Fat Saturday

1. Boy, am I stuffed!  If I keep this blog up you will begin to notice a pattern about our eating very quickly.  I will write about food that I made during the week and tell you where I ate over the weekend.  Last night we stayed home because of the snow and because when Rich got home at 5:30 I was still in my pj's.  Amazingly, just after he walked in a friend of mine called from Atlanta that I haven't spoken to in 15 years!  Well, we've "spoken" on Facebook, but that's not the same as hearing her perky voice.

I took Lola to a birthday party today and Rich took Grace to lunch and the bookstore.  For breakfast I made multi-grain waffles and then later ate the frosting off the birthday cake.  We had a sitter tonight and we ended up winging our plans.  We headed out and ended up in New Caanan and walked around a bit.  We went to Thali Indian and had a nice meal.  We had two chicken dishes, nan and a laasi all for about $65.  Nothing is cheap in these parts!  For dessert we thought we'd head out to see what we could find.  Lo and behold, we ended up at the Melting Pot in Darien.  This is the second time we've just ended up there for dessert.  There wasn't room in the main restaurant, but we could sit at the bar for the chocolate fondue.  Perfect!  We got to sit and have our milk chocolate with Bailey's fondue and coffees all while watching curling.  We saw the medals ceremony, too.  The best part was that we didn't walk out of the place wreaking of oil.  If you've ever been to the Melting Pot you know you have to air your jackets out and wash your clothes immediately upon departure.  Fondue there isn't cheap and really isn't as awesome as I once thought it was, but it's a fun, cozy atmosphere and we enjoyed just being out!

2. Lola keeps talking a lot about her birthday party.  She wants to have it at home.  In some ways this is good and some ways not so good.  Seeing the gorgeous cake at the party today made me think more about bakery/store bought cakes vs. homemade cakes.  This cake was truly stunning.  When it was cut into I could see that the chocolate cake looked very light brown.  This is a very bad sign.  Sure enough, the cake was a bit dry and didn't have much flavor.  I did love the frosting, though.  Anyway, I think I may make Lola's cake.  Last year I made cupcakes for her party.  I'm thinking good old fashioned party games at home in the backyard.

3. Can you believe it's time to think about summer camp?  Camps around here fill up quickly and are pretty expensive.  I like to keep the kids busy during the summer without getting too busy.  It's all a balancing act and one that's hard to figure out months in advance.  There are two farm camps that sound so neat and a Girl Scout camp right here in town.  And, there are a million more options.  I'll think about it tomorrow.