School strikes

Schools were closed this Thursday and Friday due to strikes – the kids did not mind at all! Good thing there are kids in the neighbourhood they can work off their energy with.

Sledding with friends. This video shows Nolan and Felix racing with Ava and Kayla. Brandi and I got our exercise for the day walking up this hill at Linus Park multiple times (2 adults, 6 kids). It was our first time at this hill and we’re definitely coming back even though it’s a drive rather than a walk.

Building snow forts – Nolan and Lara in the front. Another friend, Marcus, showed up later.

Felix with Eli in the back. These two boys have spent so much time together the last couple of weeks, Eli made the comment that it was like having a brother (he’s the middle of two sisters).

Of course, there has to be some Lego involved 🙂

And somehow, making food is always involved when the kids are home 🙂 Lara made the custard for chocolate ice cream – doesn’t look great right now but when it’s churned, it’s super yum!

Nolan worked on his school assignment making French crepes. He had to submit a video of himself making the crepes. The secret ingredient was club soda!

The only surviving finished product. We ate the rest for lunch, they were so good!

Lara made her version of French crepes the next morning for breakfast.

Lara also made dumplings from scratch for dinner. She made the dough as well as the filling. I helped a tiny bit with rolling out the dough for the wraps and with cooking them. There are no pictures as they were so scrumptious they all disappeared! Eli was able to try one as it came off the pan and immediately asked if he could stay for dinner, which he did. He kept saying “These are sooo good!” and “I can’t decide if the dough is better or the inside. I think I have to have another one.” I’d say that was a huge success!

Tuesday and Wednesday this week are strike days, and Friday is a PA day. I wonder what we’ll do this time.

Blue Sky Solar Racing Team

Lara had a CAGIS event this morning at the University of Toronto to meet with its Blue Sky Solar Racing Team. They learnt about sustainability, renewable energy, solar power, and solar cars; and they got to check out “Viridian”, U of T’s solar car that was used to race 3,000 km from Darwin to Adelaide in Australia.

Taking stock of her supplies in the solar car kits donated by McAfee.

See that tongue – remind you of anyone else?

Watch the finished product go here.

Checking out “Viridian”

It’s definitely not designed for comfort!

The day for looked like this:
9:00: LL drive to pick up two of Nolan’s friends. Drop off at the community centre so they can play basketball and skate.
9:30: Return home in time to pick up Neil and Lara for CAGIS. Pick up a friend and her dad who are also attending the event. We’re driving downtown because the subway is closed.
10:40: Back uptown to pick up Felix from a sleepover at friend’s house close to home.
10:55: Back home to throw some lunch together.
11:20: Drive with Felix to the community centre to pick up Nolan and his friends.
11:55: Arrive home after dropping the friends off. Eat a quick lunch.
12:10: Drive downtown again with Nolan and Felix to pick up Neil and Lara.
12:45: Drive from the University to the symphony.
1:30: Pre-show at the symphony starts, followed by the main event.
4:00: Arrive home ….. at last!