Advent - pt II

So, I guess this year it's going to be a weekly update:)  Hopefully I can remember all that has transpired in the past week!

Dec 13 - $2 to buy a treat at the snackbar at Collin's hockey game tonight (yes, lame)

Dec 14 - breakfast at S*E*L*M*A cafe with our friend, K (you can actually see us in the last photo in the back table)

Dec 15 - cut down a christmas tree!

Dec 16 - Erica's family Christmas party and pizza for dinner (+ sitting in the scorekeepers box for Flannery's hockey game which totally trumped the first two)

Dec 17 - A visit to the A's house (The kids played their heart out, Flannery got her hair cut, we ate DELICIOUS matzoh ball soup, and I got my chatting on!  All this on a school/reading tutor night - yes we are still paying for it.)

Dec 18 - Shopping with Queso for Mama's birthday (They did good!!!!!  Tons of soap and candles - my favorites!)

Dec 19 - Cooking a yummy dinner for Mama's 40th birthday!

Growing up we always celebrated our birthdays at my Babci's house.  And, she always made platski.  Luckily, I made them with her enough to learn the recipe - complete with the bloody knuckles from grating the potatoes on the g*& d@#$ finest side of the grader.  I've had many yummy potato pancakes in my time, but none compare to these!

Collin wanted to make me sushi for my birthday - not the usually accompaniment for platski, but so delicious.  He piled it high with kimchi and a fried egg!

Cayla's sushi balls - heavy on the furikake:)

Sour cream is the traditional platski topping, but Collin is a child of the fusion era.  Poland meets Japan!

Cayla's contribution to the meal was homemade ice cream.  She made vanilla and added my favorite cookie of all time - Candy Cane Joe-Joes.  And, of course no Cayla desert is complete without hot fudge.