Julia Night

Last Thursday I invited Mom & Emily over for a fun night in celebration of Julia Child. We had all read and loved the book Julie & Julia and as you can all tell I'm obsessed with cooking and planning things to look forward to (like fun impromptu parties). Also, we all had yet to watch the movie Julie & Julia so I thought we'd make a whole night out of it together- just for fun!

Julie's recipe we made together was Crepes Roulées a la Florentine (savory stuffed crepes with a spinach, mushroom & cheese sauce) accompanied by warm french bread. It turned out delicious! For dessert I had previously prepared us another of Julia's recipes: Petites Pots de Creme au Chocolat, which we enjoyed with homemade whipped cream. Yum!

Emily was a pro and turned out crepe after crepe

The table turned out quite cute if I do say so myself!

Dear Earth,

Happy you day! I'm sorry I haven't done all that is possible to make you better & last longer. I want you to know I am quite grateful for what you do for me every day- sustaining my and everyone else's life and all. This year I have been working on my compost pile & garden so that I am able to reuse some of your resources for wonderful things this summer. Keep up the good work and I promise to try a little harder every year!

Love, Laura

Xena's 1st Bday

Xena's 1st birthday was last Saturday and of course we celebrated...who wouldn't?! I made her wear a bow and made cute cupcakes (which she did not get to eat) however she did get a new Frisbee to fetch. I do love occasions to celebrate so I'll probably do something for the 1 year anniversary in May of the day we brought her home :)