Young Chefs – April 2012

One day I noticed the groupon was for a Young Chef’s class and thought about buying it for Nadia since she loved it so much last time. But then I forgot about it and went on with the day. Later I got a text from my friend Tricia asking if I saw it and if I wanted to get one too so that her son Elliott and Nadia could go together. Sure thing! So we worked it out for them to go in April and here are some of the photos.

Young Chef April 2012

Amelie had a lot more fun this time since her friend Jude was there to play. I didn’t have all the “My turn cook?” questions because she was distracted.

Young Chef April 2012

There were several more kids this time and the chefs did well with all the chaos.

Young Chef April 2012

Nadia was the first one to “hide the lime” while waiting on the Angel Food Croutons to bake.

Young Chef April 2012

Tasting the food. Neither Nadia or Elliott liked the lime fruit salad, but they did like the angel food cake croutons.

Young Chef April 2012

Jude, Elliott, Nadia, Amelie  (they were moving targets so this was the best one)

Young Chef April 2012

On the way out Elliott said, “Look it’s Nadia cooking!” I cracked up and had to get a photo – Nadia thought is was great! (oh how I wished I had put in her usual 2 ponies!)

Young Chef April 2012

And when we got home the girls found these from Aunt Sharon. SO COOL!

The Zoo

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Click the photo above to see the entire album.

We love the zoo and seem to go every time the Peterman’s visit. After the mini train ride we moved the cars up the road a bit and headed into the zoo. I think it was Evie’s idea that as many of us as possible wear superhero shirts which was really fun. It was a really nice day weather wise and we made our way casually through the zoo.

Zoo 3.30.2012

Zoo 3.30.2012

As we left the monkey house they started some construction on the roof and the Chimpanzee’s were not having ANY part of that. They all ended up outside looking suspiciously above their home.

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Inside the MOLA exhibit.I have no idea if they learned anything on those phones, but they sure are cute!

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Zoo 3.30.2012

Zoo 3.30.2012

Nadia took this photo of the adults and I think she did a great job!

Zoo 3.30.2012

Zoo 3.30.2012

Zoo 3.30.2012

After having lunch we headed home to get Amelie a nap while the Peterman’s stayed. Later we met up with them for our yummy meal at Pappasito’s. It was a great day and a blessing to celebrate Jessica’s birthday together!

Jessica’s Birthday

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We started out celebrating Jessica’s birthday by riding the Forest Park Mini Train.

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After riding at the front of the train in December, Nadia declared that she wanted to ride the caboose next time. No one else was trying to get on the back so her and Evie had a great time.

Mini Train 3.2012

Mini Train 3.2012

All the girls at the end of the ride.  From there we went to the zoo (separate post) and for dinner we went to Pappasito’s which was Jessica’s birthday choice.

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Amelie having fun drinking her milk. This is the only photo from Pappasito’s since we were all too busy eating.

Abby cooks!

Abby loves to cook and she is big enough now to plan out menus and help with all the cooking. While she was here she made waffles for breakfast, helped with the cake for her mom’s birthday and made “breakfast for dinner” for 3 families. We all headed over to our friends Bubba and Laura’s house. Abby had planned the meal, her parents bought the supplies and then her and Laura had a blast in Laura’s kitchen making the meal.

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The menu included two kinds of sparkling juice drinks, yogurt parfaits and blueberry mini muffins.

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This was the main dish which was a recipe her and her dad came up with called “breakfast lasagna”. It was layered bread flavored with cinnamon and sugar, black forest bacon and topped with brie. It was yummy! Afterwards we enjoyed Jessica’s birthday cake.

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The girls favorite part of the night was playing in Bub and Laura’s new pool and hot tub in the backyard. It was a wonderful night!