Grandchildren Arrived ...

March 12, 2016

Waiting for the family to arrive later in the afternoon ...

I decided to do some baking ... 2 pie crusts for Chocolate Pudding Pie ...

and while the crusts were cooling ...

a batch of shortbread cookies were made ...

Then made up the pie filling ...

one pie Sugar-free and the other with Jello Chocolate Pudding ...

The grandchildren were so excited when they arrived ...

they wanted Nathan to get the dirt bikes off the truck ...

so they could go riding ...

Craig with his new dirt bike, James with his new dirt bike (Craig's originally)

and Ella with her first dirt bike (James originally) ...

Today was the day that Ella was going to learn how to ride ...

She did amazingly well ...

for someone that was a little hesitant at first ... it was hard to get her off the bike afterwards ...

It was great to watch all three riding together ... !!!

We played a few games ... a few card games of Uno ... a game of Trouble ...

and a few games of Foosball ...

waiting for Grandpa to get home from his course he was taking in town ...

We had a delicious dinner of Halibut ... caesar salad ...

gnocchi dish with Parmigiano/Reggiano cheese ...

and a baked dish of cheddar/mozzarella cheese gnocchi for the kids ...

(they did try the other dish as well)

Now for dessert ...

before serving individual pieces of pie ...

I had them do a taste test ... "which pie was Grandpas?"

I sliced a piece of each pie ... gave them all forks ... and they tasted one ...

then cleansed their pallet ...

and took a bite out of the other one ...

Nathan was the only one that knew for sure which one was Grandpas ... !!!

The light coloured Chocolate Pudding Pie was Mike's ...

my homemade Sugar-free filling ...

Mike was thrilled to be able to enjoy his favourite pie ... !!!

After our dessert ...

the kids wanted daddy to show Grandpa ...

his new Elk Bugle ...

Demonstrating loudly ... I'm sure the whole neighbourhood heard him bugling ...

but not one elk was in sight ... !!!

(I believe he needs a little more practise)