Jordan's latest passion is Magic. And Magicking. Yes, magick is the latest craze in this house, and it's used as a verb. By Jordan. She has magic wands all over the house, and she likes to use them on us. We're turned into princesses, dragons, toads, horses, whatever her fancy. I think this is so fun for her because she gets to be the boss.
Jamie likes this new phase; there must be some deep rooted longing in him to be the boss as well :-) He started a game with Jordan where he takes a piece candy of a certain color and magicks it into a different color (by swapping it out from a stash of hidden multi-colored candies). Jordan tried to get me to do this trick one day, but she only brought me one candy and the wand, and I told her I couldn't do magic, only Daddy could (cleverly exempting myself from Jordan's obsessive repetition for the new game).
Anyway, Jamie decided to take on the role of house magician, and checked out like 8 books of simple magic tricks from the library. So morning, noon, and night, Jordan requests Daddy to magick something. It's so cute. She believes all of his tricks are real, but she also helps out by closing her eyes right before the magic happens. Today, I magicked the little remote control to the fan into disappearing, and we found it in Jordan's pants. She was so caught up in thinking about what the surprise would be, that she totally missed me tucking it down the back of her pants while she was sitting by me. When I said "Hey, what's that?!?" and pulled the remote out of her waistband, she just laughed and laughed with glee. How sweet is that?!
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Summer Vay-Cay 2010
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Fall Risotto
Risotto recipes are a real pain to write out, so I'm going to assume if you're willing to try a risotto recipe, you already know the basics. Here's my latest twist on one of my favorite dishes. You mix in to the basic recipe:
- large onion, well carmelized
- half head of garlic, roasted at 400 for 1 hr, w/olive oil
- package of cubed frozen butternut squash, cooked on the stove in a little stock
- chopped fresh sage fried in butter
- splash of Chardonnay, which pairs awesomely with this meal (I like Clos du Bois)
All of my risottos use top quality organic chicken stock (std sodium, but I never add salt to the recipe), olive oil AND butter, and are finished with half-and-half and parmesan. It is soooo good :-)
Risotto recipes are a real pain to write out, so I'm going to assume if you're willing to try a risotto recipe, you already know the basics. Here's my latest twist on one of my favorite dishes. You mix in to the basic recipe:
- large onion, well carmelized
- half head of garlic, roasted at 400 for 1 hr, w/olive oil
- package of cubed frozen butternut squash, cooked on the stove in a little stock
- chopped fresh sage fried in butter
- splash of Chardonnay, which pairs awesomely with this meal (I like Clos du Bois)
All of my risottos use top quality organic chicken stock (std sodium, but I never add salt to the recipe), olive oil AND butter, and are finished with half-and-half and parmesan. It is soooo good :-)
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Summer Vay-Cay 2010
1 comment:
DOn't you wish grownups were as easy to make laugh as kids? If I find you stuffing a remote down my pants, I will not be laughing.
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