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Come to the Water

You are cordially invited to the baptism of Lia Na-Fei Gresik de Raaf to be held on the Fifth Sunday in Lent, March 25th, 2007 at 10:00 am (Deo Volente) at the Church of the Ascension, 253 Echo Drive, Ottawa, Ontario. Holy baptism will performed by the Reverend Gary Hauch, the homily will be delivered […]

Key Lime Tart

As Shawn mentioned, I used his birthday as an excuse to spend all day making a decadent Martha Stewart dessert from her Baking Handbook. And because I’m a geeky blogger, I took photos. I was lucky to spot the tiny key limes at our local grocery store. I candied the slices for a garnish. The […]

Happy Returns

I gotta tell you, there’s really no better way to spend a birthday: relaxing at home instead of working; sharing coffee in the morning with Ali; bathing, feeding, and rocking Lia to sleep; receiving phone calls, emails and cards from family and friends; and spending the evening enjoying good food and the company of friends. […]

Baby Talk

Da da da. Da da da da! Ah da da! [translation: Happy birthday, Daddy! Let’s play! You are the best!]

The Week in Review

I bet our readers are going through withdrawal, eh? No entries for four days? Life has slowed down a bit but there’s still lots going on. Monday Auntie Jo arrived on Monday! My little sister is a Humber College student studying interior design, and this week just happened to be her Reading Week, so she […]