Hot, Hot Weekend!

What an amazing weekend it was!  The temperatures were in the mid twenties both Saturday and Sunday, the days were warm and long and we had two whole days to enjoy it all together!  Bliss!

Here's what we got up to:

Planting

Syd and I decided to transplant the sunflower seedlings that we had germinated indoors this weekend so we added them, along with some Italian Parsley that we had growing already, to a container.  Sydney is so excited to grow a sunflower.  Fingers crossed...

Syd is loving the backyard these days, the hose, her swimming pool, the patio table, her sand table and bouncy castle.  All of the summer pleasures that have been tucked away in the garage for the past several months are slowly making their way into the backyard for a summer of fun!

Dinner

On Saturday night our friends Sally, Allan and Ollie came over for dinner.  I made a Salmon Wellington and Fettucini Alfredo, pretty tasty!

I am loving using my new slate cheeseboard for appys.  Syd was so thrilled that I labelled all of the cheese with a giant piece of pink sidewalk chalk on the board!

I have been using my martini glasses a fair amount to hold fun appys too, like this one filled with olives.

Sally brought a very special dessert, a pavlova which she covered in whipped cream and fresh raspberries.  It was heavenly!

Syd loved the dessert so much, three of her favourite things all together, meringue, whipped cream and raspberries!

I stole a few of the leftover raspberries to top French Toast for us for breakfast this morning, delicious!

Sally and Allan brought us a beautiful bottle of sparkling Rose, can't wait to try it!

Blooming

This tree in our backyard is just starting to bloom, a good month ahead of schedule!  It looks so gorgeous!

We enjoyed a lovely afternoon together in the sun in the backyard today.  I was feeling so relaxed and at ease that I couldn't even muster up the energy to make dinner so we hopped in the car to head downtown to eat out.

Poor Syd was so pooped from all that fresh air and sunshine that she fell asleep in the car on the way downtown so we decided to head to Hon's Wonton House for Chinese takeout and ate it in the sun in the backyard while she slept in the car.

It was a fitting end to a great weekend!