Random thoughts by Persephanie

Bath time is always amusing. Well, her English is getting better and better each day.

Update: Garden

We knew we started gardening late this year. We knew it was just a 'test' to see if we can even grow anything. Well...the stuff grew... and plenty. Too bad the season's almost over and our veggies are nowhere near harvest. Sad

It's not all lost, we did learn things about gardening. Self-watering containers ROCKS!! They are absolutely awesome. I think I found the perfect place to grow these guys.. on our roof-top balcony! All sun all day long.. and NO insects! The planters we have (below) ground level.. have many pests.

Like our Kale bush... it's been growing like mad.. unfortunately, they've been riddled with pests. (spiders, little green bugs, little white bugs, puffy green bugs, yuk!)

Our 2 blueberry bushes have now been transplanted into the ground. Let's hope they'll survive the winter!

Green and Red Peppers (Red ones become red AFTER they are grown up.... that's why you don't see any) Too many to count here!

Big Beef Tomatoes. Too bad they're not big (And too bad they're not beef!) O well.. these tiny little suckers was fun to watch grow anyways.

PNE 2010

The annual trip to the "Too-cheap-to-pay-for-admission" Day at the Pacific National Exhibition. Rain was expected.. but turned out to be great. Huge turnout as it was the park's 100th birthday.



Duck prize



Fear Factor










Here's Persephanie learning the value of a (fake-PNE) dollar...






But, the fake dollar was traded in for a real carton of chocolate milk! Yum!

Sharing a cotton candy with Angie. BFF.

Happy 34th Birthmonth, Persephanie!!

For those that were waiting for this...

mmm... White Chocolate Mousse cake

Colleen and Karina's Going Away Bash

Been awhile since I've blogged, I know. (one whole month to be exact)

Colleen and Karina had come back home from Taiwan for the summer. And is leaving already! :'(
So, as the weather has been great, it's a good enough reason to party. And party it up at our favourite park. Lina made a fantastic arrangement of sweet candy skewers. Awesome idea. Looks even awesomer!

Good times had by all.

Thanks everyone that helped out!

Until next time, Colleen and Karina!!

Note: I make a special appearance in these pics!

Day at the office

This is the life. Working at the beach.. watching the kids play

Happy Bday... to me.

An awesome dinner prepared by Lina, Lili, and mom. Perfectly cooked steak with mashed potatoes and greens. Yum! PLUS, an super-duper-awesome desert set with chocolate covered brownies, chocolate covered strawberries, and a mango cake from St. Germain (Thanks Cat!!!)

Hands down, the Best mango cake I've ever had in my short life!

Garden

Update on the garden.

I just realized no one really care for our garden posts. It only serves as a progress bar for ourselves. A documented journal that we can track.



- Tomato = 13 inches tall (4 inches since we started this 3 weeks ago!! Love the self-watering container concepts!!!)
- Red/Green peppers - 6 inches tall (1.5 inch growth!)

Added 2 new additions to the garden.

- Strawberries in a traditional container (a branch off of mom's patch)
- Kale - 10 inch tall - in a self-watering container

Trying out growing Kale... apparently it's a super-food. You eat it, and it'll give you immortality.

Canada Day

Once again, Lina and Sarah organized another Canada Day party. With unfortunate help from the weather, our original event was relocated from the park back into the house. In the end, it all worked out. Except for one thing... a party that was supposed to last only 4 hours ended up 12 hours long. Still, it was all in good fun. Everyone had a good time, especially the kids and the "sports day" events. Ribbons and awards were given a plenty.

A special bonus to the event was a homecoming welcome for Colleen and Karina who flew back from Taiwan for a visit.

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