A Saturday full of non-stop action!
I woke up this morning to a balmy 47 degrees and decided to post pone my bike ride for this afternoon when it was a bit warmer.
Instead I warmed my hands with a pot of green tea.
And warmed my soul with a bowl of banana chocolate fruit cereal.
Zak had plans this morning so I schlepped the girls into the car and we ran off to run some errands late morning into the early afternoon.
I hit the Thrive jackpot at the natural food store today!
A whirlwind day yesterday with so much going on, thank you all for all the birthday wishes for my baby girl!
After Maxine opened her gifts from us in the morning I got started on her cake. I used a chocolate cake recipe I’ve used in the past.
Dark Chocolate Cake
2 c boiling water
1 c unsweetened cocoa powder
2 3/4 c flour
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 c butter, softened
2 1/4 c white sugar
4 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
The girls were with Aunt Ellen today and my mom happened to have the day off from work. We decided to take the opportunity to have a little mother-daughter day together. We headed out to eat at a small, local restaurant called Aladdins Natural Eatery in downtown Rochester. Their menu touts fine, fresh ingredients to make delicious, healthy meals. Well what do you know, I’m all a-tout that myself.
We decided to split the babaganoush for an appetizer.
Yesterday’s party started with a treasure hunt, or more accurately, we went letterboxing!
We traveled around their neighborhood following clues to find our “treasure”, which contains a stamp and a stamp pad. You use the stamp in the box to stamp your letterboxing journal, and then you stamp your own personal stamp on the pad found in the box to show that you’ve been there, for others who find the box to see.
We were instructed to start at Clue 2. Our first stop was a community garden.
Stop #2, a tree stump in another community garden!
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