Lara’s turn to cook dinner on her own for the whole family! She decided that we’d have salmon, seasoned with paprika, basil, oregano, and cinnamon. It was absolutely scrumptious! There were no leftovers. For veggies, she decided on broccoli fried in butter. Serving time!
Browsing Tag: Activities
Pulleys, applied
They learnt about pulleys at school, sooooooo …. last weekend we had: And this weekend, we have:
Surprise Thanksgiving trip
The kids didn’t know where we were going or how we were getting there (except that it was not by plane). We rented a 25 foot RV for Oct 4-8 from a lady who lives in Creemore. Picture of the kids while driving – they played games and drew. We spent the first night at […]
Nolan cleans a fish
His favourite activity after an orthodontist appointment is to hit the Chinese grocery store downstairs for some sort of seafood he hasn’t had before. Today, he chose a whole turbot, a whole pompano, and a whole skipjack tuna. I’m glad he put down the humongous octopus tentacle he initially had his eye on 🙂
Treasure hunting
…in the vacuum cleaner bag. Our stash this time: Missing piece in our 3D puzzle!
Lessons in glass blowing and subway driving
Trip downtown today for the whole family. While Neil caught the views from the Cisco office: The kids and I spent about an hour watching various glass objects being formed at the Harbourfront Centre. Lunch on the boardwalk, watching planes, choppers take off and land; and boats of all types. On the way home, a […]
Leith fun Jul 1-8
For sale! It was sold before we were able to add it to our collection of boats. Brrrrr … that’s just way too cold for me!
Swimming lessons
Every day … Extra perk of waiting in the hot tub on a rainy chilly day
Cherry picking
Biked over to a friend’s house this afternoon after school. Not much came home as it was a dinner of cherries!



