Bootcamp Babes

Even the horrible weather won't stop these babes from getting a work out.  


Baby bootcamp babes work out with Kelly Howatson and their moms on Mondays.


It's a load of fun!

Class info

Cork and Fin: Dine Out restaurant no. 1

Last evening Tony and I went to check out Cork and Fin in Gastown (By 
the Gassy Jack statue).  Enjoyed Oysters, Pear & Blue Cheese Salad, 
Seafood Ciopinno, Snapper and Beef Short Ribs.  All very tasty, but we 
were left still hungry (very small portions).  The portion sizes were 
probably what we should eat realistically, but Tony still had a 
hankering for something and I wanted to check out somewhere for 
desert. 


We headed across the street to The Diamond (a place I used to 
visit for drinks with my colleagues) where Tony decided to try their 
$18 dine out menu!  He had duck confit and a open face seafood sammy 
and then we enjoyed two desserts!!!!!!  The chocolate mousse was 
incredible and we also had a caramel tart with homemade ice-cream. 
The tart was good, but the caramel was a little salty for our liking. 
Overall a great date and some yummy food.  


A special thank you to 
Seanna and Laurie who enjoyed the company of our three children for 
the evening! 

In two weeks we are sampling Mistral.  Has anyone ever been there?
What did you think? 

Anybody want to watch Kaylem???? 

Location: 221 Carrall St.

Vancouver, BC

Open 7 days a weeK 
5pm Monday to Wednesday

4pm Thursday to Sunday

Avocado madness

Kaylem likes avocado so much he uses it as a face mask!

Garibaldi Annex PAC: LightWaterDrums Festival Saturday February 18th @ ...

Garibaldi Annex PAC: LightWaterDrums Festival Saturday February 18th @ ...: The Hastings North Community Partners Group is excited to revive LightWaterDrums , a festival celebrating winter in Hastings Park on Saturd...

Lego build at the central library - VPL

So off we went yesterday to the main branch of the VPL to attend a lego build they advertise each week.  My advice...if you have to drive and park or pay for the bus just to check it out, it's really not worth it. The programmer running it was friendly, but really they just put out some lego books and dumped a bin of lego on the ground.

a Kearin creation

I would have thought that there would have been someone who was into building lego themselves who would have facilitated this lego build.

Anyhow, Kearin did a bit of building, but the girls (Katherine and Keanna) and him were more interested in the MANGA books in the end.

I am starting to feel sick. Kearin is sick.  Angela was sick. I heard
that Denise was sick.  Here's a recipe I found to try to circumvent
your sick. You just have to be well enough to make it.

Flu-Buster Clementine Creamsicle Smoothie
Yield: ~2 cups

Ingredients:

1 large ripe banana, peeled, sliced, and frozen
1/2 small avocado, flesh scooped out, and frozen
2-3 Clementines, peeled and broken into segments
2 tbsp coconut milk (the cream from top of can)
1/2 cup coconut milk (watery part) OR 1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup + 2 tbsp milk (I used almond milk)
1/4 tsp almond extract
1 Medjool date, pitted and roughly chopped (optional)
1-2 tsp fresh lemon juice
Directions: Peel and freeze the avocado, Clementines, and banana
before making this smoothie. Once frozen, place all ingredients into a
blender and blend until smooth. You may add more liquid if it is too
thick. Makes 2 cups.

I'm going to make some today...

Summer sailing fun...

Here's some art from Grade 5 Keanna thought she would share.

Keanna has been working and studying Anime lately.  She was mentioning that the difference between MANGA and Anime is that MANGA are simply stylistic characters and Anime makes the characters look as though they are moving.


COOL EH?  

Art by Keanna Lee.

Killer Bites: SOB Bars at The Rook Bakery

The Rook is sensational...

A slice will set you back $5.25 and whole cakes aren't cheap, but oh my, oh my wait 'til you sink your mouth into their delectable treats.


Try the S.O.B. bars.  Just the right amount of chocolate (it's all chocolate) with a taste of salty goodness and all for $2.25!!!!  


The Cinnamon Croissants melt in your mouth.  Chewy goodness, chewy goodness, chewy goodness.


Everything is yummy.  Just take my word for it!




Monday -Saturday   9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
closed Sundays and holidays

Cakes and pies by the slice
Hand rolled butter croissants  
Meat pies 
QuicheCookies
Cinnamon buns   
604-563-50942141 East Hastings Vancouver B.C.

Some more great pics of Ottawa time!

Ki Ki's Pictures from Lynn Canyon.  Taken in Jan 2012.

Kitchen Design

This is our new kitchen to be!  What do you think??????

I can't believe it's January already!  My mat leave is more than half way over.  I am thinking about what I can do to make a go of something from home for the future.  So far I am thinking:

• e-com
• research consultancy
• the two mixed somehow????

Anyhow,  I know that I will come up with the right thing sooner than later, but I need to think of something fresh with low overhead and flexible.

or we could just win the lotto!


Back to work date....June 11th...yikes!