Slice of "S"

Our first week of "S" we ate spelt flakes cereal, spinach perogies, salad, salsa, salt, spaghettini, sloppy joes, snap peas, soy milk, sour cream, soup, strawberries, syrup, and sauce. We bought spaghetti squash (haven't cooked it yet!). We listened to a symphony by Shostakovich. Jacob started [pre]school with his teacher, Miss Sally. Madison picked up her schoolwork for the semester. Madison has fallen in love with my Shania Twain CDs. We said goodbye to summer by packing all of our summer clothes away til next year. The kids had tons of fun playing outside in the sandbox, and also with skipping ropes and sidewalk chalk. We shopped at stores such as Shoppers Drug Mart and Superstore. Madison and Daddy went to a special show. Aunt Kate had an interview with the Savoy Hotel in London. I wore sunglasses. We bought stamps, used the stove, and soap, too! We sang songs, and realized that it is September!

We went to Nana's for lunch and had sandwiches, smoothies, and scones for dessert:

Madison and Jacob coloured scarecrows and stars:

Jacob coloured a schoolbus, a squirrel, a space shuttle, and a skid steer loader:

The three of us coloured seahorses and solar systems:

We took some shadow pictures on a sunny day:

Sabbath school this week was about Samson and Delilah:

And Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego:

We went to Nana's and worked on shell necklaces:

Madison and Jacob made shiny S paper plate crafts for the wall:

Jacob drew a ship on the whiteboard (see the 3 masts with lots of sails?):

We all worked on a solar system mobile:

We played spa:

Madison and Jacob tried sparklers for the first time:

We visited the SPCA and met a bunny named Snowball:

And a cat named Spicka:

I went out for an early morning walk one day, and saw this super spiderweb:


Nana and Grandad's resident squirrel was scurrying around after seeds as usual:

We baked star cupcakes and handed them out to neighbours:

Jacob had a wondering about sucking strawberry juice out of the strawberry using a straw, so we did a little science experiment to see:

Mads figured out that if you slice a sliver and slide it into the straw, you can suck it up!

The kids made sunflowers:

Madison and Daddy had a swordfight in the sun:

The rest of "R"

We started off this week with Daddy's run - he posted his best ever time for a 10K race! This week we ate royal gala apples, rouladen, roast potatoes, rice pudding, and tried some new recipes! We tried our best to do as many Random Acts of Kindness as we could. We drove on a bridge over Englishman River, and helped our friends in their search for a house rental.

Nana snapped a picture of their resident rabbit:

Jacob and I built a racecar:

And he used his racecar hand towel:

We rendezvous'ed with our good friends who moved away. The boys raced:

And the girls rode bikes:

We pulled out some favourite games (Racko and Rummy-O):

Our bible lesson this week was about Rahab:

Here is a photo of the Ruth and Naomi colouring pages from last week's lesson:

We also coloured rainbows:

We ate raspberries:

And Daddy ate one of his favourite childhood foods:

We read more "R" books together:

Nana gave the kids some RCMP pens:

Jacob continues a colouring phase - I couldn't print out "R" pictures fast enough - he coloured rockets, racecars, robots, rabbits, roosters, racoons, rollers, and RCMP:

The kids helped Daddy put the recycling out for pick-up:

Madison adopted her latest Webkinz - a reindeer that she named Rayna:

The kids have rekindled their love for Playmobil and have played for hours this week:

I made one of our favourite family dinners - reuben sandwiches:

We baked rhubarb-raisin muffins:

Mads ate rice krispies for breakfast:

We went out for a special treat - breakfast at a restaurant:

We spotted this little "river" at Nana's beach:

Our family went here to play:

While there we watched a running retriever retrieve a rubber ball repeatedly:

We shared these candies with friends:

In our area, this rock wall has been in progress for months, and is now done:

While at Nana and Grandad's, this little rascally rodent braved the rain:

A highlight outing of this week was when Daddy and Madison went rock climbing at Romper Room:

A few things that were on the list but didn't get explored were: Rathtrevor Park, Roberts Memorial Park, rec centre, recycling depot, and visit to a radio station. Ah well, our week was radical nonetheless!