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Memorial to Broken Dolls Day
June 3rd June 3rd is Memorial to Broken Dolls Day in Japan. On this day each year, children bring their broken dolls to Buddhist shrines for funeral rituals. After the ceremony, the dolls are buried and enshrined. If there are any broken dolls (or other special toys) in your home that can’t be healed, fixed, or mended, consider holding a funeral or letting go ceremony for your family. What a great way to acknowledge the real bonds that children form to their playthings. 




Vegetarian Week


Vegetarian Week is from May 24th- May 31st this year. Whether you’re a dedicated vegetarian, a veggie dabbler, or a committed omnivore, there is no denying the health benefits of vegetarian meals. Eating less meat than the standard North American does is beneficial to health as well as the environment (it takes much more energy to raise a cow than grow a field of veggies).
So celebrate Vegetarian Week by sharing a vegetarian meal with your family sometime over the next seven days. Check out our Kitchen Creations or Nava Atlas' Vegetarian Kitchen for some delicious recipes to try. If your family regularly eats vegetarian meals, maybe you want to celebrate by hosting a vegetarian potluck for friends. 

Leap Year
February 29th Every four years an extra day is added to the calendar to keep it synchronized with the seasons. The day is always added on to February. While a non-leap year has only 28 days in February, a leap year (which this one is) has 29. In essence, you are getting a whole extra day this year. If you can, take this Sunday to do only fun things, since an extra day in the year should be spent in a very enjoyable way.

Ideas for spending your “extra day”

Go to the zoo
Go to a petting farm
Spend the day in pajamas – spend the day reading
Have a family spa day – have bubble baths, give each other pedicures and lounge in your bathrobes
Go swimming
Play leap frog in honour of the leap year