Mother's Day Weenie Roast

To celebrate Mother's Day, we gathered at Mer, Pete and Kate's (also known as Camp Erlewine) for a weenie roast! We kept scooting our chairs to avoid the campfire smoke.



Kate kept picking irises.



Mmm! Delicious wieners!



Mer made cole slaw!



I made Smitten Kitchen's tzatziki potato salad!



I also made a crockpot of baked beans that were BARELY done in time.



Pete had the best suggestion ever to have BLT hot dogs. They were sooooo good!



YUM!



Kate got this Buster lookalike at a yard sale. We put batteries in it and watched it come to life!



It was definitely creepy.



Then it was time to make s'mores!



Golden brown!



Look at that perfect golden brown marshmallow!



Mmm.



Pete made a Peep s'more!



Roast those lil' bunnies!



Getting all toasty and plump.



Mmm, Peep s'more.



Happy Mother's Day!

Happy birthday, Kayla and Derrick!

Kayla and Derrick both have birthdays this week. To get the celebration started, we went to Purple Chopstix for brunch! LOOK at all of those delicious items!!!!!!



It was a beautiful day so we hung out on the patio for awhile. Ben found an owl!



Family pictures!



Rockettes!









Oh, Moss!



Bridge portraits!









It was an epic birthday celebration! We took a family hike up to the Ridges, with seven dogs in tow! Then when we were finally hungry again, we gathered at Kayla and Derrick's for a pizza party. Jon made one of his famous cakes!



Make wishes, Derrick and Kayla!

Jewish Cooking Club

Emily hosted this month's cooking club, and we did Jewish cuisine! Summer made these gorgeous loaves of challah bread.



We got to slice into it while it was still warm!! SO good.



We made some Manischewitz and champagne spritzers. Cheers!



Emily made matzo ball soup!



I had never had matzo ball soup before, and I LOVED it!! The matzo balls were so flavorful.



I made knish! They had potatoes and caramelized onions inside.



Nancy made a savory kugel. It was amazing!



Valerie made a light kibbutz vegetable salad.



Yumi made brisket!



Mmm, briskety.



All together now!



Valerie also made rugelach! Three different types: nutty, apricot, and peanut butter and chocolate.



One of each, please!



Miss Charlotte joined us!

Frolicking in the Daffodil Patch

Meredith and Sarah discovered one day that they each had a sister with an animal costume! I have a bunny suit and Robin has a bear suit! Obviously we decided that we had to congregate in the daffodil patch and frolic.



Mer brought grapefruit margaritas, and Sarah brought gouda spread, crackers and strawberries.



The daffodil patch brought its glorious beauty. Plus bluebells!





And thus we frolicked.



We skipped!



Oooh, refreshments.



Cheers!



We drank margaritas on the rocks! NO PUN INTENDED.



We talked about the beauty of the flowers.





Peeking!



We picnicked!





We fed each other strawberries!



Awkward prom photo.



Selfie!



High five!





Joey was there too!



Let us out!!!



What happened???!