Got a message today from one of the friends who lets us use their pool saying that they opened their pool and we were welcome to use it. They would ensure only one family at a time would be in the pool at a time. Of course, the kids wanted to go even though it […]
Having observed the kids out and about the last couple of years, the neighbour two houses down (Ivan) asked if they would be interested in some paid yard work on his property. Well, that was an unequivocal ‘Yes!’. And then they got to work. While chatting with Ivan, Nolan told him that if he bought […]
Neil took Nolan and Lara to Downsview Arena this morning to get their Pfizer doses for 12 and up.
Over the years, I’ve looked into making soap but the number of finicky steps were always too daunting. Not for Lara though. She did the research, organized the endeavour, and executed the steps; and we now have homemade soap. Along the way, emulsification, saponification, and exothermic reactions were discussed. This is the recipe she used. […]
Slide show for one of his gifts [click the arrows to scroll through]. Hugs and kisses all around!
Felix wanted to make his birthday cake this year, a chocolate cheesecake with chocolate icing. I used this recipe for the chocolate wafer cookies for the crust. Tweaks were:– halved both sugars– increased butter from 113 g to 120 g ish We used this recipe for the cheesecake. Tweaks included:– removed all the sugar in […]
We’ve made Byron Bay Chocolate Chip cookies a number of times. Recently, Lara had been talking about making cookie balls instead of slicing the cookies prior to baking. Today, she put that into action.
As of yesterday, those 40 and up are eligible for a vaccine, so Neil and I registered at several pharmacies in the neighbourhood. My understanding is that registration was simply to be put on a list to book an appointment when vaccines / appointment slots become available. This morning, we decided to walk over to […]
“Lego-ing” could be a verb in our house. Each day, he set up a little scene with a couple of figures for us to find.
One evening (Feb 18), I received a message from a friend who said he was getting rid of 5 Ikea PAX units and wondering if we could use them? Each unit came with a slide-out coat rack and a drawer. We said “YES! We’d love to take them.” We figured that if we couldn’t use […]