Vacation in Famara

Here are a few of my favorite moments during our vacation to the Canary Islands. We based ourselves in Famara, which was our favorite quiet beach town we frequented last year. Amélie enjoyed getting lots of attention and finally started to eat solids like a champ.

^^Enjoying one of her Christmas presents.

^^A pretty sunset and the door to our villa. 

^^Quality time with daddy.

^^Beach walk.

^^We had lots of seafood and rice.

 ^^We had a walk around the Jardin de Cactus

^^plus visited all the Manrique sites.

^^And of course had lots of tapas.

We are back home now, busy making our home more homey and getting into the swing of 2015. 

Thanksgiving 2014

I'm slowly catching up with everything I need to do now that we have internet again so here are a few pictures from Thanksgiving a couple of weeks back. We celebrated the weekend before with all of the Sensos and then again on Thursday with just our family of three. 

^^A group shot of all of us and all of the food!

^^I made the pies the day before, just your good old classic apple pie and pumpkin pie.

^^Apple pie in the oven.

^^We had turkey chili while Amelie played with some watches. She liked the Rolex the best, of course.

^^Early morning shot of the turkey, 7am. 

^^Table all set and even a little place card for the baby. 

^^I hope Thanksgiving is going to be her favorite holiday too!

^^From the left: green beans with pancetta & onions, baked sweet potatoes, brussels sprouts, mashed sweet potatoes, the turkey, sausage stuffing, butternut squash, mashed potatoes, apple pie, gravy, cranberry sauce and a pumpkin pie (the best recipe here.)

^^Amélie loved the pinecone.

^^I had two plates of this.

^^Our little table. 

^^She kind of liked mashed potatoes and butternut squash.

^^I was soo full.

^^And Amélie passed out after the meal. 

^^Then I made turkey everything the next day - stock, soup and salad. 

I can't wait until Amélie is old enough to understand holidays and how excited I am about Thanksgiving each year. It will be so nice to have her help me in the kitchen each year just like I did with my mom. For now, she sits in her high chair and takes it all in :) 

Happy Fourth of July

 ^^Even though we are not living in America, I still wanted to celebrate the 4th of July with Amélie. She is half American after all! I finally got around to erasing the old 36 week chalkboard and quickly did one for the 4th. Her Auntie Tiff bought her a dress perfect for the holiday so she was all set with her red, white and blue. 

^^A and I started off the day with whole wheat toast with almond butter and festive fruit. 

 ^^A went off to work and the little one was in a good mood this morning so we did a little photoshoot! Those cheeks are just getting so big, love them! 

 ^^It was a really nice and sunny day, so we ventured out for a walk in the afternoon. I ended up with an ice cream, Amélie took a nice nap. 

 ^^A was back and it was time for a few star-themed nibbles, but I don't think Amélie was too interested :) The cheese and crackers were my fav and those star shaped watermelon were a pain to cut out especially with a small watermelon with tons of seeds. Oh, Pinterest. 

 ^^I couldn't help but make another tassel garland, this one red, white and blue. Amélie loves the pink, gold and cream one in her room. She is always staring at it when we are in there!

 ^^Dinner was very simple - hot dogs, sweet potato fries and corn on the cob. I really wanted to make a flag cake like this, but since I didn't want to end up eating an entire cake (because I totally would!), I just made a little fruit flag instead. 

No fireworks or barbecue, but I was still happy to have a little Fourth of July celebration. One day, we'll be in America to celebrate! 

^^Lastly, we tried to take a family selfie, but these two did not want to cooperate with me! 

Happy 4th of July!