High Five for Friday

It's been another lovely week,

filled with love, friends,

and wine.

Highlights include

Wine and yoga pants

There was a cute picture on Facebook

about yoga helping with de-stressing.

It went on to joke,

that the best way is to have a glass of wine

while wearing yoga pants.

I've got to add,

that wine and yoga pants

are a great way to relax

on a Sunday evening!

Flowers

In Zambia,
Ethan use to buy me flowers every week.
It was great.
Our dining table
always had a vase of
fresh flowers.
This week,
a friend of mine gave me a bouquet.
I have flowers again!!!!


Almond Butter

I made almond butter.
Yes, me!!!
Ok, granted,
it's not that difficult.
It just takes a lot of patience,
and well,
since I tend to lack in that department,
I'm pretty chuffed!!

Sports Day

Ethan had his first Sports Day
of the school year.
The third graders
are placed in Houses.
Ethan's a Mamba.
Today's events were track and field.
Not working,
meant I got to spend the whole morning
cheering him on!


Training

I have a fantastic trainer.
She comes 3 times a week
and makes me sweat
and feel pain.
Lately she's been on a burped kick.
Which,
since I've gotten better at them,
I don't seem to mind so much.

High Five for Friday

It's been another fabulous week.

I'm finally settled back home

after our extended summer vacation

and Ethan is happy at school.

This week's highlights include:

Dinner with great friends

at Salt.

Peter and Nina will be leaving Dar soon.

It's sad when friends leave.

But being able to enjoy an

awesome meal at Salt

(Katy's new restaurant)

makes saying goodbye 

easier.

Chocolate

Really?
Need I say more?

Birthday dinner with my boys

This year,
instead of a big birthday dinner
I spent the evening with my two favourite boys.
We had dinner at Osaka
and came home to cake.
It was perfect.

Watching Ethan at his first skateboard
activity

I was a nervous wreck.
Terrified he'd fall and spend
the rest of the year
in a body cast.
I love how his mate,
an advanced skateboarder,
helped him
and was so patient.
And he didn't break any bones.

Ladies night

We tried a new Iranian place.
The owner brought out
a sampler for us to,
well,
sample!

High Five for Friday

It has been 

AGES

since I last participated.

It's high time I return.

I always loved this meme.

I wonder why I stopped?

Well it's Friday

and that means

High Five for Friday!

Here are some of this last week's highlights.

1) Salted Caramel Ice Cream

I love ice cream.

And salted caramel.

Woohoo!

2) School mates

I grew up in Ottawa

and had some great mates.

This trip home,

we were invited to dinner

with a bunch of them.

Was fantastic!

3) Mates from Dar

I met Cam in Dar.

Her oldest and Ethan are the same age.

They've moved back to Ottawa,

so this trip,

we got to hang out!

4) Girl's Night

Every summer,

I'm with Ethan,

it makes it difficult to enjoy a movie.

But, 

every year,

a few of my cousins'

arrange a girl's night.

We hit a movie, 

and Ethan gets a boys' night.

4) The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

Ethan and I read the book this summer.

I promised him

when we finished the book

we'd do a movie night.

Complete with pizza, popcorn 

and ice cream!

How has your week been?