I haven't done an Insta-Friday post for a bit, so I'm playing catching up this week, sharing cell phone pics from a couple of weeks.
Winter decided to make her presence known recently. Boo.
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Friday, February 15, 2013
Friday, March 9, 2012
Insta-Friday in real life, March Break begins
Once again, this Friday, I am taking a look at our cell phone photos from the past week. This is a special Friday, because it’s the first day of March Break for the kids, and for my teacher-husband too.
We started off celebrating last night with a few chocolate goodies and a family movie night.
The kids picked All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 on Netflix. It’s an animated film, starring the voice of Charlie Sheen, pre-public meltdown. I confess I started to tune out early on during a painfully long introductory scene. I decided to play a game of Brain Age 2: Virus Buster while “watching” the movie.
Today, the fun continues. How to occupy the kids for a week with minimal fighting…
I can’t help but remember our March Break last year, when we went to Clearwater Beach, Florida, for my sister’s wedding. In the past, pre-kids, my idea of a great vacation was a trip to Europe, sightseeing and visiting museums and galleries.
I was a changed woman once I experienced the beautiful weather in Florida, and the opportunity to swim during our painfully long winter. We also had a great time with my sister and her new husband and the friends who joined us in Florida.
I am still working on the photobook of our vacation (talk about procrastinating). In the meantime, I also have this grouping of photos to remind me of the fun we had.
This year’s vacation will be much more low key. My daughter is spending her first day off operating a “book store" in our house.
She has set up some books and a cash register and also distributed flyers.
The flyer says the books are free, but maybe that’s just to draw people in…there is a cash register after all.
In other news from the week, my son got to go snowboarding again. We had a light dusting of snow last night, but I think that just might have been his last trip this year.
Last weekend, the kids proudly made their own lunches.
My son also painted a sweet little portrait. It’s not a picture of himself, but he says it “looks a little bit like me.”
I made a pinto bean and spelt elbow pasta bake with tortilla chips on top. It wasn’t that great, but the chips were nice.
Today’s breakfast was my usual oatmeal, ground flax, fruit and soy (or rice) milk combo. I love it when we have fresh berries in the house.
How was your week? I would love to hear about it!
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Friday, February 3, 2012
Insta-Friday in real life
My daughter is not happy that I’m at the computer again. She happens to be “bored.” Right now, she is trying to teach the dog to jump through a hula hoop.
My son is content with his portable video game, but I can’t let that go on all day…or can I?No, I think we’ll make some goodies to occupy them…maybe some muffins or some peanut butter cookies…maybe both.
Last Sunday, we went to the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Family Sunday again.
This time, the kids made zoetropes—devices that produce the illusion of action from a rapid succession of static pictures. The family area has a visible vault so that you can see the sculptures being stored. My son is standing in front of a giant hockey player. We also did a little tour of some other areas—see the “igloo” covered with a giant quilt…how cool is that?
We bought a poster of Gerhard Richter’s “Helga Matura.” My husband and I both love that painting—and the poster was 70% off. You can’t beat that! The picture on the right is a portrait that my husband made.
My daughter really wanted to celebrate Chinese New Year, so the kids decorated the house with some Happy New Year posters and we ordered some delicious Chinese food (above left). I am a bit tofu-obsessed, which might seem strange to some people, but have you tried the extra-firm? The two photos (middle and right) show a tofu recipe from Nava Atlas’s Vegan Express—“Spicy Tofu Triangles on a Cool Bed of Lettuce,” with a side of potatoes and sweet potatoes in an olive oil vinaigrette.
My husband’s students had exams this week, which gave him time to go for lunch—all you can eat veggie sushi. I want more every time I look at the photos. I never used to like sushi—now it’s an addiction.
I already had two blenders, and yet I went ahead and bought a Magic Bullet. I don’t regret it though, because the kids can make their own individual smoothies now. They make it right in the mug, put on a lid, and they are ready to go anywhere with a smoothie in hand.
I went to the library this week, and what did I get? Cookbooks. See that picture on the right? That’s the cookbook shelf in my kitchen. Clearly, another addiction of mine. I read ‘em while I watch TV.
My husband took his students for some evening skiing and my son went along for the ride. He is still learning to snowboard, and it looks like he spent a fair bit of time on his bum.
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