Truepenny has been doing her MA in English, and it’s a lot of work. So Christoph has been helping.

But he find it hard to study without a snack.

Nom nom nom.

A couple weeks ago, A and Truepenny took Christoph to see the sights in Montréal.

Christoph made a friend at the hostel.

He climbed Mont-Royal

...and made it all the way to the top!

After the hike, cooled off while A and Truepenny enjoyed a refreshing beverage.

There were plenty of good eats including poutine...

...smoked meat sandwiches...

...escargot...

...and steak frites!

Overall, nous avons passé de bonnes vacances!

Christoph and Truepenny have settled into their new home, where Truepenny will be pursuing her MA in English. Though they will both be very busy, Christoph hopes he will stop neglecting his blog!

Christoph is visiting with A. at the moment, and Truepenny is home alone working hard on the last essay of her undergraduate career. So to cheer her up, A. decided Christoph should send her a picture of him with his friends…

More updates soon when Truepenny is officially done her ungrad!

Once again, Christoph apologizes for his prolonged absence from the interweb. He’s a busy little elephant and has been spending the month eating yummy food and being cool. He got himself some ice, as you can see.

About a month back, Christoph joined Truepenny and A up at A’s cottage for some relaxation and good eats over Reading Week. He helped them try their hand at making sushi for the first time!

The whole meal consisted of salmon rolls & nigiri, eel rolls & nigiri, miso soup and, when we tired of rolling, we just tossed some salmon, eel and other ingredients in a bowl with rice. And champagne to celebrate our culinary accomplishment (though of course Christoph is too young to partake of such things!).

Overall, it was rather delicious for a first attempt. The rice of course was really the difficult part, and A did a fine job of not messing up what Truepenny likely would have.

On the less sophisticated end of the spectrum, Christoph and Truepenny also made chocolate-chip-peanut-butter-cup cookies!

Mmm. Maybe not as fancy as sushi, but very delicious!

Though it’s essay season for Truepenny (which results in many nights in for both her and Christoph) Christoph promises to take better care of his blog!

You’ll hear from him again soon!

Christoph has been taking a long break and relaxing, but now he’s ready to get back to blogging.

Since it’s been a month since his last post, it seems the daily photo goal may be unachievable. As such, updates will be less frequent, but you will definitely be seeing more of this little elephant.

Stay tuned!

Christoph’s New Year’s Resolutions:

Make new friends.

Eat less junk food.

Learn lots.

Try new things.

Get more beauty rest.

Have fun!

Christoph hopes all your plans and wishes for 2009 come true!

my soul is in the sky.

wings by truepenny

“Whether outwardly or inwardly, whether in space or time, the farther we penetrate the unknown, the vaster and more marvelous it becomes.” – Charles A. Lindbergh

an eye for an eye

“Love is not blind; it is an extra eye, which shows us what is most worth of regard.” -JM Barrie

How to eat an Oreo (playdough) cookie…

Step 1. Get an Oreo cookie. Christophs prefers the playdough variety.

Step 2. Twist open.

Step 3.1. Lick icing in middle...

Step 3.2. ...until clean!

Step 4.1. Obtain glass of milk. It is best to have this ready ahead of time to minimize time spent not eating cookies.

Step 4.2. Dip sufficiently in milk.

Step 5. Eat the now-milky chocolate cookies. Eat immediately after dipping to prevent excessive sogginess.

Step 6. Be sure to clean up your mess! Having a trunk allows for speedy clean up. Washcloth may be used as substitute for trunk.

Meet Christoph's friend, Fernando!

Can you hear the drums, Fernando?