Menu Monday

Monday: Meat loaf, hamburger buns, cucumber salad
The meat loaf was a hit. Everyone had seconds. The cucumber salad was acceptable, but no one raved.

Tuesday: Stuffed peppers, root vegetable salad

Wednesday: Spinach-tofu curry on rice

Thursday: Brazilian quiche (eggs, vegetables, and cheese, layered and baked)

Friday: Tuna turnovers, cabbage-beet salad

Menu Monday

Monday: Peanut Butter sandwiches, milk  
Tuesday: Borscht, couscous salad  
Wednesday: Char sui pork on rice, stir-fried vegetables  
Thursday: Black bean soup and cornbread  
Friday: Chicken satay, apricot rice pilaf

A Grampa is Born

Stephen would like to introduce you to Aliyah Jane, born September 12, 2011.

She's not sure what to think of the world yet, but Grampa knows what to think of her.

Awwwww...

Tree in Progress

You may or may not have see our tree. There is a tree on my dining room wall. A tall tree, to which we are/will be affixing leaves of various sorts, leaves that we will collect and press as we walk around the neighbourhood, leaves that we will create using different craft techniques. Our first venture into creating leaves, leaf rubbings, went home last week.

Anyway. The tree is made of several pieces of fingerprint paper, filled with a gloppy mix of brown and white liquid tempera, and a dollop of back tempera powder. The resulting paint was thick. THICK. See???

Nora likes finger-painting!

Dominic is not at all sure about it. Getting his hands that smeared up is rather worrisome. Still, better to participate and get goopy than have clean hands and be left out!

Ella likes finger-painting, too. Drop the paint on a big piece of paper, and she totally gets into the smearing zone.

Those of you who haven't seen the tree should step into the dining room and have a gander!

Menu Monday

Monday: Egg noodles with alfredo sauce, broccoli

Tuesday: Eggplant lasagna

Wednesday: Meatless chili

Thursday: Veggie burgers, salad

Friday: Grilled cheese sandwiches,  cucumber slices

Ring around a Rosy

Three toddlers, a field, a tree, and a lovely sunny fall day.

Around and around the tree they go, Dominic as song-leader.

And the song? "Ring around a rosy", of course. Around and around and around.

Kept them occupied for a good 16 minutes. So cute!

In the neighbourhood

We walk in our neighbourhood all the time. Many of the sights are familiar and welcome -- the house with the stone frog, the house with the stone husky, the house with the friendly cat. And then once in a while, we see something new and different and COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED! This would fall into that latter category...

Look! A frog army!

(Are they hunting the Hulk, or is he General Hulk, head of the Frog Army?)

Or maybe the real point of interest is that snake. They seem to be a little alarmed...

If you walk around the neighbourhood with your eyes peeled, you just never know what INTERESTING things you might discover! For now, the house with the plague of frogs is top of that list!

The Love Continues

She's still loving the farm!

In addition to the fun animals, it's just oh, so, yummy.

Menu Monday (Tuesday Edition)

Tuesday: Ratatouille, toad-in-the-hole

Wednesday: Spinach pie, salad

Thursday: Swedish meatballs, root vegetable salad

Friday: Grilled Cheese sandwiches, cucumber slices