Fire Safety

I will make the solemn promise to never get distracted by blogging/cleaning/bathroom breaks while cooking EVER again!  And I know I'm not the only one who has gotten distracted.

I still can't believe I did this one.  I was going to make chicken noodle soup from the package for the Princesses lunch what I didn't plan on was starting it on fire!  I accidentally turned the wrong burner on and left the package on the burner that I turned on.
 
When I realized that something didn't smell so nice I discovered the foil package smoking/smoldering on the burner.  Oh oops - well really you know I didn't say that. I said something that is R rated.  But you get the idea. 

Thank goodness for the foil type packaging it comes in otherwise I think it would have been worse. I took the package off the stove and ran it under water and then I noticed that everything seemed very smoky. The
smell is just gross.  I have left all the windows and doors open trying to air the house out and have a couple fans on to circulate the air too.  I think it is helping. 

Guess what we didn't have soup for lunch today...even though it looks like a few noodles were spared.

I am so embarrassed one of Princess Belle's friends told her she smelt funny this afternoon.  And another classmate asked if someones parents smoked because there was an odd odor in the air.  Nope that's just my Mom cooking lunch for us! Wanna join us for lunch?!

It's been a while!

Wow!  Where has the time gone?  Well I'll tell you school opera, dance competitions and just living life!  My Nana used to always say "just busy doing nothing!"  So true.  But it has been a super busy few weeks.  Both girls participated in the school opera which was great but of course they were in 2 separate casts so we had the pleasure of watching it twice!

Then Princess Belle had 2 dance competitions to attend.  And of course I have no pictures of that to share.  Did you know if you take pictures inside the theatre you can risk having your whole studio disqualified from the event?  They do sell pictures but at $25 for one 8X10 we decided to pass! One of the competitions was in Banff and it was so nice to have a little getaway in the mountains.

Right after we came back Princess Belle also had another exciting event to look forward to a Medieval Feast.  Her grade has been working so hard and learning all about medieval times so it was so nice for them to look forward to the feast. Everything looked amazing and it was so nice to see all the kids enjoy themselves.



The Great Hall



Also, in between all of this going on we had Mother's Day.  I was very surprised and happy to find this waiting for me on the table!

I love it and have to admit I've been reading way more than I did before.  I love how light it is!


Last we met our friends (Hello Red Deer) and had an awesome night at Jubilations Dinner Theatre.  It was so much fun.  All the girls got picked to play a small part in the production - they got to be Hobos and danced around the burning barrel drinking from a paper bag it was too funny!  They also got to go on stage and dance with the characters at the end.  It was so much fun for them!