All Posts By: liiling
Food
Oodles of noodles
Thursday evening …. Nolan: Momso? Can we make noodles again? LLK: You want fresh noodles? Sure we can make noodles. Nolan: Yes please! How about Sunday, I will help you make noodles and we can have noodles and tomato sauce and spinach for dinner? And that resulted in our Sunday afternoon activities. And yes, dinner […]
Food
Snacks for the week
33 snacks for the week: 3 kids, 2 snacks per day (one sweet, one savoury), plus 1 more for Tuesdays.
Domestic Travel / Just the Parents
Kidless Easter Getaway
We were fortunate to be able to borrow Neil’s friend’s cottage at Lake Rousseau for the Easter long weekend in March 2016. Doubly fortunate, Grandpa and Tita Christine took care of the kids while we were away. To this day (2020), the kids reminisce about that eventful weekend, including: There was a power outage due to […]
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March 2016 Ice Age
While Neil and I were away for the Easter long weekend, we received the following message.
Activities / Celebrations / Domestic Travel
House boating for Nolan’s birthday
Nolan requested that we go on a houseboat and go through the locks for his birthday, so we did and these are some of our sights. In the locks. That’s ours – note the slide. Getting ready for bed. Playing with Lego Various hikes and exploratory stops along the way. Canoe making and repair. Quite […]
Just the Parents / Russia
St Petersburg
St Petersburg, briefly known as Leningrad, was founded by Peter the Great in 1703. It is associated with the birth of the Russian Empire and is considered the Northern capital. We were fortunate to have a Saturday free in this city, and doubly fortunate that work hired a driver and guide for us for the […]
Just the Parents / Romania
Bucharest, Romania
We landed in Bucharest around noon on Jul 12, were picked up by work at the airport and given a brief tour of the local landmarks. And that was our few hours tour of Bucharest! The rest of the time was spent working. We departed Bucharest for St Petersburg on Jul 15.