Chef Carolyn prepares a St. Patrick's Day Dinner

Nathan's cousin Carolyn is half Irish (her grandmother emmigrated to the US in the 20's) so she prepared a traditional Irish meal for us on Sunday night. It was (from left to right) Carolyn's Aunt Sheila, Uncle Andy, Sofia, Nancy (Uncle Andy's girlfriend), Carolyn, Nathan and Carolyn's Uncle George. Doug was supposed to come, but he got a kidney stone that morning and was in a lot of pain, so he stayed home.


We had corned beef, cabbage, mashed potatoes, cooked carrots and a traditional Irish soda bread (it looks like a fancy artisan bread). It was DELICIOUS!!! Carolyn is a really good cook. She's actually teaching me how to be a better cook. She taught me how to cut up a whole chicken a couple of weeks ago. FUN!!! Now I can buy the whole chickens at Costco because they are a lot cheaper than buying the chicken already cut up and you get the dark meat (which I love).


Sofia even got in on eating the Irish meal. She ate some of the carrots and mashed potatoes! YUMMY! She's getting to be a regular at eating from our plates now. She likes most things we give her these days.

Here is a picture of Sofia playing with Carolyn.


And here is a picture of Sofia playing with Nancy's necklace.



And Sofia posing with Uncle Andy and Nancy.