Lanterne Fest

Picture of the day for Friday, 7 November, 2008



This is a picture of the "Lanterne Fest" that took place at the boys school last night. It is a traditional German celebration and involves a walk with lanterns.

Stroopwafels

This week's theme: Blue



This is a typical Stroopwafel container. Stroopwafels are Dutch syrup waffles. They are yummy!

Leopard?

This week's theme: Blue

(didn't really follow the theme today) ;)



We get a lot of these slugs in our garden, I don't know exactly what they are called but, at home, we call them leopard slugs

Weekly weigh in - Week 8

A small loss again for me this week (250g), but I'm actually really happy. Not because I've been bad, I HAVE been good, but because it's the first time for the whole YEAR that I have lost consistently week after week instead of gaining.

Starting weight: 85.55 kg
Last week's weight: 84.15 kg
This week's weight: 83.90 kg
Total loss so far: 1.65 kg

Final goal weight: 70 kg

Morning sky

This week's theme: Blue



I know, another sky, but with the blue theme and the beauty of the sky this morning, I just couldn't resist, the urge was just too strong!!! ;)

Socks, maybe...

We are doing themes again, but weekly ones this time.

This week's theme: Blue



You might remember that I posted recently about my new book to knit two socks at a time on one circular needle. Well, I'm giving the technique a try and I'm really hoping to get a pair of socks out of it soon. ;)

Today at the playground

I went to the playground with the boys this afternoon, we were lucky that the weather was dry today. We took their bikes to get there.

Here they are, leaving the house





At the playground





Ahhh, the beloved swings









Logan was in a posing mood today









The boys enjoyed their bikes for quite a while there!







Then, Logan decided he needed to "repair" his bike...



... of course, Connor had to repair his too!

Playground

We spent a long time at the playground this afternoon and the boys had lots of fun playing together.

Some more shots from today

Some time back, we instituted a reward chart for Logan (and one for Connor, but that is an entirely different story, a total disaster...). It was to start giving him chores. The one chore we were following with the chart was setting the table before meals. It is now Logan's responsibility. He has just completed the 20 days of his chart and got to choose a present. He wanted a Bionicle (what else?!). Tim found a couple of scorpion Bionicles and that seemed like the perfect find for three reasons: 1. it's a Bionicle 2. it's scorpions and Logan has a passion for scorpions 3. there are two so Connor can get one too...

So, after a quick treasure hunt, Logan found his present. :)



Connor with his that Logan gave him without us asking!







After playing with the new scorpions, they attempted to jump on our bed! We managed to get them to stop quickly, but I still got a couple of shots. ;)



Later, the boys watched a DVD and Connor went for a spontaneous cuddle with Logan. Unfortunately, Logan wanted nothing to do with it. Connor was pleading: "Please, Logan, give me a hug", to no avail...

Logan