Dinner and Storytime

This afternoon/evening I decided to bake and cook dinner. Afternoon - used my new baking cookbook, made a pastry crust from scratch and a blackberry pie. (the recipe called for blueberries but we couldn't find any)

Dinner - Shrimp in a Court bouillon sauce, stewed okra with tomatoes and chickpeas, and rice. (supposed to be a risotto but I'm too lazy and couldn't juggle three pans at once and peel shrimp) Tony, Angela and Ollie came over to eat dinner with us and enjoy our tree for it's final night.





After dinner Tricia showed Dylan and Ollie a book.

Ollie playing on something like a drum.....there's a new one.

The last picture of our tree. If you look into the bell you can see Tony taking the artzy fartzy picture. Isn't it B E A Utiful?