Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
101 in 1001: Make Fudge–Task Complete
Over the holidays I seized the opportunity to cross another task off of my 101 list – make fudge. With the help of pinterest, I came across a delicious recipe and I was ready to make cookies and cream fudge. I also had a willing volunteer to crush the cookies. (Betcha can’t guess who that was!) While I was making the recipe, I realized that I didn’t have enough white chocolate chips, so I used some semi-sweet chocolate chips instead. The fudge turned out to be one of my husbands favorite treats of the season!
Monday, January 9, 2012
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Quick Response Holiday Lights 2011
After a delicious dinner at the Public House in Malta, we braved the crowds at the Quick Response Holiday Lights. We arrived on Friday evening at around 5:45 and although we had no trouble getting on the shuttle bus, the line for the train was already unbelievably long! So my mother and I waited in the marginally smaller line for Santa while Kevin and my Dad took Allie around to see the characters and lights. We stood in line for Santa for about 15 or 20 minutes which was a bit insane considering that Allie got to sit with him for all of 2 minutes, but after that encounter she talked about Santa non-stop for the next 3 weeks.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
“Me Cook Too!”
This holiday season, Allison was all about “cooking”. Really it was baking because I can’t cook to save my life. We made snowman cut-outs, mint chocolate chunk cookies, hershey hug blossoms, spritz cookies, anisette cookies (with Poppy Razzano), and cookies and cream fudge. We made way more than anybody ate, but we had such a good time doing it!
101 in 1001: Staycation at the Desmond–Task Complete
For our 4 year anniversary I took the initiative to book an executive suite at the Desmond in Colonie. We stayed at the Desmond on our wedding night, so I thought it would be the perfect place to spend an anniversary. We dropped Allie off with her grandparents and then checked into our room. It was amazing! It had two rooms, two bathrooms, two televisions, a minibar, a king-sized canopy bed, and my favorite feature – peace & quiet! Maybe a bit much, but what can I say… it was a special occasion! I definitely considered ordering room service and lounging in our room the rest of the night, but we headed out to Delmonico’s for dinner. We each had a great meal and then ordered 2 cannolis (our favorite!) to go. Because I was pregnant, we stopped at the grocery store for some sparkling grape juice and headed back to the room. Then we hopped in our huge, comfortable bed to watch Bridesmaids and enjoy our cannolis with sparkling grape juice. We were both asleep by 10:30 and didn’t get up until 8 the next day! What a treat! To top off our staycation we went to the cinemas to watch an afternoon movie. We saw Moneyball and while Kevin loved it, I thought it was just ok. I guess you have to be more of a baseball fan. By the time the movie finished, we were both relaxed and re-energized and ready to see our crazy lil toddler again! I think our staycation might have to happen for every anniversary!
Allie and Sampson
When Aunt Tracy brought over her new puppy, Sampson, for Allie’s birthday, it was the perfect opportunity to get some cute photos!
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Book Review: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Taking place in the 1960s, this fictional novel follows several relationships between white women and their black maids. Each woman was different, and yet, so much alike. Fundamentally, they all wanted the same thing – acceptance and love. Unexpected friendships are formed and a comedic story of discovery and change unfolds. I really enjoyed this book, although at times I had to re-read portions because of the dialect of some of the characters. It would be interesting to see what someone who grew up in that time period would think of the book. Although, I’d suspect that any generation would love it!
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
“Birthday Party!”
Two weeks prior to Allie’s birthday, her friend, Olivia, had her birthday party. After we went to Olivia’s party, with the saddest face she could possibly make, Allie asked, “Allison’s birthday party? Birthday me?” She wanted her own birthday party. So we told her that in a few weeks it would be her turn and did that frown turn upside down! She talked about her birthday party nearly every day and when the decorations and balloons started going up she could barely contain her excitement. She even sang happy birthday to herself. She was in her glory! With how happy she was, I was starting to feel bad that her birthday comes only once a year, but now that Christmas is approaching all we hear is “Santa Claus!!” I guess she just likes a good party!
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