A Review Things I did Instead of Blogging for 7 days

Saturday afternoon I was tired of looking at my baby's mullet/don king gone wrong hair so I cut it whilst he was in the bath. He didn't notice what I was doing and he looks great!! I'm quite proud after  messing up my oldest son's hair twice. I used scissors instead of clippers as they have very fine soft hair. Later in the week I snipped some of my son's hair, too! And even my husband approves.

        

               BEFORE                                                                                          AFTER

  

From Saturday evening, I cooked food and baked dessert specifically for my lovely husband for Father's Day. All requested by him. Saturday I baked my Brownies with an Orange Twist, Chocolate and Peanut Butter Chip cookies, and started White Chocolate Cheesecake. The brownies and cookies were gone by Sunday afternoon. No worries, I generally make small batches!!  On Sunday I made dolce le leche to top my cheesecake. Which basically was boiling a can of sweetened condensed milk for hours- of course nicking two holes on the top of the can. It is worth the wait AMAZING stuff it is!!! I also made Sweet and Spicy Chicken, Grilled Asparagus, Bacony Potato Salad, Buttermilk Cornbread, and Bourbon Baked Beans. Took me 5 hours as I did everything from scratch, but well worth the wait!!! I also cooked with Rhubarb for the first time and it was tastier than expected! I made a Strawberry-Rhubarb cobbler topped with Lemon Flavored Whipped Cream. Always whip your own cream, the canned stuff or Cool Whip does not compare!

We went to many playgrounds and parks this week in our town and around Heidelberg. On Tuesday, the kids saw their friend playing at the fountain in our town's Marktplatz so I let them join to. They had a great time even though they played in the fountain WITH their clothes on.  Kids usually play in swimsuits or even naked, but this was an unexpected stop. They wanted to strip like they usually do at the waterpark at the Neckarwiese, but my American ass wasn't playing that this time. No other children were naked so my weren't either. Well except the baby who did half. I bought them Bob the Builder ice cream afterwards, and they took a much needed bath afterwards! 

Some pictures from that day and others:

On Wednesday we went to a playground in Heidelberg we've never gone to before. There was another girl there who was 7. She didn't speak much english, but playing is an universal language and the kids had a blast. Especially since the girl was wild and crazy like them.

Girl in the tree                                         Romeo and Juliet on crack

Besides playing, I did watch the America play Algeria. Most Americans don't give a damn about soccer, but living overseas and not being able to watch the NFL and NBA at normal times has been a bit difficult and annoying and soccer/football/fussball/futbol has filled that void. And damn, what an exciting sport it is! More Americans need to jump on the bandwagon!! I was thisclose to having an heart attack while watching it because we were making stupid mistakes. Algeria threatened a goal many times. I was so pissed off I went and cooked dinner at half time to settle my nerves. I was listening to it in the background. So instead ripping out more hairs out of my head, I cooked Chicken-Broccoli Penne Alfredo. Thankfully in the last few minutes of the game, the US finally scored and we are #1 in our group!!! Saturday we play Ghana!

Finally, I got my books in the mail from Amazon! I asked on Twitter and also some close friends for book ideas.  It is very hard to read when you have 3 children under 4, but I plan on trying because damn my braincells are dying by the second!!! Right now I am reading The Digital Photography Book Vol. 1 by Scott Kelby. I have all three volumes and I am halfway through the first volume. I am hoping to learn a lot from it as I am in love with photography now. So much to learn and even more money to spend! Also arrived was "The War of Don Emmanuels Nether Parts" and "Confederacy of the Dunces." I am so excited to read both!

So I finally have time to blog today. My youngest two are ill so while one is napping and other is snacking on low salt crackers, I am blogging and reading blogs. If there are anyone half interested in my mutterings, thank you for your patience! I am putting blog something in my schedule from now on.