Veggie sushi

These are the yummy veggie sushi rolls that the boys made for me. Sam
really had fun making them.

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The monster at the launch of the 6th Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as written by Eoin Colfer with the blessing of Douglas Adams' widow.
Never seen so many people in bathrobes!

One of the reasons we made shoofly pie

As part of his chef badge for cubs Sam had to make a sweet of some
type. One of the books that we are reading for school, The Skipjack
School, mentions a dessert called shoofly pie. I knew nothing about it
except for the clip of the song attached. My mom used to sing it to me
when I was little, except that she only knew about three lines but she
sang them very well! Anyway Sam and I were both intrigued about it so
we decided to make it for his badge. It was easy to make and was very
yummy. It is a lot like treacle tart only sweeter if that is possible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4guFKB5FeuE

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Sam's shoofly pie

Sam and Miko looking very cute!

Sam' homemade pesto and pasta

Sam is currently working on his cooking badge for cubs and the first
task was to cook a two course meal . He made pesto ( which was easier
than I thought) and pasta for the main course and bruchetta for the
first course. They were both yummy and he has decided he would like to
cook every Friday. I think next week he plans to enlist Matt's help to
make sushi.

Sam's homemade bruchetta

Enjoying Le Merce

Fun on the beach!

Drawing in Pompeii

Even boys in Pompeii had Lego !

Our whistle stop tour of Florence

Unplanned beach stop

Off on a cycle adventure around Barcelona

Drawing together in Rome

A drawing lesson in parc guell

My very handsome men on our vacation

Blogging on the move

Just testing to see if I can blog via email from my new phone. The wonders of the modern age!
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New school year, new job, new toys

Happy September! Autumn has snuck up on us, the mornings are cool and at the moment the days are warm. We had more of a break from school work than I had planned but it refreshed us and now we are back at work. Sam is enjoying Math for a change, he really likes fractions and will willing do a few pages of them in his math book. Think he must get this from matt because fractions were not one of my fav things in elementary school. He is also coming on well with his spelling and handwriting. He may not necessariy know how to spell a word but he can now recognise that it doesn't look right and will then go look it up. We are in the middle of Sonlight 3 and really enjoying the American History. I think the visit to the Franklin Museum made it come alive for him and now he is keen to read all about it. I am certainly learning alot, colonial life, especially political life was much more complex than I had thought. The biography of Franklin that I am reading is really good, there is so much more to the man than the kite and the lighting story you learn about in school.

I now have a new job as well, I am officially matt's secretary, in charge of managing all the paperwork etc. that is generated from his private work. He has only just started so things are very quiet but as he and his surgeon colleague establish themselves it will get busier. As I am not his secretary he had to get me a proper phone so at long last I have my own iphone. It is compeletly addictive and I wonder how I ever got along without it! Sam keeps trying to get me to buy game aps but have so far refused-he has a few games on matt's phone and can play pacman on mine but I am not buying him shot 'em up games. He has enough of those on his ds!

officially a cub scout!

officially a cub scout!
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