Sunday Dinner en francais and other things

We had a birthday weekend for my mom. On Saturday night we went out to get burgers for her birthday. Elliott wouldn't eat any of his own food, but he ate every single onion in sight. Strange, yes, but he did. White, red and fried...they were his for the taking.

On Sunday, we invited the same group over for a special birthday dinner, including the abandoned children Alex and Tara. Ross and I decided on a French theme with some new recipies. Coq Au Vin (coco van), roasted garlic mashed potatoes, pickled pea pods, fruit salad and chocolate mousse for dessert.

The Coq Au Vin was divine! Absolutely fantastic and the chocolate mousse, which was my primary contribution to dinner - made from scratch - was out of this world rich and decadent. Ce Magnifique!



After dinner we sat around, chatted, and watch some of the boys in the family quite frantically and comically try to set-up their fantasy basketball league. I think they got it, but to tell you the truth, I'm not quite sure.



All in all, it was a great weekend with lots of good food and company. I really like to be able to have my family over for dinner. I think it's cool. It's even better when Ross takes charge of the meal and I don't really have to cook or clean up. What a guy, right? Sometimes he does stuff that I really appreciate - like dinner.



Three loads of dishes in the dishwasher and a bunch of hand washing later and we've finally got all the remnants of our tasty dinner cleaned up. Ross did all that, too. Did I mention that he was a good husband and host yesterday? Yeah, he was.

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As a side note, we actually have one of these on our front porch in honor of perhaps the dumbest of the holidays we don't celelbrate.


It's from Grandpa Howden's garden and is actually a "howden" breed pumpkin. I guess that's fitting for us, right? Elliott quite enjoyed his pumpkin yesterday - even if he attached it with the pruning shears.