This year’s ride was another virtual one, and the route was to be heart shaped. We invited another family to join us for the ride. Despite the heat, the ride was loads of fun and we got to see some new sights in the city! It was shortly after 10AM when we completed the loop. […]
Warning: Some bloody images ahead. Nolan was helping to prune the back hedge after lunch today. When he picked up the pruning shears, he received a cut that dripped blood through the house and soaked multiple cloths, so we decided to take him to North York General Hospital Emergency Department.
Long weekends are for trying out new foods 😀 The recipes for the filling and icing is from Felix’s chocolate cheesecake. The crust is from this recipe, with the following tweaks: increased butter to roughly 120 g reduced brown sugar to 36 g reduced white sugar to 20 g reduced chocolate chips to 100 g
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 […]
Neil took Nolan and Lara to Downsview Arena this morning to get their Pfizer doses for 12 and up.
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.
Due to covid, March break was delayed till the week of April 12. We optimistically booked a week in a house down the street from Aunt Mary for the week. On Thursday April 8, the province went into another lockdown, so our plans were cancelled. The kids channeled their disappointment into a creative project.
This year, the kids wanted to decorate Easter eggs since they had memories of doing them with Aunt Mary one year, and with Grandpa another year. This time around, they chose to hard boil the eggs before decorating; and they came up with some new ideas. They also requested an Easter egg hunt with money […]
Lara found the recipe for lamingtons one day, and decided she wanted to make them. They looked so yummy!! Thank goodness for Lara because without her willingness to try it, I would only look at the pictures and salivate.