The children made the most of our recent three day weekend. Adam had his first non-cousin sleepover at a friend’s house. It was his friend’s first sleepover as well. Neither of them slept comfortably. 🙂 From what he said, he and Ben (whose father’s name is Mike- not kidding!) mostly did the same stuff Adam does around here by himself, like messing around with a ball while listening to an audiobook. But they did it together, which made all the difference, and was worth the interrupted sleep.
Maria made dinner for us on Saturday. She’d been craving twice-baked potatoes, so she made those with the Christmas kale salad on the side. The whole thing was her idea, mind you. She did a great job. It was delicious and we enjoyed it greatly. I also enjoyed the fact that she accidentally used chard instead of kale in the salad. Turns out it’s good that way, too, but if you know Maria you know how she feels about swiss chard!
On Sunday she decided to make a quilt. I confess to thinking this was going to go the way of many of her ideas and end up being unfinished, discarded, and cleaned up by me. Instead, she stayed with it, planning it well one day and sewing the top together the next. It was a perfect project size for a weekend, and with the piecing done, can be put aside and quilted slowly over the next few.
If you’re interested, here is the Kale apple and pancetta salad recipe that has been so popular here this winter. Obviously, bacon can be substituted for the pancetta for those of us with house payments instead of yacht payments, and now Maria has proven that chard can be substituted for kale. It’s a great balance of flavors… kind of like a successful patchwork quilt top. 🙂
EICIE 