The last I checked it was September already… but by the weather we are having today (+30 cel or more!) one would think it was June or July! Talk about a terrific motivation sapper. We managed halfway decently in the morning but without ac in the house the afternoon had us all crawling. Thankfully the twins always have their quiet time in the basement anyway so they just played down there longer than normal.
Tower?? (Zander left)
Trinity did nap but woke up right in the middle of the afternoon. Thankfully she and I always enjoy an episode of Perry Mason at this time anyway (she loves to dance to the theme song for some strange reason!). So a nice big sippy of water, some cheerios and her favourite pillow and she was quite content. Not exactly happy as this cold still has a bit of a hold on her (so much runny nose!), but better than yesterday!
Perry Mason Girl
Emanuel on the other hand slept the afternoon away. Thank goodness we insist he wears a pull up for nap and bedtime. He just sleeps WAY too soundly!
The letter O was of course covered today… with the song about the fox and the box on the computer. Another easy one for Emanuel to trace.
Letter O
We continued our science lesson with the jelly crystals… now all squishy and coloured the boys got to squish them around.
Squish Squish
These were then added to the “baby pop bottles” and are left over night once again to have the colours blend together. We are saving the rest for future fun.
One More Day to Go! (Gavin middle)
We also started another Christmas gift – rock candy… Our dowel seems to be a bit too wide – I figure if we can get some skewers they will work better. It is relatively simple. All you need is water, sugar, a skewer or cotton thread… flavouring and colouring if you want and a jar. (and probably something better than the smooth dowel I have at home)
Supplies
First boil water and add in the sugar slowly, stirring to dissolve.
Did that On Its Own! (dissolving sugar)
After it is completely dissolved remove from heat and add 1 tsp of the extract if needed (we used cherry this time) and 2-3 drops of colouring (again if you want) and set aside for 10 min to cool.
Adding Colour
Mmm Cherry! (Gavin left)
Pour into the jar carefully.
Use a Funnel!
Add in your skewer or weighted cotton thread. Cover with wax paper or plastic and let cool, if nothing happens over time reboil the water and add more sugar.
All Done!
I was SUPPOSED to make cookies tonight – the oatmeal applesauce ones… but with the heat – ugh no stove for this girl tonight. I am sincerely hoping that I can get the energy to get the 5 dozen cookies baked tomorrow. Trinity is rather frustrated with the lack of applesauce flavoured munchies!
Along the same vein of thought – Ken threw down a rather unofficial gauntlet by saying he didn’t think he would need to plug in the apartment sized deep freeze we own. Well I WIN! This weekend we finally had to plug it in – all my cookies and sauce and leather and bread in the freezer – no room for meat and Ken had to go out and buy a box of bulk hamburgers. So now I am determined to fill it full of good food on a small budget. Wish me luck!
We have refilled the pool for the week… well overfilled this morning as I forgot the water was on. With this heat definitely a must – some day I REALLY want ac! The boys spent quite a bit of the morning out there and then again in the late afternoon. Even Trinity got some time in the pool – until she face planted and got VERY angry. But at least all 4 had some time out in the sun.
Splish Splash! (Zander blue)
I got an interesting invitation for next month – a friend who currently lives in the Yukon has her kids moving here to the city and wants to have a playdate! Go figure how crazy is life??? So it sounds like October will be exciting!
Tonight is actually a rather good night for me – granted I am WAY too hot but tonight Ken promised me 2 hours of his time to get stuff done. Looks like I may just get myself caught up by the weekend… MAYBE. Ken did have another appointment today, this next is Monday. Hopefully this will be the start of a decreasing of appointments. I am so glad that he is doing this and that I am experiencing change but a bit stressed by the amount of time being taken up by his appointments and minor travel time. Patience has worn a little thin I am afraid.
Oh well life is improving, I have ideas a plenty for patterns and the hope that other people will like them too! Wish me luck!
Fingers Crossed and Prayers Said!
We had an earlier party so started with lunch and playing inside.
This went on to presents…
and then outside for… well it was SUPPOSED to be fun in the sun but turned into a drastically wild and unplanned WATER FIGHT!!! Talk about hilarious. And the pool survived it! I love cousin Robbie. He is such a good sport when it comes to the kids!!!
I made miss Echo’s birthday dress myself using a pattern from Bernat, Ruffle Edged Tunic. You can find the pattern for free HERE. I used Simply Soft yarn with it and love the turn out. She is tiny so I was able to get away with the 2T pattern size! But that is as large as it gets.
I think we did well!!!! Enjoy the rest of the pictures!
