Well it has been a while since my last post. Let's see.... what have we been up to. The weekend of the 16th the kids had a parents night out at school so Michael and I went out to a fancy french restaurant. Since we have had Ethan we haven't had the chance to explore new places. This was definitely going to be an experience for us. We had the 7 course tasting menu where you are given small bites for each course - a taste - . We also did the wine pairing from the sommelier. We were a little nervous at first because of one of the courses. Our first course was a savory nectarine soup. It was delicious and the wine that was paired with it was great. If you took a taste of the soup before the wine you could totally taste the nectarines but then after a sip of wine the savory part of the soup came out. It was really interesting. The next course was our nervous one. It was foie gras - duck or goose liver. This one scared me, but you only live once and need to go outside your comfort zone. It was good!!! It was small and it was sitting on a apple fritter and had a mushroom on top and then paired with a black currant sauce. I truely liked it. It melted on your tongue. The next course was creamed peas with a yeast cake. Very yummy. Then we had steelhead trout with a delicious sauce. I was nervous about this as well as I am not a huge fish fan especially if it is fishy tasting. This was wonderful - very fresh and no fishy taste. Our next course was the sorbet to cleans the pallet. It was very interesting. It was rhubarb, sour cherry, rose, champagne sorbet. The rose was the overwhelming taste. It reminded me of my grandmothers home because it always smelled of roses. Wasn't my favorite, but it did cleanse the pallet. The main course of rabbit loin stuffed with mushrooms and served with morrel mushrooms on the side in a wonderful sauce (french food is alot about the sauces). It was okay - the rabbit was a little tough for me. Then last thing was a salad. I wasn't crazy about the salad, but that could have been because I was getting full. All of the wine pairings were wonderful. We did have dessert and it was good as well. the dinner took about 3 hours - nice and relaxing.
This last weekend we went down to Portland. The people that Michael works on the second project with wanted to have a company picnic so we went down for that. Jeff hosted the party and wow do they have a gorgeous house. The live in Forest Heights and the house is wonderful and they have a beautiful backyard. Arianna had a blast playing with the other kids and Ethan did well also. We only had one incident where he tried to bite - him and another boy were arguing over a toy. We called it a success for him!
While we were there we also picked up a few more school clothes for Arianna. We went to the Woodburn outlet to Gymboree and got her some nice skirts and a few dresses and new tennis shoes. Ethan also needed new shoes - his feet grew a whole size in a couple of months. He is now and 8XW.
I can't believe Arianna starts kindergarten in a week. I didn't think I would be teary over it, but I am a little. She is growing up fast. We get to find out who her teacher is tomorrow and we are buying her school supplies tonight. She got a really cute sunflower backpack and lunch box. Last week was her last class of gymnastics. She is not signed up for the fall because I don't want her to be too busy. She will have swimming 2 days a week and then she wants to continue to do soccer. She also wants to join girl scouts.
Ethan is moving up to a new class in his daycare. It is a class for 2 year olds and older. This will be a challenge for him - hopefully he will do well. This class has them wash their own hands, clean their plates after lunch, they have chinese class, etc. He has been doing better. He has a lot more words and is trying to put them together. His biting has gotten tons better, but he still tends to do it when sometimes tries to take a toy away or he wants a toy from someone else. It is a work in progress. He has only done it once at his school - so that is good.
This week we are leaving on Thursday to go away for the weekend with Michael's parents. Once last trip before school starts on Tuesday.
Have a great labor day weekend!
1 comment:
Your "date" sounded lovely. Isn't wine pairing with a wine person’s choices, something? We did that once on Orcas Island, just one course, but oh my, was it a magical how the experience of that you were eating and sipping completely changed!
Sounds like the kids are growing and doing well. So glad Ethan's biting is reduced. That seems so stressful for the parents. Is today the first day of school? Oooo, I bet their is lots of excitement at your house:) I LOVED the first day of school, did you?
Create a great day, and thanks for sharing,
Pam
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