Wow! It has been a crazy week. I feel like I was constantly on the go that all my days this week seemed to blur together. In fact, last Friday feels like just two days ago. Is that good or bad? On top of that, we had a couple of gorgeous (I mean really awesome) days […]
A Fall Morning at the Park
We have been plagued with so much rain this fall. Fortunately, we managed to catch a little break last Sunday morning – it was warm and sunny (and windy too!). Although we had chores galore, we decided to put them off until the afternoon so we could check out the gorgeous fall colors at our local park. […]
Soy Sauce Pork (Tau Yew Bak)
Here’s a dish that I grew up with. Of course back then, my mum often made it with pork belly or pork leg, which I’m not a big fan of because of all the fats. When I make this dish now, I use pork chops instead. To get the meat cooked until it is fall-apart tender, […]
Romaine with Feta Salad
You know that giant bag of romaine lettuce that you get from Costco, the one you’re not sure if you would be able to finish. Well, here’s a super-easy and tasty salad that you can make any day of the week and in no time at all, you’ll wonder what happened to all the romaine. :D Use however […]
Fall Fun
Rain, rain, go away, Come again another day. Rain, rain, go away, Little Alex wants to play. Well, what do ya know? It worked! :D We had rain every day this past week except Thursday. Alex had just started to feel better from being sick and since it was a gorgeous day (not a cloud […]
Chocolate-Cherry Banana Bread
Note: Photos were updated in April 2020. October 2012: I just found out from Keith that the Chocolate-Cherry Banana Bread is now his favorite banana bread. :D This past Tuesday, I decided it was time to use the over-ripe bananas that I’ve been staring at for the past week. Instead of using them to make […]
Sunflower
We signed Alex up for art lessons this year. So far, he has had four classes and seemed to really enjoy them. Here’s a painting that he did last week, where he learned to use complimentary colors. Love it! Today, the kids actually worked with clay and Alex decided to make a treasure chest. Can’t […]
Chiffon Cake with Strawberries and Cream
Happy Fall! Yikes! Have I really been away that long? My daily schedule has been pretty hectic this school year. Between Alex’s daily lessons, driving him back and forth to therapies, piano lesson, art lesson, and not to mention other general life responsibilities and commitments, I’m often exhausted and brain dead by the end of […]
Flea Market
Went to a flea market last weekend and had a fun time looking through all the odds and ends…you know what they say, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. :D Thanks for coming with me, Amy!
Heron
Here’s a quick and simple art project that Alex did recently – he drew a picture of a heron (instructions are in the Big Backyard magazine, issue June/July 2012) on a pre-made card, and colored it with markers. This special card went to Grammy and Grandpa. :D And here’s a picture I took a while […]