Supercooking and the Outdoors

To my dismay, Caleb had been getting bored hanging out at home. I imagined the kids would have a blast with me this summer but it turns out it's tiring having a newborn and six year olds demand a lot of attention and energy. Caleb showed no interest in summer camps this year but agreed to go this week because he'd be in a camp with his cousin Eddie. So Caleb's playing it up at a local Super Hero camp. This morning when we went outside to leave the air smelled funny, like farm funny, and Caleb said "It smells like cows. Maybe someone has a stuffed toy of a cow that smells like a real cow." Haha, don't think that would go over very well on Dragon's Den. I also had to turn back when driving him to camp because Caleb reminded me he needed a pillowcase and a picture of himself for camp craft today. I told him he has a good memory and he replied "yeah, I have good memories." Funny kid.


Liana and I have dedicated this boyfree time to watching copious amounts of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (halfway through the series) and making kitchen messes. We didn't photograph all our meals but here's a snapshot. No links as we were using hardcopy recipes.

Breakfast "Pink Lady" (colour is from beets)

Breakfast blueberry almond shake

Breakfast "Power Packed Green Smoothie"

Snack chocolate orange smoothie

Our first attempt at making sushi for lunch! "Quinoa Vegetable Maki Sushi Rolls"

After a little practice!

Miso soup

Vegan Buster Parfait (on left) - didn't get a picture of this one but it was delicious and really did look that cute

I've been trying to be more active and to get the kids to be more active. Liana and I both joined My Fitness Pal so together we're tracking our food and exercise (also a great way to track Liana's nutritional intake as a vegan). Getting Caleb or Liana to go outdoors is like pulling teeth but once we're out they're usually glad for it. Liana and I even went for a lovely 5k walk/run last Sunday in preparation for the Colour Run.

Still afraid of the monkey bars

 

Trying out her new roller skates

 

Windy evenings call for a bonnet!

Caleb flying his kite with a little girl he met at the park

Picture Liana took of a cloud that has a heart in it

My favourite place to go for long walks (about a 20 min walk from home)

Waiting for Liana while she takes 2,745,654 pictures at the bike path

 

Dexter's loving this being more active thing

Dinner in the backyard

Evelyn's second time in the pool

 

Darcy was just helping Caleb out of the pool but this picture's hilarious

Love her face

Darcy has mad diving skills

Caleb wading through the Darcy made waves

 

Evelyn loves long sleeps during the day. This is unfortunate as far as nights go but allows for oh so sweet cuddle moments.

Sisterly bonding

We call this Evelyn's giving up or surrendering to sleep position - usually means it'll be a long nap!

And a random thing: We bought and adhered the City's $2 no junk mail sticker yesterday and woke up to this:

Fail!