Remembrance Day Weekend

It was a fairly quiet weekend. Every Friday after school Dylan has several boys over at our house for a "boy's club" (more on that at a later date). As part of this week's activities, the boys made SLIME in our kitchen.

After the b0ys left, our evening guests arrived (JACK and BRENDA). We had such a good time playing with the leftover SLIME. This stuff is so neat. It is made with two parts cornstarch and one part water with food colouring.

It is easy to clean which is a good thing as our kitchen was a disaster after boy's club.

After dinner we all retired to the outdoor deck and spent a very frosty night sitting in front of the firepit. Furtrapper hats and blankets were all pulled out of storage as winter has arrived.

Saturday was Rembrance Day and we watched a small procession in The Beach. This year there were only a handful of WWII veterans (originally from The Beach) walking behind the bagpipers and drummers and parade officials. As I watched these men walk by I was reminded of mom telling me about the excitement of Liberation Day and seeing all the Canadian soldiers come through their town in tanks and uniform, distributing chocolate and food. She said that the Canadian soldiers were seen as the handsomest men in the world.

After the parade we went for Dim Sum in Chinatown.

In church the next morning, Dylan and the other children were given the opportunity to help with all the service responsibilities. Dylan helped to collect the offering (all monies were present and accounted for).

Sunday evening was spent having dinner with my brother and his family. But I have saved that for another story (blog).........