Foodie Fridays (on Wednesdays)

Keeping Sophie busy is always interesting on Wednesdays when she is home from daycare.

The weather was crummy today, so we couldn't go outside.

I picked her up a Dora preschooler "learning lowercase abcs" workbook. She managed to go from letters a - h this morning (with help of course). Between doing that and tending to Fynn, cleaning up, changing her sheets, and having a shower it took us close to 11am. Time for some painting. That is usually good for about 20 minutes or so. I think when the weather warms up, I'm going to move her eisle outside.

After lunch we had enough time to do some baking. I was going to save this project until Friday, but today seemed as good as any. The recipe came together nicely -- the proof will be tonight when we have it for dessert. It just had the required 50 minutes (the bundt which we did takes longer) in the oven and then it was time to head down to the library to take back our books and for Storytime.

We are back home now and just relaxing. We are done....I am done. These two little people kick my butt some days :) I think I'm going to lock myself into my bedroom and watch Oprah and the "hoarder" lady this afternoon.

Foodie Fridays

These probably barely qualify as food, but it was fun to make with Sophie and very seasonal.

In other news, yesterday I had coffee with my friend Kim who happens to be our family doctor. She heard Fynn's cough while we were chatting, and as a double-check precaution she suggested he get a chest x-ray. She wanted to rule out pneumonia.

So, after we had just come in from some errands downtown today, we got a call to be at the hospital, as they could fit us in for the x-ray. Off Sophie, Fynn and I trudged again.

Sophie had a chest x-ray once when she was very young, so I imagined they would have Fynn lie on the table the same way. Instead, now what they do is put the baby in this little upright contraption. It is a plexiglass holder (like this one) that keeps their torso straight, with their arms straight up overhead. As predicted, Fynn cried -- not because it was hurting him (they assured me), but just an uncomfortable position to be in. The radiologist told me his x-ray look fine, but we will get the final report next week.

And finally, after 5 months of not getting out for a couple of hours sans children, I called up our babysitter Irene and asked her if she could look after Sophie AND Fynn. It all worked out fine - and we got to see this movie, which was great.

Foodie Fridays

Today we tried a recipe from Jean Pare's Rookie Cook, cookbook. The recipes are simple and most regular kitchens have the ingredients on hand.

We tried the Baked Vanilla French Toast. Quite yummy and perfect for a winter afternoon lunch. The vanilla was a nice addition.

Sophie enjoys helping, but REALLY needs to listen to mom when I tell her to not put her hands in the beaters (we managed to dodge that one without injury).

Rating: 4 stars (out of 5)

We then had some play time outside in the snow, followed by this cute film from the National Film Board of Canada. It's very well done, but too bad it is only 10 minutes long. No, we are not getting a dog either.