Pancakes with Keira

We joined Jean, Tom, and Keira for the annual pancake breakfast to support the Edge Hill volunteer fire fighters. Tom let the kids play in the fire truck and Colton had a blast.

Philadelphia Zoo

This past week Colton had been pulling out the book of 100 animals before bed time. It was a really nice Saturday, so we hit up the Philadelphia Zoo. He really wanted to see the zebras, giraffes, and lions.  We got there so early it was like we owned the zoo.  We had great views of all the animals. We would spend about 10 seconds at each animal before Colton would say, "another animal!" Meaning, he wanted to leave to see another animal.  Short attention span. When we got to the carousel of "Amazon" animals, he walked around it looking for a horse.  He was disappointed to find out that horses aren't in the Amazon, so Daddy and he road on a huge turtle instead.  Lots of fun.

Cousin Bathtime

Luke already has facial hair

Elmwood Zoo

We checked out the Elmwood Zoo a few weekends ago. It was good family time getting out in the fresh air - hoping for Spring to come.  There weren't many animals to see, but Colton got to see the "butt-holes" aka buffaloes and play at the playground.  He had a blast as always.

Victory

Christina and Travis had been asking us to join them at Victory Brewing Company for some time.  Christina says it is where all the Chester county parents go to drink.  Colton couldn't wait to see Patrick.  Since the last time we were together, the two of them enjoyed playing with the train set. When I told Colton we were going to see them, he said, "Patrick and trains - I want Patrick." He cried until we got in the car to head out to see them. It was a victory to snap this shot because the boys were running around like crazy.

Homemade Ravioli

Arugula and Goat Cheese Ravioli with Tomato-Pancetta Butter 

First crack at making homemade raviolis with the new pasta maker

To help continue the Italian tradition of ravioli making, I asked for a pasta maker for Christmas.  It had been in its box since I unwrapped it, and it had been staring me down every weekend taunting me to open it up and get started. With the help of Brian, I got enough courage to give it a shot and we made what turned out to be an overly bitter Arugula and Goat Cheese Ravioli.  The pasta was so perfect though.  It was a lot of work, but it was worth it.  Looking forward to the next time.