Thursday, December 17, 2009

Happy success...

So here is my first ever attempt at making 'sushi rolls'. I made them with canned tuna so that first-timers to sushi would feel a little braver. I made it spicy with chili sauce, but still didn't have quite the right flavor balance in my opinion. But they looked pretty! (And stayed rolled which was my big worry.) Curran actually helped me...by eating the seaweed wrappers and using wet (clean) fingers to flatten the rice.
I made these for a short public presentation I did on international holidays. In my little speech I touched upon Guy Fawkes day, Shichigosan, Baba Marta, Loi Krathong, Teej, Semana Santa and Eid al-fitr. I think about 12 or more sat through my presentation and participated awesomely, offering up their own stories of local and international holidays and traditions. The event was even written up in the local paper beforehand afterwards here as well. I had so much fun putting this presentation together, and I learned a lot which felt great.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Getting ready...

We're having fun getting ready for Christmas here. My mom and I tried an apple fruitcake this year. (You can see we were serious about cutting it well! hehe) It was too tasty! We got our tree put up a week or so ago. If it's not too dark you might see the boys peering at our finished tree. What fun! I'm really enjoying getting ready for Christmas... Baking and eating waaay too much I'm sure =)

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Halloween 2009


Avery was King Arthur and Curran was Sir Lancelot. They both had sooo much fun, I was glad that all the costume-making effort was appreciated by my boys!














These are our pumpkins. Mine's at the top, and had a motion-activated spooky noise light inside that managed to scare several neighborhood kids, mwuh-ha-ha! Avery's is on the third step down. Dad carved it for him, but he collaborated with the design.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Kindergarten portrait


Here's our handsome little man :)

Just a couple days ago he randomly asked, "Mom, why don't soda and beef jerky mold if you leave them out of the fridge?" *chuckle* Boy he takes after his mother (or so I like to think.)

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Bunch of giggles...



Had fun with the boys this evening. Though these pictures were taken during the summer, it portrays the crazy fun we had. We did what must be the wildest dances ever to Paul Simon's Graceland! I'll have to get up a video soon, 'cause I swear Curran has turned into a kangaroo!