I had a pretty good Mother’s Day. The only one of my kids who was here was my “daughter in law”, John’s girlfriend, Megan. But both John and Al called, and my first foster daughter, Kaylah, posted a really nice mom’s day message on Facebook. I worked till about 9:30 on Saturday night, grading in […]
Breaking with a long time tradition, this year for Mother’s Day I did a High Tea, instead of brunch. In 2008, not sure which kids were around, but I made brunch. John & Al were in Milwaukee then, so maybe they both came back. In 2009, John graduated college, and I took my waffle […]
I did a brunch at E. Wash, for about 11 adults + 3 little kids + me, Mark & Kanari. The baked goods turned out to be pumpkin-date scones and cherry muffins, and a loaf of long-rise, no-knead bread made special for the occasion, and a loaf of ww bread that I had in the […]
Or at least, thing by thing. For our Dutch exchange student, this was the weekend of the senior prom. For me it was mother’s day, and a brunch at School Woods. On Saturday, I got up and went to the Farmers’ Market on my own for serious shopping – potatoes, cheese, green onions, asparagus, eggs, […]
After all the hullabaloo of the wedding (more on that in a minute) we had a nice quiet mother’s day brunch at home, using up some of the wedding leftovers: Broccoli & cheddar quiche – remember I did over buy on broccoli, and the nice 2-lb blocks of Tillamook cheddar that you can get at […]