while i'm sorry for everyone in the rest of the country that is suffering in the middle of a deep-freeze right now, i'm really happy that we are experiencing the opposite here. the weather has been in the 60's and 70's for more than a week, and the sun hasn't stopped shining. it has been lovely, and we've been out and about as much as possible.
when i woke up on saturday morning, i decided i would try to make french cheese puffs (gougeres) for breakfast. i had made them a few weeks ago, but things didn't come out right, and they were more like crackers than puffs. this time, they were nice a puffy and cheesy. they're evie's favorite thing at the bakery we go to, so it was nice to be able to make them at home.
after breakfast we headed out to the academy of sciences. it was packed, but that didn't matter to evie. there were fish and dinosaur bones to see. all pretty exciting. then we headed over to the deyoung museum and the cafe with the sculpture garden to grab some lunch. burgers. evie was pleased because there was meat - her favorite. she is not showing any signs of vegetarianism.
then back home for a glorious three hour nap. i really appreciate that she's a good napper. i think mike does too, because he was down for almost as long. it gave me time to make up a batch of chocolate-dipped coconut macaroons. the macaroons are a happy by-product of the ice cream making, which leaves me with a lot of egg whites to use up.
after the family woke up, we shared a cookie, which was messy and delicious, then headed over to a friend's place to celebrate their engagement and his birthday. evie enjoyed the people almost as much as she enjoyed the salami that was within her reach on the food table. then she sang to us on the ride home.
can a day be better than this?
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