Yes, we just celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary! The best part....we had a date!!! It was wonderful and I had been looking forward to it all week. We are so thankful that Ayi knows us well enough and had enough courage to watch all four kids! :)
Not only did we go Christmas shopping TOGETHER, but we tried out a new restaurant. It was called Venice (but not really an Italian place). I told Jonathan that we goofed on coming at dinner time. There were people waiting everywhere. We were told to go get in line and get a number. No sooner were we in that line than they were pulling us OUT of line saying "No. No. No. Follow him." So we did and they sat us right down. It was great. And yes, that is a steak. And no, it's not quite like one from America, but it will do for now.
Oh yes, and do not forget the appetizer :)
I also got these wonderful flowers...via my son, who so excitedly said, "Happy Anniversary!" The big vase is from Jonathan and the "small vase" is from Benjamin.
So, on the first half of our date, I knew the kids were up to something when I kept getting phone call after phone call with questions like... "What does sift mean?" "What is shortening/do we have any? OH! Crisco. I know what that is." "Which knob turns the oven on?" Always followed by a very quick "Thanks! Bye!" before the next phone call.
This was the final product. A complete anniversary cookie with no adult help. Regan and Benjamin did a great job...and I did taste it. It was VERY sweet. There was some substitution going on in the recipe. For example, they did not know that confectioner's sugar was not regular sugar, a little maple syrup was added for part of the icing, etc. Not a bad first try though. I love the effort they put into it. It literally took them HOURS to make.
When we got home, Ayi was reading a story to the girls. Katherine was not very happy that Ayi was not in the middle of them, but Lauren was just as content as she could be in the arms of HER Ayi :)
