Also, today marks three months of this goal, which is now "complete" -- though I don't intend to just stop. Reflection on this soon.

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Progress: #10. Do something active for 3 months straight

 This morning I did some laundry. This afternoon, I started to decorate our Christmas tree delivery, but it will be an ongoing act with this wild little elf around.

I'm counting all of this as today's activity.

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Progress: #10. Do something active for 3 months straight

 I walked to our nearest participating MAP Pass library again with my daughter. We left at 8:45am, arrived at 9:15am (the library opens at 9), and stood in a line of fellow MAP Pass seekers. We got our tickets to the Toronto Railway Museum this time! I'll continue to visit on Saturdays and see what we can amass. 

9007 steps today.

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Progress: #10. Do something active for 3 months straight

 I walked to the nearby Gibson House Museum with my daughter and we had a private hour-long tour. It was interesting.

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Progress: #10. Do something active for 3 months straight

 Today, my daughter had a follow-up specialist appointment downtown. I realized the AGO was nearby and they were running an exhibit of Picasso's Blue Period, so my parents drove us to the appointment, we all went to the gallery together, then we grabbed lunch afterwards.

5403 steps so far today.

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Progress: #10. Do something active for 3 months straight

 We went on a short stroll around the neighbourhood today. 7220 steps so far.

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Completed: #38. Make a bird Christmas tree in our yard

 I read about this idea in an old book on backyard birding, where it says that it is a custom dating back to 16th century Europe, where people honoured the birds and beasts of nativity.

As many of these goals exhibit my hope that my daughter will grow up with an appreciation of nature and wildlife (even if we happen to live in the city at the moment), I thought it sounded like a fun new tradition.

I made garlands for an evergreen in our front yard (using a needle and thread) of:

- air popped popcorn

- walnuts

- grapes and blueberries

- raspberries and blueberries

- cut oranges

I then made bird cake ornaments, mostly following this recipe, only replacing the raisins with peanuts (as I did not have raisins), and expediting the process by using the microwave instead of stovetop and the freezer instead of the fridge. I set them in muffin paper, and hollowed out a hole with a bamboo skewer, which I then affixed to the tree with hemp twine.

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I haven't seen any birds at it yet, but will keep watch!