Gametes In Love

For a couple of years now I’ve been making friends with our sous vide. I’m also trying to expand my horizons into cooked fish. Generally, I don’t do cooked fish : it’s too easy to overdo and it tastes “not so good” once it hits that dry stage. The sous vide on the other hand has removed that fear, so cooked salmon is a now more common occurrence at our house. Shane’s still out on it, but someone else has discovered a taste for it.

I was worried a whole filet might be too much for him. He put it down like it was going out of style.

G’s latest school assignment was a project on immigration. Each kid had to interview an immigrant in their family, and I guess lucky for him one of them was his parent 🙂

It was a multi-part assignment and the last bit was do to a presentation… in the first person, speaking AS the individual they interviewed. They were even encouraged to dress as their interview.

So… to be me, G wore jeans. Yes. I’m predictable. I’ll take it.

We started our annual pumpkin trip with lunch. Griffin’s face lit up when I told him this was a lunch option. I think he’s more stoked for clams than the rest.

Storm and I went to see Dav Pilkey tonight. He’s a big fan of the “Dog Man” series, so he god a big kick out of it.
I, on the other hand, got a whole new appreciation for this author.

I think we may have officially reached our max in Pikachus 🙂

G’s a big fan of American Ninja Warrior. Although I looked for local gyms to give him a “like” experience I turned empty. As a result, we’ve build some of our own obstacle courses in our living room. However, as luck would have it, Shane, in conversation with a local parent learned about King’s Camps… so here we are. Celebrating G turning 10, American Ninja style.

Once upon a time Shane and I used to spend our week-ends skydiving. In that adventure we befriended many an awesome people. We’re lucky to get a chance to see them once a year (typically focused around Stefano coming to visit). This last time, we hosted. G had a terrible case of sun-burn, but parents and kids had a blast.

As the kids grow egg hunts are now a scavenger hunt with eggs providing clues to the next one. This part was fun.
Convincing them that they couldn’t start until they cleaned up the house, and all the whining that ensued… that part wasn’t fun.

Flattery AND an offering of my favorite candy bar??? I won’t lie: my first question upon seeing this last night was ‘What am I being buttered up for?’

A sophisticated shop keeper sold us on another cat. I passed on the pet eagle though.

Storm’s class had an event. They’ve been “studying money”, and each kid had been assigned a job as the final for this project. They had to make the “goods” they were going to sell, and then each class represent their store. There was a cashier too. The store with the most cash at the end of the night “won”. Sadly, it wasn’t the pet store, but hey — he tried 🙂
And no, we didn’t buy the eagle!