Author: Bounding Over Our Steps

Today, we celebrated the Mexican Day of the Dead. It’s now becoming a tradition as we did the same thing last year. The ofrenda is an offering to those in one’s life that have passed away. Our offering was food! We made the dishes that our grandmothers would have enjoyed and discussed our memories of […]

Last night, as you all know, was Halloween. To celebrate, we went out to Church St. to see some of the more daring individuals willing to dress up in costume. We saw Mario and Luigi: a Playboy centerfold: a pair of Victorian-era ladies: a very classy couple: a samurai warrior texting: a lego man! and […]

Yesterday, Ligeia and Mindy went to the Azrieli Foundation’s launch of its 3rd series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs. One of the authors and evening’s readers, Willie Sterner, is related to Mindy (great aunt’s cousin). His life’s story is amazing and we now have it in a published book! He survived the Holocaust with the help […]

Ligeia and Mindy wanted to go apple picking again this year. It was a little later than they usually go so when they got there, they saw this sign:They wanted more than just nice views like this one…So they went to a well-known orchard near their house:And found some very yummy apples for apple sauce […]

Mindy and Ligeia headed to rural Pennsylvania over Canadian Thanksgiving. On our way into the Valley, in the heart of Amish country, we were greeted with warning signs to watch out for horse and buggies. That’s not something we’re used to here in Toronto! And the warning signs didn’t disappoint. We saw quite a few […]

The first weekend in October was definitely a chilly one for us to go up to the cottage, but it was well worth it! The fall colors were breathtaking! We went up to Algonquin Kingscote for a short trip (amazingly, it was only a 30 minute drive from the cottage!) to see the fall leaves […]

Mindy and Ligeia were dog-sitting this weekend for a very cute Taco Bell doggie named Emma.We decided to enjoy the outdoors so we went to Rouge Park.There were so many monarch butterflies there.Hope everyone had a nice weekend,Ligeia and Mindy :):)ps. Ligeia is heading to Tampa this Wednesday after her last class.

Mindy and Ligeia drove to the Botanical Gardens today in Niagara Falls and went to Willow Pond to review and renew our vows. Wonderful memories of our special day came flooding back as well:We sat on this bench to talk: (after looking at the picture, we realized we needed to lose some weight 🙁 – […]

Mindy and Ligeia decided to try something adventurous and so we booked a reservation at O Noir, a restaurant where you dine in total darkness. We walked in and were kindly greeted in the beautiful dimly lit lobby, where we placed our order. We were then escorted by our blind waitress, Tracy, to our table. […]

Mindy played short stop and made some great plays, including catches and dives. She was ready for anything.She definitely deserved her trophy which now sits on our piano.Her brother Shawn and Momazon came out to cheer her on along with many fans:Baseball season is over and hockey season has already begun.Ligeia and Mindy :):)

Allow us to introduce our Super Friends…This is Riley as G.I. Joe:Below is Kristy as the coolest Tank Girl ever!!Here is Kate and Kris, looking good:Below is Jenny as the most adorable Hiro I’ve ever seen:And last but certainly not least, Mindy as Clark Kent (look at her name badge):Thanks for being SUPER friends!Ligeia and […]

Mindy was excited all day about playing hockey again. She’s number 23 this year and her team name is Pegasus. Her team won 3-0 and Mindy scored the second goal of the game!She already can’t wait until next week.Ligeia and Mindy :):)

Friday evening, Mindy and Ligeia went to the Vegetarian Food Fair at Harborfront. We ate yummy food, listened to great music and learned a lot about new recipes and products. Here’s Mindy enjoying sopas, ensalada de nopales and masala dosa:We hope everyone is enjoying yummy food no matter where you are in the world.Ligeia and […]

So as you may have guessed, Mindy and Ligeia went up to the cottage again for the long weekend. It rained a lot off and on all weekend so this is mostly what we saw:We spent a lot of time watching movies indoors (10 in all) and working on puzzles.The final morning we awoke to […]

Friends of ours, Keith and Li, visited us this weekend. We went to China Town and experienced a little of the China Town festival on Saturday, where we enjoyed some yummy vegetarian Chinese food.Later we walked along the harborfront …and ended up at the Toronto Music Garden.Today they are out and about enjoying the ROM […]

Mindy and Ligeia have been making sure to enjoy summer activities while the warm weather lasts. Here are some pictures of some of the things we’ve been up to:We went to a batting cage with Dad and Trixie. Here’s Mindy about to make a great hit:Ligeia spent a day with her friends Lauren and Anne […]

Mindy and Ligeia spent the weekend at Mindy’s family’s cottage, trying to get some R and R.We went about this in a variety of ways. We worked on puzzles:We watched for bunnies in the yard:And we lay around working on crossword puzzles, playing Deal or No Deal on dvd and watching lots of movies:We hope […]

The Notso’s hosted a boat cruise on Lake Ontario last night, which gave some beautiful views of Toronto:Unexpectedly though, a pirate ship showed up and……a couple of very scary looking pirates boarded their ship.They forced them all to the front of the boat.This is the last thing they all saw before plunging into the water.Ligeia […]