Nice Romantic Dinner

The boys enjoyed a nice evening with their new patio furniture set gift from their cousins AT&A. They simply love it and insisted that we have dinner outside. Andrew wanted to have a romantic meal with his little brother Caleb.

Unfortunately there were no candles (not allowed to play with matches), the stars were not out yet (would have been past their bed time) and no music to compliment the atmosphere (neighbours would have complained). They did enjoy the BBQ hotdogs, the salad and, some chilled Peligrino so all was not lost.

Chicken Kiev

With the movie "Julie and Julia" out, my husband has been experimenting with various recipes. Tonight he did Chicken Kiev for everyone, well almost everyone....Caleb was served a breaded chicken breast (his taste buds have not quite matured). Its a chicken breast stuffed with an herb-garlic butter mixture; it was so good. I told my husband to taunt you all with a picture of his creation.

PNE

A sure sign the end of the summer is near is when the PNE rolls into town. The kids (which includes my husband), just loves the annual fair...it's fun watching the "three kids" wide-eyed as they enter the fair grounds.

The whole fair had a sense of familiarity to it with the mini-donuts, whale-tales, the smell of pop corn. the sounds of screaming kids and my favorite....the useless stuff in the Showmart Building. My husband actually talked this one lady out of buying this steam cleaner. He gave the family our phone# and said they could have ours "free". The sales person was none-too-pleased.

A Night to Remember

Wow, I can hardly believe that the night is over. We were invited to this dinner tonight. The restaurant is in Richmond and is a favourite of the stars of Hollywood. We were hoping to catch a glimpse of a few celebrities and you know what? . . . We were not disappointed!!!


Believe it or not, that's Lucy Liu!!!! I think she flew up from San Francisco to shoot a local commercial or something like that. She was that lady who was in the movie "Charlie's Angels." She's actually talking to Jackie Chan here. I had to do a double take because the guy looks a lot skinnier in person than on the big screen but you know what they say - the camera adds a few extra pounds!


This is Lucy Liu again. She sat about two tables away from where we were sitting. It's funny how she resembles another person I know! I didn't know the famous actress has two kids. She really likes to take pictures!





This is Sandra Oh! I couldn't believe my eyes. We heard her telling others about an upcoming trip to Paris, it's probably an upcoming episode of Grey's Anatomy being filmed abroad. I'm not sure why she covered her face, probably camera shy as Lucy Lui was armed with her camera.

Friday Night

We took the boys to a football game last week. Our neighbour had some tickets that he passed on to us....free is always good. It was kind of difficult for my husband to explain the rules of the game to us, it is a complicated sport.

Caleb is looking not at the game with the binoculars, I think he was checking out what food was being served in the luxury suits behind us!

Summer Camp

Andrew recently attended a summer camp. One of the speakers during the week was an individual who will bring his reptile collection for a "show and tell". The biggest thrill for the kids were the snakes....they were so big. It was quite educational for them and a very hands on demonstration.

There was a lemur, a scorpion, a turtle and two boas!!!

Andrew's Friend

Andrew recently invited one of his school friends over. Claudia and Andrew have been in the same class for the past two years and have really developed a good friendship. They actually teamed up later and drenched Caleb in a water fight!

During an outing a few weeks ago, Andrew bought two of these colas. My husband likes to try new things and he opened one up to drink. Andrew got quite upset that he drank it and made him go out and buy another one. Andrew had purchased the colas to share with his friend Claudia. My husband spent two hours trying to find a replacement can; it didn't help that Andrew couldn't remember where he got them. My husband finally found the store and in the end, Claudia didn't care much for the drink!