With the first week of school almost behind us after a long winter break, we are finally getting back into the swing of things. Staying up late and sleeping-in was a very easy habit for all of us to form over the two-week time we had off. Since the last post we've celebrated Panod's birthday, decided where to have Ian's 5th birthday, and finished Taylor's science project. We are also looking forward to my starting school next week. While it is only two classes, it will be a good way for me to start seeing what is ahead of me for the next two years.
Panod's birthday was celebrated at Stella's Fish Cafe in uptown on Saturday night, while our neighbor watched Taylor and Ian. (Thank you, Deb & sorry about the popcorn/living room incident!) Stella's was wonderful! We would highly recommend getting there during happy hour and chowing on the $1 oysters at the oyster bar. We arrived with only 30 minutes left before happy hour was over, but we still manged to down 11 or so oysters! After that, we were seated and we decided to share a heaping basket of super soft, and super spicy calamari. This stuff was amazing, and we probably could have (or should have) stopped eating at that point and been fine. But no, we continued on our seafood frenzy - Panod ordered a wonderful, but slightly too salty seafood soup that came with a large helping of sweet cornbread, a large king crab leg (you can add them on to any entree for only $5.95), and the shrimp hashbrowns, which were amazing. I ordered the daily three, which ended up being salmon, scallops and swordfish - all smothered in rich, creamy sauces. The food was really good and we would like to go back, but we decided that if we do, we'll just hit up the happy hour and down an appetizer.
Over the course of the winter break, we have been helping Taylor with her science project. This year was different because we got to do it in English! Woo hoo! She decided to try and grow crystals on strings that were placed in jars with boiling water and several different materials. Several of the materials tested were regular sugar, brown sugar, powdered sugar, iodized salt, regular salt & epsom salt. Only the regular salt and iodized salt actually grew crystals and she had to figure why & state it in her report. It really was educational in teaching her the basics of the scientific method and she seemed to do well to do well today when it was her turn to present her work to the judges. Right now we're not sure how well she did, but I have a feeling that at the very least she got a good grade.
I also have some pictures from the kids playing in our latest snow. There just hasn't been much of it this year, so it seems like every chance we get we're out playing in it - I even travel with the kids' snow tubes in the back of the van just in case we feel a spontaneous sledding fit come on while we're out running errands! There are also pictures from Panod's birthday and Taylor's science fair today....
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