I took some time this weekend to got through some of my favourite pics from my trip to BC… I still have a few that I would like to put up also but it is a start…
I also wanted a place to add the pics so that my favourites are all together…
So here they are if you want to check them out…
My mom and Grandma came over today…
My Grandma doesn’t come often so it was really nice to see her…
I took some pictures of her because everytime I see her I just think she looks amazing…
She will 85 next month….
with my mom…
I love days like this…
I got up this morning and started my turkey stock for the turkey and dumpling soup that I made for supper…
Cleaned the kitchen, made oatmeal for the boys and toast for me…
Swept and cleaned the floors…
Cleaned the dishes and started the dishwasher…
Made the boys beds…
Made lunch…
and then cut the boys hair… (then swept again…lol)
Then I made the Turkey and Dumpling soup which turned out amazing!!
Not to mention that I am now writing my third blog post… lol
I wanted to go swimming but I got to the pool but it was closed… I really hate that pool…
Anyway… here are some pics of the boys…
Colin… before…
After
Xavier before…
After…
and though Khéna didn’t get a haircut… I can’t leave him out 🙂
I have been missing making sourdough bread for a while now… my starter died when I was pregnant with Khéna… so I have been trying to make some sourdough starter again…
The first attempt…. failed… just failed… no idea what happened…
The second attempt… put too much water by accident while feeding it and didn’t catch my mistake… no go…
Third… I decided to try cheating and starting with a bit of yeast… foam… looking good… then flat… dead…
Fourth… mixed some flour and water and just let it sit… fed it and slowly I saw bubbles… after about a week I wasn’t getting more but I knew there was potential… so I added about 1/4 tsp of sugar and it doubled within the hour…fed it again the next day with flour and water and it foamed again… and it is perfect!!!
So I have been making sourdough again…
Knead and let rise until doubled…
yummy!!!!
and what a cool castle it is…
I found this on Kijiji at a price that I could not ignore… So on Saturday I got the seats out of the car… took the ferry to the north shore and drove about an hour to pick it up…
It was a bit tough to put together because two of the walls didn’t want to snap together and the kids were really excited wanting to play in it so they couldn’t stop wanting to “help”…
Now we still have to rearrange the play room a bit more and continue decluttering… but it is a hit!
You can climb onto a platform in the turret.. or hid under that… and the door locks and there is a secret passageway behind the fireplace…There is a slide missing in the back but the boys don’t know that so they really don’t care… I would love to find a replacement though…
I think that we are going to make some flags soon to decorate it and make it their own…
