A day with fam-damily

Up at 6 am - yikes!


On the Goose (yes, our trail shares a name with Fergus)



Ferg is hugely into Patch, like he is with most pets. Uh oh.


Coats


Cocktails. Too many cocktails.


Have I mentioned that I'm Gini's hero??


Sisters (I think)


Phi wanted a party/ Gini baked a cake. I like Gini.


Bounce (and pose)


Mini playing some Hannah Montana

Cousins are here

yee ha!

Jiffy Pop

Ferg was feeling nostalgic for summer late this afternoon so we brought out Rachel, Max and Otto's summertime jiffy pop and fired er up. Yee ha...

Have a Sunny Day

Yes Goose Can

Git yer Obamicon here

Question

Tough question-of-the-week courtesy Effie:
What does it mean, “luck be a lady”?

Unschoolers playing school

It is when the kiddos manage to create opportunities for themselves to be off in their own little world that they then function amazingly together. The two of them have this symbiotic relationship that feeds off each other. That’s a given I suppose, since they are siblings who hang out with each other all day (and night) long, every day - but it is a joy to watch nonetheless. Especially since, believe it or not, it’s not all sweetness and light here at the home of wonderful happenings! Shocking, I know. A parallel blog might be called “The Screaming Happens” and there would be no problem documenting on a daily basis (though the photos would be a bit blurry and hard to look at).

One of the setups they continue to return to is “playing school”, or at least playing their own beautifully warped perception of school. Sometimes Effie takes on the dual role of pupil and teacher, assigning random marks to things and praising Fergus’ every move. Last night’s school session included participating in geology, reading, writing and gym classes and, at times, all of these “subjects” mashed into one. As well, Fergus appeared to invent some sort of assignment in-tray out of the dump truck. But the most unusual thing about all of this was that it did not immediately follow some message-driven television program involving school the way, for example, English accents and great quantities of tea follow viewings of period dramas. The only program that was watched last night was The Hardy Boys, in deference to Gillian reclaiming her youth (apparently, and I did not know this, Shaun Cassidy and Parker Stevenson were once viewed as dreamy!).








I imagine whenever schoolers play “unschool”, a detention is in order. Or a dunce cap, or suspension? Or maybe I got that all wrong. Maybe that is what recess is all about? No that’s got whistles, buzzers and bells attached to it too. My memories of elementary school recess, though I’m certain I enjoyed it for the most part, are of hiding from girls in a corner of the schoolyard. At lunchtime I got to play and go across the street to my house and eat - woot hoot!!!

Characters

Twins chilin' at the Buck or Two:



'Arry


Helmet Head


Ready for battle:


Infiltrator

Cristiano Ronaldo runs amok

It's rather difficult to document Fergus-Ronaldo's nightime obstacle course energy outbursts...

Babies

Ferg: All girls have babies when they are adults.
Mommy: Well, not all girls will have babies.
Ferg: But boys can't have babies
Mommy: Well, you need both a girl and a boy to make a baby.
Ferg: Right, but boys can make paper babies.
Mommy: Mmm Hmm
Ferg: And then you can cut off the baby's arms... and legs...

Some things we just are not meant to understand

1. Effie announced recently that she has two favorite movies. Fiddler on the Roof and George of the Jungle!?!

2. Fuzz Luvz - the most adored gift of the season:

Today

Lonely walk down to the vehicle (yesterday actually!)


Blurry photo... I thought this was some sort of recreation of Avatar but it turns out that Ferg was simply fetching water (broom handle and ice cream buckets)!


Lots of Star Wars food made and consumed today, including Sith Speeder Sunrise (porridge and cantaloupe)...


...and Pit Droid Pizza:


Bird (not eaten):


Pardon the dots on this page - we're currently having an argument with blogger.

Short Attention Span Theater

Ferg's a labryinth champion amid the midnight madness...




Press Play...

More Star Wars Food Creations

This morning Effie made Handmaiden Hashbrowns. Previous efforts have included Twin Sun Toast, Hoth Chocolate, Yoda Soda, Boba Fett-uccine, Wookiee Cookies and Death Star Popcorn Balls. Although the hash browns were quite yummy, the connection to Star Wars described in the cookbook was a wee bit tenuous ("these savory hash browned potatoes have an understated elegance, just like handmaidens").

Fergus got in on the action as well and decided to invent his own recipe. Introducing Fergus' Captain Rex Katex:

1. Notice that there are yummy crepes being made and begin to develop Captain Rex Katex in your mind.
2. Decide that all four of the crepes handed to you are too delicious to do anything with other than wolf down with maple syrup.
3. Draw, play with dinosaurs and otherwise forget all about Captain Rex Katex for about 8 hours.
4. Pull a three day old waffle out of the fridge and cover half of it with icing sugar. Whip some cream.


Add food colouring to taste.


Add frozen fruit (red).


Tell your Dad for like the 100th time that no matter how often he suggests it that no, you're not actually finished yet.


Measure out some white sugar ( fifty sixty-twos of it I believe). Weigh it.


Spend a half an hour looking for Rex. Dribble some honey on the icing sugared half of the waffle.


Add cocoa to the sugar. Smoosh on top of the honey and icing sugar.


Add three sugar cubes.


Fini