May 2011
12 posts
Week 2
This week was mostly about eating.
Monday
Kian cooked nachos for dinner, including making guacamole from scratch! Yummy.
Tuesday
Dad made shepherd’s pie again. Also yummy. I snuck some mushrooms in, which the children didn’t seem to notice. Until I told them about it the following day, when they claimed they knew all along.
Wednesday
Or Whacked Out Wednesday, as we like to...
Weekend #2
Kian had another great game of basketball. They were playing the other Apollo team, but were obviously better drilled and kept an easy 10 point margin for most of the game.
In the afternoon I dropped Kian at his friend’s sleep-over party, so it was just Temma and me for the night. I offered to take her to the movies, but there was nothing on she wanted to see so she rented some Disney...
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5 Minute Chocolate Mug Cake
This shouldn’t work, but it does. The original “cup” cake!
4 tablespoons self raising flour
4 tablespoons sugar (I use less)
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
chocolate buds (optional)
Add dry ingredients to a large mug and mix well.
Crack the egg and add it to the mug. Be sure to mix well to avoid any pockets of flour in the corners.
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The school week
A mostly uneventful week at work and school.
Natalie came over on Tuesday to use the oven and ended up making dinner for us. Yum! Temma had spent most of the day home from school “feeling sick” (which feeling mostly evaporated as soon as she was home) so it was nice for her to have someone else to talk atto.
I had chickened out of riding on Monday (still fighting off this damn...
Monday 9/5
We found Kian’s toothbrush… at the back of the sofa, of course. Thanks Dal!
The weekend
The storm of Saturday morning actually wasn’t so bad in the end. Everyone got up in time to be ready (notwithstanding Temma remembering breakfast at 8:50) and we got to basketball in good time. Kian had a great game. In fact the whole team did, with lots of tight, fast set plays that they pulled off. They won easily, 10-31, and it would have been even more except they let the other team get...
Friday 6/5
Friday morning, my first getting the kids to school and myself to work, went surprisingly smoothly. We left home a bit later than my target of 8:30, but not too much. I walked (with my bike) most of the way to school with them, then rode to work. I left work in time to be home when the kids got home from school (love half days! Until I see how little I get paid…). We all pottered around for...
Jo and Dal's Big Adventure—the home front
Thursday 5/5
I’m going to try to post occasional updates from the home front while Jo and Dal are away travelling the world.
The big day. We were up early and rushing about to take Jo and Dal to the airport. Temma was ready very early, because we told her she had to get dressed and ready for school if she wanted to come to the airport. Such achieved this goal, although 4:30am was...
Missing Dal
I think Harry misses Dal at least as much as anyone. He keeps hopefully sniffing the floor around the kitchen table, but there’s nothing there.