Tasty Tuesday

Mornin!

Today is our Back to School shopping day! Along with dentist appointments for N & C. Busy, busy....

Here's our menu for the week.

• Mon- Dinner at In-laws with Rapur, Meat Pies, Bar Clam Chowder, French Rolls
• Tues- Lobster, Corn on the Cob, BBQ Baked Potatoes in Foil
• Wed- Pasta Fresh Fried Trout caught by N & my FIL, Baked Beans, Potato Salad
• Thurs- Fish, Potatoes Soft & Hard Tacos with Frozen Ground Beef
• Fri- Pizza Egg Frittata with Onions, Swiss Chard, Garlic (Mollie Katzen's Vegetable Heaven pg 124)
• Sat- Leftovers Kenny's Dairy Bar
• Sun- Harvest Corn Chowder with Bacon & Cheddar (Canada's Best Slow Cooker Recipes, pg 50) Frozen PC Wood Fired Pizzas- Pepperoni & Cheese, Green salad with Cucumbers, Carrots, Tomatoes

Have a great day! :-)

How does your Garden grow?

Aah, the weekend's over.

It's the last full week of summer before school starts.  Last Thursday, the kids and I went with my MIL to Charlottetown to be tourists for the afternoon.  We took the Harbour Hippo for a tour.

After, we got apple fries at The Chip Shack.

Meanwhile, back here at the cottage, our gardens have been growing!

Here are the front flower beds.

Here's how they used to look at the beginning of June.

Left side now.

At the beginning of June.

Right side now.

At the beginning of June.

  The hydrangea on the right has way more blooms on it. I'm not sure if it's because I planted it about 2 weeks earlier than the left one or because it gets more sun in the afternoon.  I hope the little one will catch up soon! Also, the plants in front of the hydrangeas send out creepers- not sure what it's called.  I got that plant (along with the bleeding heart plant in the corner below) from my FIL.  I thought he'd be pleased to see them finally planted.  But one day he came up with a friend who told him to tell me I should get rid of those plants because they'll overtake the hydrangeas! He also told me he had some in his yard.  So, I reminded him that he's the one who gave them to me! Funny!  Anyway I think I'll split the green plant that turns red in the fall and put that where the creeping plants are.  I don't know where I'll put them...

Update: The flowers aren't sending out creepers, the creepers are separate plants- perhaps called Four o'clocks, because they have flowers that bloom at that time. I'll try to get rid of them and keep the other plant!

Here's the corner flower bed now.

Here's how it looked at the beginning of June!

Here's the herb/veggie garden by the back patio.

Before:

We even have (green) tomatoes!

As usual, I'm always amazed at how fast things grow!

Enjoy your week! :-)

Playhouse

Hi!

Today was the closing for VBS.  It was a busy week!

So, we got the playhouse moved and situated. It went from here

Over to here.

With the playhouse over here, the yard seems much bigger.

The weeds have taken over where the playhouse used to be.  

I planted grass seed, but it didn't seem to take- maybe it's too old?

And I tried to fill in where the old garden used to be and seed it with grass, but we still have lettuce growing there!

(The lettuce is that light green at the bottom of the pic!)

Enjoy your weekend! :-)

Lisa Marie

Our cat, Lisa Marie, was hit by a car this afternoon and died.

She was a great cat. She joined our family when she was a kitten 5 years ago. She liked to follow the kids around and even went for walks with us in the woods or down to the pond when we went ice skating! We loved her and she will be missed.  

C did a 10 minute video of Lisa back in June and here's a little montage.

Tasty Tuesday & C's Party

Here are a couple pics from C's party on Saturday.

Getting the cake ready.

Playing in the hammock.

Getting ready for a game that involved shower caps, shaving cream & Cheeze Balls.

Pizza!

Cake time.

Presents.

And here's what we're eating this week.

• Mon- Bow pasta with Ragu + canned tomato sauce, Frozen Peas
• Tues- Frozen Whole Chicken, Carrots KFC with mashed potatoes, cole slaw
• Wed- Creamy Enchilada Casserole (Vegetarian Family Cookbook pg 170), Mexican Rice, Frozen Corn
• Thurs- Eggs Pan-fried Haddock, 
• Fri- Fish (?) Leftovers for adults, Grilled Cheese with Tomato Soup for kids
• Sat- Pizza Chinese Dinner
• Sun- Harvest Corn Chowder with Bacon & Cheddar (Canada's Best Slow Cooker Recipes pg 50) Chicken Gumbo from whole chicken & stock made in slow cooker, Rice

Have a great week! :-)

Road Trip to Boston, MA; Durham, NC & Washington, DC

It's C's 9th birthday today!  She had her party on Saturday-everybody had a good time. I'll post some pics soon...

In the meantime, here are a few pics from our road trip vacation.

Our first hotel in Bangor, ME had a pool.

Driving down to Boston we stopped at a Thai restaurant at a tiny airport in Augusta, ME.

Walking toward Legoland, Boston.

 Lego Structures.

Giant Lego Giraffe

Park outside Legoland.

Mexican Restaurant for dinner.

Downtown Boston

Boston Aquarium.

Eating Pizza in Boston.

Waiting for Boston Subway.

Another hotel pool in Fredericksburg, VA.

We made it to Durham!

Chillin with Freddy.

Getting ready to Zipline with cousins in NC.

Indoor Rock Climbing in NC.

Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in DC.

At the mall.

Pool at DC Hotel.

Found a Coke with N's name!

No Standing!

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

Lincoln Memorial

Washington Monument from Lincoln Memorial

Watching Ducks.

Korean War Memorial

Driving by the White House.

And then it was the long drive back home!

The End! :-)