The Weekend - Part One

It was a crazy weekend, even more than usual. So much so, that it took me this long to get online and talk about it. :)

Justin, my stepson, turns 10 tomorrow so we celebrated his birthday this past weekend. It's a special day and the birthday guy got to choose his favourite meal. I suppose we should have expected this:

Yup - Kraft Dinner and hot dogs.

Dinner of champions, I tell ya.

He was pumped. Top it off with chocolate chip cookies (as ice cream sandwiches for some of us) and that was (and I quote) 'the BEST birthday dinner. EVER'

Presents rounded out the event and a good time was had by all. 

Happy Birthday buddy :)

Back into the routine

Why is it the week after a long weekend, even though it's a day shorter, feels like it's longer? It's been a crazy work week already.

Anyway, the schedule and routine of school and activities has begun. Zach started tae kwon do again tonight after a summer hiatus. His brother didn't join him this year and that was a bit tough, but Zach's back  and enjoying it.

Can't you tell? :)

That's as good as a smile gets around here these days, so I'll take it!

Green Tomato Relish

Happy Labour Day! I absolutely love three day weekends and think every weekend should be like this.

Mr E and I had a very productive weekend around here - I'll fill you in during the week. I'll show you what I was up to today:

Green Tomato Relish - the recipe came from Allrecipes, here. I added less sugar, which was recommended in some of the comments - 5 cups of sugar seemed like a lot, so I only used 4.

And I know you're wondering why I made green tomato relish - this is why:

One of my tomatoes turned red - yup one. All the rest of them stayed green. And with the temperature dropping at night, they weren't going to turn red any time soon. Like ever. There are two huge bowls of tomatoes in this picture, and another bowl you can't see. I had more than 80 tomatoes. So, when life hands you green tomatoes, you make tomato relish (I think that's how the saying goes). 

It was a long process of chopping and food processing and more chopping and cooking and chopping (did I mention there was a lot of chopping?). Finally, the relish was in the jars and looking real purdy (and pretty tasty too!)

I was planning on making two batches, but I decided not to. The recipe made 17 jars of relish - which is going to last us forever. So what on earth would I do with more than 30 jars of it?

Christmas presents, anyone?

Cheers!
Kim

Grade Six - and Welcome

Grade Six. Where does the time go? The boys are talking about being the oldest kids in their school, and it seems like only yesterday they were starting kindergarten.

As they adjust to having to set the standards for their school (their words, not mine) and we gear up for another year of lunches, homework and after school activities, I decided to start a blog. Crazy idea, you say? Absolutely - but time is going so quickly. This will give me the reason to document our craziness and a record of daily life. 

It sounds like a good idea, doesn't it? 

And, just because I know everyone is wondering, here's what grade six looks like in our house. 

Cheers!

Kim