quietly making noise

Remembrance Day

2009-11-09T18:36:00.000Z

This Sunday Syston had the annual Remembrance Day parade. Sam marched
with his cub pack and looked very smart . He managed to sit through
the church service with minimal fidgeting and really seemed to take in
what the day was all about. I was very proud of him for behaving so
well .

For Sale-One Gently Used House..

2009-11-04T18:45:00.002Z

As the market is finally picking up we decided to bite the bullet and put the house up for sale so that we can move to Lincoln. It has been on sale for 24 hours now and I have spent the whole day wondering why after only one day on the market the agent hasn't phone with a list of prospective buyers. I am not a patient person, can you tell? I know it could be weeks or months before we get a viewing and that is going to drive me crazy. I have no control over this part of the whole process and I hate not being able to do anything to get the buyers through the front door. The carpets have all been professionally cleaned and the walls all repainted and rooms decluttered as much as possible, so I think I can talk up the house if I could just get someone through the front door. I know it has only been 24 hours and I need to chill but that is sadly not in my nature.

We are viewing a few houses in Lincoln over the weekend just to get a feel for what is up there should this one sell. It looks as if money goes a bit further up there so we should be able to get a much bigger garden for the pups and sam. They all need more room to run around.

Other than painting and cleaning we haven't been up to much-just the usual schoolwork. We are both enjoying learning about the Revolutionary War and has you can see from the pic below had fun reinacting a battle or two. I would love to take him home and show him the sites for real-I know he would love Boston and all the museums in DC.

Reinacting the battle of Lexington and Concord

2009-11-04T18:07:00.000Z

We have been learning about the Revolutionary War so as it was a wet
and miserable afternoon we decided to play soldiers and reinact the
first battle. It was not really a fair fight given that Sam had a tank
and lots of men while I had just a few guys and two dinos! He had
remembered a lot about the battle even threw in a few characters from
Johny Tremain for good measure. Home Ed is fantastic !

It's tough being Rogue!!

2009-11-02T18:14:00.000Z

Homemade fish and chips

2009-10-31T19:44:00.000Z

As it was Friday yesterday the boys cooked dinner. Not only did they
make homemade fish but they also made homemade chips. It was very
yummy!!

An old favorite makes a comeback

2009-10-31T19:39:00.000Z

Sam rediscovered his Lincoln logs yesterday . He spent ages building
this fort and had a ball.

My handsome men!

2009-10-24T15:15:00.000+01:00

Today the boys had their first shooting lesson. They were clay pigeon
or skeet shooting so animals were harmed. They both enjoyed it and
Matthew was a very good shot. Sam managed to hit a few of the clays
buy could do with being a bit taller and bulkier. They are both very
keen to go again and despite my complete lack of hand eye coordination
I may have a go next time. Tomorrow they are trying fly fishing- so
there could be fresh fish for dinner!

Fire!

2009-10-24T15:08:00.000+01:00

Learning to aim

2009-10-24T15:07:00.000+01:00

Playing warhammer with Sam !!!

2009-10-21T20:33:00.000+01:00

It is Friday which means the boys cooked!

2009-10-16T21:41:00.001+01:00

Sam wanted to make Japanese food tonight so he and matt made salmon
sushi, veggie sushi and chicken and salmon tempura. They had a great
time and the meal was delicious. I think next Friday they are going to
do a Chinese meal. Sam has announced that he wants to make Christmas
dinner and wants to start this weekend with christmas cake.

Veggie sushi

2009-10-16T21:34:00.001+01:00

These are the yummy veggie sushi rolls that the boys made for me. Sam
really had fun making them.

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2009-10-11T14:32:00.000+01:00

The monster at the launch of the 6th Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as written by Eoin Colfer with the blessing of Douglas Adams' widow.
Never seen so many people in bathrobes!

One of the reasons we made shoofly pie

2009-10-10T20:12:00.000+01:00

As part of his chef badge for cubs Sam had to make a sweet of some
type. One of the books that we are reading for school, The Skipjack
School, mentions a dessert called shoofly pie. I knew nothing about it
except for the clip of the song attached. My mom used to sing it to me
when I was little, except that she only knew about three lines but she
sang them very well! Anyway Sam and I were both intrigued about it so
we decided to make it for his badge. It was easy to make and was very
yummy. It is a lot like treacle tart only sweeter if that is possible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4guFKB5FeuE

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Sam's shoofly pie

2009-10-10T19:53:00.001+01:00

Sam and Miko looking very cute!

2009-10-10T06:59:00.001+01:00

Sam' homemade pesto and pasta

2009-10-10T06:57:00.001+01:00

Sam is currently working on his cooking badge for cubs and the first
task was to cook a two course meal . He made pesto ( which was easier
than I thought) and pasta for the main course and bruchetta for the
first course. They were both yummy and he has decided he would like to
cook every Friday. I think next week he plans to enlist Matt's help to
make sushi.

Sam's homemade bruchetta

2009-10-10T06:51:00.001+01:00

Enjoying Le Merce

2009-09-24T17:46:00.001+01:00

Fun on the beach!

2009-09-24T17:45:00.001+01:00

Drawing in Pompeii

2009-09-23T14:57:00.000+01:00

Even boys in Pompeii had Lego !

2009-09-23T14:55:00.001+01:00

Our whistle stop tour of Florence

2009-09-23T14:53:00.000+01:00

Unplanned beach stop

2009-09-23T14:51:00.001+01:00

Off on a cycle adventure around Barcelona

2009-09-23T14:50:00.001+01:00