Quote of the Day 60

Mama is telling Dada lunchtime how it takes forever to get BigE out of the shower after swimming. Meaning they're not home for super until unusually late.

BigE "Yeah a shower warms me up as much as hot chocolate"

There you have it

Boo!

This year's pumpkins carved by BigE and Dada

Not a bad test with the lights off in kitchen and a flash light shoved inside.

Our designs came from a book we bought by Home Logic Halloween. (Note four free pumpkin patterns)

Big Cousin's Birthday

It took a little while to get the pictures off the camera but without further ado is Jakie's Birthday pictures. BigE was excited for Jakie all day long.

Nothing like going out for your birthday without the obligatory stupid giant hat and sing along. Ughhh

And here is Jakie with Peanut.

Nanaimo Bars

Yet another recipe after Moist Cookies.

BASE
1/ 2 CUP MARGARINE OR BUTTER (ROOM TEMPERATURE)
1 /4 CUP BROWN SUGAR
1 TSP. VANILLA
1 EGG
Put the above ingredients in a double boiler and cook until a custard like consistency.

COMBINE
3 TBLSP. COCOA
2 CUPS GRAHAM WAFTER CRUMBS
1 CUP COCONUT
1 /2 CUP NUTS (OPTIONAL)
Now add the mixture from the double boiler into these ingredients and mix well. Press into a 6x12 inch greased pan.

SECOND OR MIDDLE LAYER
CREAM TOGETHER
1/4 CUP MARGARINE OR BUTTER (ROOM TEMPERATURE)
2 CUPS ICING SUGAR
2 TBLSP. CUSTARD POWDER
ADD 3 TBLSP. MILK Or just enough to get mixture together in an icing sugar consistency to spread. If more milk is needed just add very small amounts at a time.

Spread second layer over base.

TOP
MELT 5 OR 6 OZ SEMI SWEET CHOCOLATE CHIPS WITH 2 TBLSP OR MARGARINE OR CHRISCO and spread over the bottom layer. Chill in fridge and cut when just a little cool.

A Little Smile

Peanut is really enjoying the bouncy chair the last few days. (I hope to get some video up on that pretty soon.) But we have a pic with a little trace of a smile as she's enjoying the dangling toys.

Pumpkin Patch 08

Another fall has come and we've taken another trip to the pumpkin patch. BigE was there last week with the class. This weekend we went with some friends. In my favorite picture I almost caught the perfect shot of a pumpkins last moments. Alas the photo is a little blurry.

At least the tractor was able to give us the traditional ride into the patch. This year it didn't stop to let us off into the corn maze first so we picked some pumpkins and stashed them on the side of the road.

After finding some pumpkins we took a trip through the corn maze. The kids did a pretty good job leading the group.

We finished the maze on the other end from where we started. The kids were so confident they went in one row and walked the whole length of the maze. Straight down the row of planted corn. But they felt like they'd done the whole maze by themselves.

With a little help we get the kids into the BOO! sign.


Peanut enjoying her first trip. First traces of a smile. Something about the flash scares it away.


BigE got a ride in the little green wagon with his buddies. Dada had to pull them up the hill in that thing. (We decided not to wait for the tractor ride)


Then there was some play time on the cart, bails of straw, and piles of pumpkins

The Family Photo

Pulled this out of the Pumpkin patch visit. Thought it would be nice just to post the photo of the family.

Wondering What Our Weather Is

From the Government's WeatherOffice.gc.ca Ottawa Average Weather Info.

E.g.
Average daily temperature
Nov 1'c
Dec -7'c
Jan -10.8'c

Average daily min temperature
Nov -2.8'c
Dec -11'c
Jan -15'c