This past week our
church celebrated it’s women’s organization “Relief Society” 167th birthday. Here in Scotland they decided to celebrate by having a
High Tea. I guess in times past…before Scotland was “Americanized” they would eat dinner earlier in the day and then have “high tea” later in the evening. So, here is what was for our “high tea” evening.
Each person had their own proper tea set. We were given either Gammon (ham) or Macaroni-n-cheese. (I split my meal with another lady so we could have both) There was also a plate of pancakes, ginger bread and scones. Plus a plate of bread for you to butter.
After the meal a plate of desserts was brought out. Lemon bread, coconut/cherry bread, meringue, shortbread caramel chocolate toffee and yummy pastries.
And to finish the evening we were given the choice of Caro or Hot Chocolate to drink. I had never heard of or tried Caro, so I tried it out. I am not a fan. It is what I would imagine coffee would taste like. I didn’t even think to add sugar or milk…I just downed my drink so I could get some hot chocolate. I now know that I don’t like Caro…I’m a hot chocolate lover.
“Today it is your birthday and we sing to let you know. That you will be queen for the day, whatever you say goes.” (Barbie-12 Dancing Princesses) Today Kalani turned 5 years old! She had a few requests:
- Breakfast in Bed
- I sing her that birthday song from 12 Dancing Princesses
- We visit a castle
It really is such a joy to have Kalani as our daughter…although my first year as a mother was difficult. She is NOT shy at all and makes friends rather easily which allows me to make friends. She is also pretty easy to travel with, which is nice for us since we like to travel! Happy Birthday and We Love You Kalani!
It really isn’t that big of a secret to know that I don’t really care to cook. I can cook and follow a recipe, but I would much rather eat someone else’s food or go out to eat. Still, I know that cooking is important and I want my children to know how to follow a recipe and maybe even enjoy cooking. So, while we were at the store Kalani saw this box to make Barbie cupcakes…really just white cupcakes with pink frosting, but Barbie was on the box. I almost didn’t buy the box because we really don’t need cupcakes in our house, but I decided to let Kalani have a try at baking.
She mixed the batter and frosting all by hand since we don’t have a mixer here in Scotland. Then she decorated each cupcake. Of course by the end of the day we had eaten all of these cupcakes. I hope that she will love to cook. I think that each Friday will be our “cooking” or “baking” day when we get back to the state. And when she gets older she will be in charge of cooking dinner at least once a week. One less cooking day for me!
The weather is getting to be nicer here in Aberdeen so I wanted to go for a walk. I talked to a friend at church about meeting up with her today to hang out, chat and possibly go out for a walk…if the weather was nice. It wasn’t raining or snowing and the sun even peeked out at times. We went on a walk following an old railway line that they turned into a bike/walking path.
We saw some cows, deer and horses on our walk. Kalani had a great time running around and seeing the beautiful countryside. She makes going on walks so much fun because she get so excited about everything that she sees. She tried feeding a horse a carrot, but the carrot fell out of her hands and she wasn’t too sure about having the horse’s teeth near her hand.
We are planning on going on some more walks before we leave. A great way to see the country and it is free exercise!
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