Garfield movie

We watched the Garfield movie tonight. It produced many laughs from everyone.

The queen is the most powerful

The boys are learning to play chess. Joshua has been asking me for tips on how to play so that he can have good "strategies". I heard him say this morning to Jed that he has some secret strategies. Jed tried to get those strategies from him, but he just said; "The queen is the most powerful!"

Totally worth it

Jed was talking in his sleep this morning. He said: "That was so totally worth reading". He always loves to read and so this is quite typical from him.

Nunchucks

Ninja are very popular in our household at the moment. This interest in ninja, is spurred on by Ninjago. Jed and Josh have wanted nunchucks for quite a while. Today Jed said to Darryl: "I really am into nunchucks" and so today, Darryl made them each a pair. He made them with plumbing pex, insulation foam and string. 

Drilling holes as the boys and dog watch

Checking Youtube for ideas

The final product

Check out the headband and belt

All ready for action

 After supper, we asked Jed to vacuum the living room. I thought that he was doing a pretty good job as I was downstairs and I heard the vacuum going. Darryl notices that Jed is vacuuming but he is reading at the same time. Guess what book he is reading ... a Ninjago book.

Reading while vacuuming

Mom, "I can multi-task"

"This part sure is interesting"

I was born to ...

Today Joshua said "I was born to .... rock the boat."

I think that he has been reading too much Garfield.

Quiet Saturday

It was a quiet day today. The boys played, Darryl took hockey photos and I made rusks and tea biscuits. The boys have been reading Garfield comic books and they have some favourite scenes. Today they acted out a few of the scenes.

Garfield skit from Heather Hansen on Vimeo.

In the afternoon, we went to the Bold Centre to play and workout. We all had a good time. Jed and Josh love to play a bouncing ball game. They try and see how many times they can go under the ball before it touches them.

Darryl lay with Joshua before he went to sleep. As Darryl moved out of the bed, Joshua said; "Thanks for warming a spot for me, dad." After that he fell asleep almost immediately.

Fun in the city

We stayed overnight in Edmonton last night. We woke up early and Darryl took his truck to Cap-It to have a tonneau cover and a spray-in box-liner installed. We went to Smitty's for breakfast. The boys ordered French Toast for breakfast. Jed quoted Snoopy when he said "Rats, I hate it when it snows on my french toast." Unfortunately, their French toast did not get powdered sugar on it and so they asked the waitress to bring them some !! While waiting for the vehicle, we walked to Walmart and did some shopping. Also went to Bulk Barn where we bought false teeth candy and old fashioned candy sticks. At an Optometrist, both Jed and Josh, had their photos taken with Willie of Duck Dynasty !!

In the afternoon, we swam some more at the hotel's waterpark. The boys loved the slide and the hot-tub !! After picking up the truck we went to Chapters to browse. Jed and Joshua, found the Lego Ninjago items and studied the boxes instead of picking up any books to read.

Undecided about where to eat. Eventually, we picked the Olive Garden for their soup and salad combo. Both Jed and Joshua enjoyed the meal so much that they stated that they thought that their meal was "the best ever". Now we have a new favourite restaurant !!

More swimming in the evening to round off a lovely day !!

A New Year - 2014

Lots of excitement in our house last night and this morning. We were all very excited for the New Year and had a lovely dinner of the boy's favourite meal: Meatballs and Spaghetti. Wineglasses were filled with Mango Juice and we toasted to the New Year. Jed likes to make sure that we all clink our glasses simultaneously and to say "Cheers !" in unison. After that we all had a turn to speak about something we learned in 2013 and something that we want to learn in 2014. Joshua made us all laugh by saying: " In 2014, I'd like to learn to use my mom's credit card !"

In the morning, we made Oatmeal pancakes as a treat. Jed was in charge of measuring the "Buttermilk". I usually just add milk and 2 tablespoons of lemon juice as a substitute.  The recipe called for 2 cups of buttermilk. Jed subsequently made the buttermilk by using 1 cup of milk and 1 cup of lemon juice. He only told me about this when we sat down to our breakfast and the pancakes had a distinctive lemon flavour !!!

In the afternoon, we drove to Edmonton as Darryl's new truck had to go in to have some accessories added. We stayed in the Travelodge in West Edmonton and the boys had so much fun going down the l-o-n-g slide at the waterpark !!