Boys Night Out - 5 April 2008

The boys (B.D., Dan, Matt and Cedric) donned penguin suits and went out to White Collar Boxing. Our good friend Eddie was making his boxing debut, and while he didn't win in the end, he put up a good fight and a good show!

We wanted everyone to see how handsome the men looked before heading out...enjoy the pictures!

xo Daltons 3.5

Cucina Caldesi

For our Christmas present, Carol and Dan bought us all (B.D. and I, Mom and Dad Dalton, Laurie and Matt, Carol and Dan) a Caldesi cooking extravaganza! Katie and Giancarlo Caldesi live in London where the own three restaurants and a successful cooking school, in addition to their cooking school in Tuscany. They have had two series on tv following their efforts to open their cooking school in Tuscany, and their beautiful wedding in Italy!

The cooking evening was held in their newly-renovated home with an amazing kitchen. We started off snacking on some scrumptious salami, cheese and homemade focaccia; then a multi-cheese pasta dish which included pecorino and a creamy sheeps cheese; then a chicken breast stuffed with a tuffle-filled gouda-style Italian cheese, wrapped in spelt, served with braised radiccio, lemon-roasted potatoes and boiled greens (don't ask, I honestly can't remember the name of it). The luscious meal was completed with a flourless chocolate cake and an amaretto-mascarpone cream.

We had a fantastic time - it was a lovely, family-style evening as we all thorougly enjoy! Thank you Dan and Carol!!

xoxo

Roma Adventure

Max, B.D. and his parents had a wonderful 'Roma Adventure' last week! It started with an Easter egg hunt in the hotel room for Max (complete with bunny ears); then down to the hotel swimming pool for loads of jumping in; off to the Forum; Trevi Fountain; and a tour of the colleseum. They had a great time, and Max travelled well - taking in all the sights and helping everyone eat their gellato!

I missed them all terribly, but got a lot of work done and re-arranged Max's bedroom.

Enjoy the pictures....xo

Chuli

Chuli means cool in Spanish - just watch Max on his new Chuli kick!!

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Hickory Dickory

17 February - Today we met Jenny and her girls, Issy and Amelia, at Hickory Dickory to play. Max loves Hickory Dickory, especially the slides! Jenny and I spent most of the time talking, while B.D. ran around the soft play area with the kids - what a wonderful man! Then we all had a juice drink and some chips (aka french fries).

Thank you to everyone who sent lovely Valentine's Day cards - Max had a fantastic time opening them up over dinner last Thursday.

This week has been frantic for both B.D. and I: my tradeshow went really, really well and B.D.'s business meetings and networking groups were very successful. Overall, a great week and weekend....now on to getting ready for the next!

xo Daltons 3+

11 February - New Baby

Hello Everyone - our big news of the month is we are expecting another baby! The little one is due the end of August, so we're already 3 months along. No preference if it's a boy or girl, just so long as it's healthy.
We've told Max there is a baby in mama's belly, and he seems pretty excited. There are several other children in his class who have pregnant mums, so they'll all be going through the same thing at the same time.
So far I've been feeling pretty good, a bit tired, nauseated in the afternoons, and overall horrible when the cough and cold wouldn't go, but now things have settled down and I'm doing great. And we had a scan last week and the babe is growing just fine: two arms, legs and a pumping heart!
We'll keep you posted on how things develop, expect to start seeing some pictures of Michy and bump!
xo Daltons 3+

PS - I didn't know people could post comments, so thanks for showing us how that works, Janis!! And please keep the comments coming, they are so fun to read!