festivities

I made this tart for my little one's birthday yesterday.

It's an apricot & pear tart recipe that I found in Real Simple.

It is delicious!

Look's a bit similar, huh?

We had a great day spent with Nana and Papa who have come to stay for a few weeks.

We first headed to a coffee shop for bagels and coffee and chocolate milk for the little ones.

After a quick stop in a thrift shop we headed to local children's museum for several hours.

The second half of the day was mainly spent cooking, baking and eating.

The process is always as much, if not more fun, as sitting down to actually eat.

We usually have music going, a drink poured, and in this case a glass of beer, for everyone over 5 feet.

 (my mom's not much taller than this ;)

 That stack of tortillas, by the way, was made by my mom. She makes the BEST tortillas...hands down!

She made a fresh dozen about 3 to 4 times a week when I was growing up.

Even now, she makes them every week because of all of her children and grandchildren who completely devour them.

After the festivities we topped off the day with a pajama party.

I can't believe my youngest is 3.

It goes by SO incredibly fast.....

yet when they are yelling at the top of their lungs and destroying things I often think to myself,

"exactly when does this phase end??" ;)

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Comfort food

this yummy bowl of soup sits on a pot holder my mom made :)

It's the season for comfort food. I won't deny that I love it either. I guess you could say that I am a bit of a foodie. I get great satisfaction that doesn't even sound as big as it really is! out of eating delicious well-made food. I'm not really into junk food and I can easily pass on candy, but pretty much any meal out of Martha Stewart's Living mag just causes uncontrollable drooling ;) I like pastries and desserts and French, New Mexican, Italian, Indian, Japanese, Thai, etc........food!!! Oh yeah and pretty much everything my parents or my mother-in-law whip out onto the table - yum!

Speaking of food, my husband also happens to be a great cook. He made the soup pictured above. He said he just wanted to use up whatever he could find in the fridge and voila....he made one of the best soups he has ever made. He's not much for recipes...I think a lot of men are that way. My dad is the same. He is excellent in the kitchen and mainly just experiments and tries things. I, however, am a pretty good recipe follower ;)

This evening my husband is in the process of baking a cake he will be making it over the next few days that he grew up eating in Estonia. It is my absolute favorite dessert and every time his mother comes and visits or we visit there, she will bake this cake. I think she knows I love it very, very much ;) So this cake is special and intended for my little-est monkey's birthday party this Saturday. He is turning the big 2.

Food is obviously on my mind....I've yet to eat dinner and I am super hungry, so I think that is why.

See you tomorrow with some new pieces....:)