Christmas and new year’s activities seem so for away now. As I’ve taken a fair chunk of time off work, we’re now in a summer holiday frame of mind. Some things we’ve been up to:
- Reading: bedtime stories. Rex is old enough to enjoy chapter books, and we’ve worked through The Hobbit, Stig of the Dump and Harry Potter. I’m now addicted to Harry Potter books and trying to track down the rest of the series second-hand.
- Watching: movies! I saw Tangled with Rex, and The Tourist with Mr. Foxy. Enjoyed them both immensely. I saw the 3D version of the former, and there was a most delightful moment in a scene where there were lots of lanterns floating in the sky. Rex leapt to his feet and reached out to touch one that seemed to be at arms reach, and I noticed that all the other kids in the audience were doing the same! Magic indeed! And I was loving the good old-fashioned escapism of adventures in Paris and Venice with the impossibly elegant Angelina and hapless yet dashing Mr. Depp.
- Listening: to Dickens, and I always seem to turn to the Amelie soundtrack lately. Plaintive, wistful, charming and olde-world-French.
- Eating: too much chocolate. But at least the latest new family meal idea has proved to be a winner – pesto made with handfuls of parsley, baby spinach and walnuts with a small clove of garlic and a few glugs of olive oil. So great to see the vegie avoiders getting a burst of leafy green goodness.
- Sewing: transforming trousers with torn knees into shorts, for both large and small.
- Making: Kirsty’s crochet granny shrugs in small girl sizes. A fun and not too taxing project for the holidays.
- Despairing: at the cruelty of nature in sending devastating and seemingly worsening floods to our northern neighbours. Even more bitter following so many years of drought.
- Anticipating: a road trip to country Vic and urban NSW, our first holiday as a family of five! We’re leaving tomorrow, and are still madly packing!
Happy new year!
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January 17, 2011 at 3:03 pm
di
Hope you haven’t been heading for the Vic flood zones, and that you have a great holiday.
January 19, 2011 at 7:37 am
Bells
that’s the second time I’ve come across parsley pesto this week – it’ll be a great way to use up my huge parsley plants in the garden.
It sounds like you’re having a truly lovely summer break and now I see you’re away so I’ll have to wait til you get home before I post your prize from winning my blog contest! Hooray!
January 27, 2011 at 9:11 am
elaine aka jaboopee
hope your having a lovely holiday, yummy on the pesto , we make it like that too….i made spinach pancakes last week for the first time…devine….
February 5, 2011 at 11:19 am
josephinetalepeddler
Hiya Jennifer, Hope you are surviving the heat. I’ve got Daisy home for several days now with a fever and mystery illness. Not the best timing with the heat wave and only one fan in our little brick. I must get a copy of Amelie soundtrack. That was a lovely movie and I’d love to see it again. Pleased to hear you saw The Tourist. David took Daisy to Tangled and quite enjoyed it (to his shock) He thought he’d die of boredom there. Daisy did exactly the same thing with the lantern scene. How magical.
Keep cool, lovely and crafty. xx