Chance was dry in the morning all last week. Actually, more than a week, because we started counting on a Thursday. So for 9 consecutive mornings, he has not peed in his pull-up! As an incentive to keep up the effort, he was allowed to pick a movie at Blockbuster and decide on his own supper choice -- what does any nearly 4 year old want?? McDonalds, of course. He chose Ironman for a movie.
Way to go Chance, we are proud of you!
Friday, July 30, 2010
New Pillows!
$10 to cover all of our living room pillows. I have done 3 so far, just need to finish the 4th one, ran out of thread on the sewing machine. Wanna bet it never gets done???
Friday, July 23, 2010
Food, Glorious Food
Rice crackers...she likes to share with Chance too.
Green beans. After this first taste, she finished the whole bowl.
"I'm still hungry!"
"Mmmmm, carrots!" Monday, July 19, 2010
Mmmmmm....
Made this for dessert tonight. If you like brownies...you'll like these too.
Blondies (modified from How To Cook Everything)
6 tablespoons butter, melted
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla or 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
Pinch salt * important -- need to balance the sweetness out
1 cup all-purpose flour
Butter an 8×8 pan (spray with oil)
Mix melted butter with brown sugar – beat until smooth. Beat in egg and then vanilla.
Add salt, stir in flour. Mix in any additions (below).
Pour into prepared pan. Bake at 350°F 20-25 minutes, or until set in the middle. Cool on rack before cutting, a pizza cutter works well.
Further additions, use one or a combination of:
1/2 to 1 cup chopped nuts, toasting them first for even better flavor
1/2 to 1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 teaspoon mint extract in addition to or in place of the vanilla
1/2 cup mashed bananas
1/4 cup bourbon, scotch or other whiskey; increase the flour by one tablespoon
2 tablespoons of espresso powder with the vanilla
Stir 1/2 cup dried fruit, especially dried cherries, into the prepared batter
My additions tonight were 1/2 cup golden raisins, 1/4 cup sliced almonds, and 1/4 cup milk chocolate chips...which actually melted down due to the warm butter in the batter....so it made chocolate smears. Delicious chocolate smears, that is.
Blondies (modified from How To Cook Everything)
6 tablespoons butter, melted
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla or 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
Pinch salt * important -- need to balance the sweetness out
1 cup all-purpose flour
Butter an 8×8 pan (spray with oil)
Mix melted butter with brown sugar – beat until smooth. Beat in egg and then vanilla.
Add salt, stir in flour. Mix in any additions (below).
Pour into prepared pan. Bake at 350°F 20-25 minutes, or until set in the middle. Cool on rack before cutting, a pizza cutter works well.
Further additions, use one or a combination of:
1/2 to 1 cup chopped nuts, toasting them first for even better flavor
1/2 to 1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 teaspoon mint extract in addition to or in place of the vanilla
1/2 cup mashed bananas
1/4 cup bourbon, scotch or other whiskey; increase the flour by one tablespoon
2 tablespoons of espresso powder with the vanilla
Stir 1/2 cup dried fruit, especially dried cherries, into the prepared batter
My additions tonight were 1/2 cup golden raisins, 1/4 cup sliced almonds, and 1/4 cup milk chocolate chips...which actually melted down due to the warm butter in the batter....so it made chocolate smears. Delicious chocolate smears, that is.
Happy Half Birthday, Karin!
The girl has grown a lot in the last 2 months...she nowreaches the top buttons on the rocking chair!!
Karin turned 6 months old this month. She celebrated the day in style, with a couple of naps and an evening meal of apple sauce and barley cereal. Only 6 more months and the girl can eat cake!
Vacation in Ontario & Quebec - Part 3
Our final days in sunny and warm and HUMID Ontario were spent with Cam's aunts, Sharon and Susan. We had a wonderful visit and they treated us to great meals and interesting tours and museum visits. I think they had a good time too, especially with the kids. Thank you, ladies!
Off to visit the Canadian Agriculture Museum. What a great place to stop.
Are we having fun yet? We visited cows, horses, chickens, rabbits, a donkey and a whole lot of bees!
"Maman" outside the National Art Gallery. Chance loved this sculpture. Unfortunately the museum was fairly pricy, so instead we opted to go view the Parliament Buildings from across the river.
Chance took this photo of Cam and I. 
Parliament Buildings.
Nice view!
Karin snuggled in with Auntie Susan.
Susan had bought popsicles and water guns for Chance. They got into several waterfights, one including the garden hose (Susan hosing down Chance). When Chance got his hands on the garden hose, Susan ran behind the gazebo where we were sitting and Chance soaked everyone, including Karin who was sleeping! Sharon scolded Susan but we all had to admit it was pretty funny.
Sharon and Susan in their beautiful garden.
Visiting the Nature Museum. The dinosaur exhibit was sponsored by Talisman. Cameron is feeding the baby to a chasmosaurus.
Learning about being a marine biologist or other natural scientist - navigating the waters in a zodiac, just like Mommy and Daddy used to do in their geology camps up in Northern Saskatchewan.
Pushing all the buttons he can find in a replica of a submarine.
Enjoying the view at the airport.
Off to visit the Canadian Agriculture Museum. What a great place to stop.
Are we having fun yet? We visited cows, horses, chickens, rabbits, a donkey and a whole lot of bees!
"Maman" outside the National Art Gallery. Chance loved this sculpture. Unfortunately the museum was fairly pricy, so instead we opted to go view the Parliament Buildings from across the river.
Chance took this photo of Cam and I. 
Parliament Buildings.
Nice view!
Karin snuggled in with Auntie Susan.
Susan had bought popsicles and water guns for Chance. They got into several waterfights, one including the garden hose (Susan hosing down Chance). When Chance got his hands on the garden hose, Susan ran behind the gazebo where we were sitting and Chance soaked everyone, including Karin who was sleeping! Sharon scolded Susan but we all had to admit it was pretty funny.
Sharon and Susan in their beautiful garden.
Visiting the Nature Museum. The dinosaur exhibit was sponsored by Talisman. Cameron is feeding the baby to a chasmosaurus.
Learning about being a marine biologist or other natural scientist - navigating the waters in a zodiac, just like Mommy and Daddy used to do in their geology camps up in Northern Saskatchewan.
Pushing all the buttons he can find in a replica of a submarine.
Enjoying the view at the airport.
Ready to go home. Our flight was at 6:45 PM, so Karin slept, and Chance stayed awake the entire way. So when we got home Chance hit the sack immediately and Karin stayed awake for a few hours until we got unpacked and then went back to bed no problem.
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