She took the kids and me to MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) which was great. An exhibit she thought the kids would like had closed up shop, but, there was plenty else to ooh and ah and giggle over (naked boobs and bummies :-)
We discovered that Vincent Van Gogh is her favorite painter, followed by Paul Cezanne. The kids recognized some of the art from a book called Art Auction Mystery (thanks Wen :-), which was fun.
Sandy and Mike came over after we got back to Baba's and we enjoyed a lovely birthday dinner. Carrot pancake, orange hummus, figs wrapped in prosciutto, potato salad, chicken, string beans and carrot tempura, thinly sliced raw kohlrabi, and beets. Yum!
Sag snapped this during our trip in.
The birthday cake. My best one yet---the featherlight cake from Bette Hagman's book with a new frosting recipe that I LOVE. It's made with coconut cream (put a can of coconut milk in the fridge overnight and the next morning scoop coconut cream off the top of the opened can!), powdered sugar and vanilla. So simple and easy. And delicious. The berries were Jersey fresh, baby!
My mom's birthday scarf, which I have to say, looks better in the photograph than it does in real life. This was true of the photos I saw of it on Ravelry, too. The colors pop in a way when photographed that doesn't happen in real life. Well, it probably does under very particular light conditions...
By the end of the evening, Gem was darting around the room giving people bunny ears.
Sag was figuring out the 3-D drawing kit that Baba got for him at the museum gift shop. In this picture, Uncle Mike is holding a pair of 3-D glasses checking out Sag's drawings.
The bunny ears on himself, the teeth in various stages of growth, the looking like he's 8 going on 12... He takes my breath away.
3 comments:
Dang! That cake does look good! I'm glad you all had fun at the museum. Cam's not quite a museum guy. We take him on kid days - sometimes - and he'll do the projects but he couldn't care less about the art on the walls. Oh well.
Looks like a fun day for everyone.
PS - I finally got online to try to find the season finale of House. On Youtube I saw the final 7 minutes. So I know what happens. Not having the build up, I needed no tissues - but at least I got some closure.
Julie:
I don't watch House but this past weekend I was told about a website that has tons of tv shows that you can watch for free. Checkout hulu.com. They had episodes of House but I'm not sure if they have the most reason season or not.
I also think the cake looks really good! I'm craving sweets as I type!!
Is "Baba" a name or a title? My kids have a Baba. She's Christopher's Ukranian grandmother.
I really enjoy your blog Shirley =)
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