Today we had a number of mothers, mostly with their babies, and a smattering of spouses come over for a Hanukkah playdate. B put a lot of effort in getting the house as clean as possible, from dry cleaning the couch covers last week to having our cleaning guy come in the day before. B made little gelt & dreidel baggies, set up the menorah and generally was the kind of host money can't buy. We made cookie and apple sauce yesterday, and an hour before guests arrived I started frying off latkes, which I finished about an hour after they arrived.
Got a lot of compliments on the latkes and adult applesauce, the cookies not so much. But I did put out the choco/peanutbutter/rice crispie things in small squares, on an iced plate with toothpicks and they were a big hit with the mommas.
People rolled in between 1:30 and 2 and the last popped out by 5. We have a restocked wine rack and B feels more plugged in to the neighborhood mommas. If only all holiday things were so pleasant!
BREAKFAST: 9:30am, toasted everything bagel with cream cheese, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
ALL DAY SNACKING: noon-5pm, several latkes, bits of sugar cookies, peanutbutter chocolate crispie bites, 1 cup run punch, 1 cup wine, a bit of apple sauce, a snippet of cheese, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 8pm, curry shrimp with brown rice, wonton soup, 1/4 of a can of pepsi, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Ordered in Chinese not so much for hunger, but the relaxing familiar quantities. It was the food my parents and I enjoyed together to the end, in the comfort of their kitchen.
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