hodgepodge

 in a nutshell

I didn't post a blog this weekend because we were out having many exciting adventures. Here is our weekend in a nutshell:

Saturday

luxuriously sleeping in...until you are bored in bed

take Roxie on a date to the Dinosaur Expo in Budějovice...Dinosauři Bez Řetězu (Dinosaurs Unchained)

stop at a booth near the expo to get a Hamburger which turned out to be a "HAM" hamburger...a frozen spam patty deep-fried until it was still raw inside.

walk along the Vltava river and feed the ducks the bun from the "HAM" hamburger which they summarily ignore (some actually flee)

make spaghetti for dinner while watching "Cake Boss"

make a sponge cake cuz it looks so dang good on "Cake Boss"

watch a movie with the kids..."Unstoppable"

during movie look up to see a face peering in the window...one of Danny's high school students, Andre

invite Andre and Nuri in....Andre came by to pick up his shower gel that we bought him at Makro (on our romantic date)

chit chat with Andre and Nuri...offer them sponge cake with a lemon glaze and fresh strawberries

finish the movie...it was good

Sunday

eat breakfast with the girls

talk about Lent and what we will be giving up

new Roxie-ism: she wants to give up boasting for Lent, also gloating...so she thought it would be simpler to write down "I will give up bloating"

go for a two hour hike in the forest and over the hills

walk innocently by a tree and get stabbed in the ear by a super sharp branch that goes all the way into my ear canal

spend several minutes writhing around on the ground moaning

get covered in leaves

walk the rest of the way with my mittened hands covering my ears to protect from further stick injuries

go grocery shopping

have a nice conversation with the meat lady at the store

have Fiana, Yarra and Kily over

do my nails

drink coffee and eat coffee cake

make dinner...mmm sweet potatoes

get ready for bed

watch Československá Superstar (their version of American Idol)

laugh at people who can't sing

kiss everyone goodnight