Golden Gate Park 6-15-13

On Saturday we decided to go on a little family trip to Golden Gate Park and take a little car ride to the Golden Gate Bridge.

Murphy Windmill

Crissy Field

Crissy Field

Golden Gate Bridge

Fort Point

Fort Point

Alcatraz

Looking towards the New Bay Bridge

Graco DuoDiner LX High Chair

I just turned Madilyn's high chair into a booster seat at the table, I'm thinking Jamison isn't ready yet because he tends to twist and lean out of the his chair. So far, Madilyn's happy with it, she already likes sitting at the table, now she climbs up in the booster seat and can actually sit comfortably at table level

Graco DuoDiner LX High Chair

First kiddie burritos

We had Soft Taco Tuesday this week and I made the kids some tiny burritos to eat, this is their first time eating burritos, it was pretty cute! Madilyn was all excited!

Garlic Potato Tomato hors d'oeuvres

This weekend I have rediscovered red potatoes and randomly created these little bite appetizers. They were amazingly addictive! The potatoes were meaty and the tomatoes were juicy, the seasoning includes some garlic powder and parsley - aw so delicious! I thought I'd jot down the recipe so I don't forget later on when I want to make another batch.

• 1/4" slices of red potatoes
• Begin soaking the potatoes: 1 layer of potato slices, generously dust with dry parsley, sage, garlic powder, black pepper and sea salt. Keep layering the potatoes with seasoning in between, let sit for a 2-3 hours. (don't throw out the liquid seasoning left over)
• Butter a large frying pan, place all the potato slices in the pan, no overlapping. Fry on medium heat, flipping as needed.
• While the potatoes pan fry, cute 1/4" slices of Roma tomatoes.
• Begin soaking the tomatoes in the liquid seasoning left over from the potatoes, let these soak until the potatoes are done frying.
• Cut some 1/4" slices of cheddar cheese into squares small enough to match the potato slices. (don't make them too large, they will melt onto the pan and begin to burn)
• When the potatoes are a little crispy on the edges and some golden brown spots start showing up, place the tomatoes on top of each potato slice as well as a piece of cheese.
• Reduce heat to low for about 10-15 mins until the cheese is completely melted into the tomatoes.
• Remove from heat and place the little bites onto a dish, top off with cracked black pepper and sea salt if needed.

Backyard Adventures 6-9-13

This weekend we had two days of heat and when Sunday came it was breezy and sunny, perfect weather to hang out in our backyard. We don't hang out back there very often because it's always full of wasps and yellow jackets, but when it's breezy out they don't fly around. Here's some photos from our day out: