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crafted by Jozef |
Thursday 31 December 2015
Friday 25 December 2015
The night before Christmas and Christmas morning
Tuesday 15 December 2015
Christmas Cookies and it's snowing outside today!
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The view from my kitchen today! |
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Baking dozens of cookies at Christmas continues as a North American tradition! |
Gingerbread Cookies
Pulse together in a food processor:
1 1/2 cups flour, 1/2 cup rolled oats, 1/2 cup brown sugar, pinch salt, 1 teaspoon ginger, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and a dash or two of nutmeg. Pulse in 1/2 cup butter, 2 Tablespoons of molasses and 1 egg. Chill the dough for 30 minutes and then roll out and bake 10 minutes (until light golden brown).
Growing up in New Zealand my mother often baked ... Traditional Christmas fruit cakes (3-4 per year) including one each for our Birthdays, Belgian biscuits, Anzac biscuits, Afghans, Louise Cake, Ginger crunch, Chocolate coconut slice, Dates loaves, Sultana loaves, Muffins, Melting moments, Kisses, Albert squares with passionfruit icing, Cornflake delights, Date Joys, Cheese cakes ... these are just a few of the goodies that my Mother and my Grandmother baked.
Saturday 31 October 2015
Zombi Vampire Bat Costume for Elementary School Age
Monday 26 October 2015
Saturday 15 August 2015
Summer Fun
Wednesday 24 June 2015
School's Out
School's out now for a 9 week break. We'll be meeting friends at our local park for soccer and tennis, reading at our local library, fishing and spending a week at the Fit and Fun English Summer Day Camp which includes a day trip to Circus Training School here in Quebec City.
Yesterday I worked for 4 hours at my son's school as a parent volunteer, monitoring individual classes on the Pirate Ship Bouncy castle. The last day of school is filled with a course of seven different activities for all ages. It was exhausting work, but also a good opportunity to practice my french by repeatedly using the same phrases.
Yesterday I worked for 4 hours at my son's school as a parent volunteer, monitoring individual classes on the Pirate Ship Bouncy castle. The last day of school is filled with a course of seven different activities for all ages. It was exhausting work, but also a good opportunity to practice my french by repeatedly using the same phrases.
J going down the fire pole as the school bell rings! |
Line up for start of school ... the bell has just rung |
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end of school year elebration! |
Saturday 13 June 2015
New Clothing Store for Children, Cap-Rouge, Quebec City
Boutique pour maman et tout-petits.
Friperie haut de gamme 0-10 ans.
Accessoires créés par des artisans québécois.
Au 4184 côte de Cap-Rouge Quebec-City
My son and I visited the store this week and were delighted to purchase a pair of summer sandals size 12-13 for $12.00 (second hand and in good condition). Commission to the seller is around 30%, and there's a reward system for the purchaser.
I suggest phoning ahead to check if they have items in the size of clothing or shoes you're looking for.
Friday 20 February 2015
100 days' project at school
Saturday 31 January 2015
Skating at School
Living in a very cold climate provides wonderful opportunities for children to learn to skate, cross-country ski, snow shoe and toboggan! J gets to skate at school every Tuesday afternoon. This particular day it was probably around -17 degrees celsius.
Friday 30 January 2015
Birthday Celebration
It was a significant Birthday. "Cabosse" the leopard arrived home from school in J's backpack and joined the party. For homework we took photos and wrote about the weekend Cabosse came to stay. This project, for the first year at school, helps children delineate school life from home life.
Friday 16 January 2015
Freezing temperatures in Quebec, January 2015
Saturday 10 January 2015
What's New: Quebec City writer publishes "Daisy and the Donkey Church"
Daisy and the Donkey Church is available for $15.00
at La Maison Anglaise and features real life animals who live at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Old Quebec!
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