Pink jersey
Donné asked Grace to fetch Adam a jersey, but she decided upstairs was too far to go and therefore he should just wear her jersey…..
Sushi night
There was a buzz of excitement running through the house – the children were edgy, waiting for it to happen. We collected it and the smell was permeating the car – could Donné hold back until we got home? The table was rapidly set, the moment was nearing. Sauce bowls filled, sticks in hand, everyone waited with anticipation.Sushi!
And then it was gone.
Vacuum time
Time to vacuum up the chips that Adam messed on the floor
Carpenter Adam
Carpentry requirements:
- Ear protection…check
- Head protection….check (if a police helmet counts)
- Eye protection….hmmm
- Hammer….check (in Adam’s world anything or everything is a hammer – at least this time he had the tool right)
Carnival!
Grace’s class did a carnival dance in the school play and after some searching Donné managed to get hold of the music, so now Grace can dance to her heart’s desire…
The Judo rock
Eli came home from Judo very excited to tell his story about how it took so many people to roll him over, and how Luka (who he calls Luke Skywalker) turned red in the face trying to roll him over. One very excited guy, who is clearly getting stronger.
Here is the less hyper version recorded after the first telling…
James at True Grit
We joined the McKay’s to celebrate James’ birthday at True Grit
Candles proved to be tricky
Little guys tucking in
Working on the bike skills
Pop up fun
We were very kindly invited to join the Hex team celebrate the end of the year. It was a very interesting and fun meal by Slippery Spoon Kitchen who do pop up restaurants and dinner events.
The first course was buffalo mozzarella, tomatoes and basil, but with an extra twist of injecting the tomatoes with one of the flavours – truffle oil, machu tea or elderberry vinegar.
Next was their ode to a tiffin box
Tikka chicken, basmati rice, yogurt, and pickled onion on a roti – super yummy
There were beakers full of broth bubbling away on top of a Himalayan salt slab on little gas burners. The next course was a smoked dumpling which the broth was poured over.
The flavour of the broth really developed as you ate it
A TV tray with steak, tuna, bone marrow mash and kimchi
We used the salt slabs to cook the food
The kimchi was something I have never had before and quite enjoyed – the flavour was very unique.
We ended with a beautiful white chocolate and Turkish delight panna cotta with marshmallow filled tulips. There were meringue pieces, popping candy and caviar sprinkled on top
It was a wonderful night out together (made possible by Keren) and a very memorable meal. A huge thank you to Stephan and the Hex team for the opportunity to join them.
Death & Tiffany Aching
It seems that after years of holding back we’re now embracing Halloween as a tradition after our first one last year.
Death & Tiffany Aching (from the Discworld novels)
Policemen, a pirate and the motorcycle magician. 
Eyeballs
Addy the magic bike rider
Adam’s swimming lesson
Adam has been loving his swimming lessons and after settling into it is quite happy to go with the instructor and do his thing. Hopefully after the first six weeks he’ll be good to go on his own.