London 2012

I wish I could be writing to say that this is a place I have/am visiting, but no….just excited about the summer games.  For the last games in Beijing, to celebrated the opening ceremony, we had Chinese takeout for dinner.  We decided to make it a tradition to eat food from the host country.  Vancouver…that one didn’t pan out.  As for last night, it was yummy.  My dad served his mission in England  and my sister-in-law (J) from Canada, her mother is an immigrant from England, so that improved our cuisine for the evening.   I bought breaded cod at Costco (unfortunately not beer battered like it is in England), chips (french fries from the grocery store), malt vinegar to sprinkle on the fish and chips, and  ingredients to make apple dumplings (bringing a little American to the table).  M and J brought coleslaws, drinks, and a custard mix to make dessert.  When my parent’s came and we began dishing up dinner, I told them about my dumplings, my dad then made a comment about how he loves “Bird’s custard.”  Well, that was the exact custard the J had brought over.  K loved the fish – I think she told me she ate four of them!  B loved it too.  L was not as much of a fan.   My brother and his family came over for a little while in the middle, I broke out some glow sticks for the kids to play with.  For dessert, J made some of the custard and we served it with my apple dumplings or on top of some peaches.  It was delicious.  We had a blast watching the opening ceremonies and enjoying some local (imitation) fare. Already wanting to plan the next games!  Don’t worry, I will enjoy these games.
* A few side notes about our day:  K has been our lunch lady this summer, wanting to make lunches for us at home.  Today she made us a lovely lunch consisting of leftover steak, tortilla chips, a glass of milk, a banana, and peanut butter to dip our banana in.  It was good, just a little out of the ordinary.
When my brother and his family came over, I was holding their 6 week old baby.  B was right next to me, just staring at the baby – very excited about seeing the baby.  I asked her if she wanted to hold the baby. Her eyes lit up. I put her on the couch and more or less laid the baby over B’s legs.  B was bursting with excitement. I couldn’t even think about moving the baby or B flipped out.  But as soon as I put the baby on her lap again the tears and cries turned into giggles.  Only when the tired baby needed to go back to here mom, was B okay with  not holding the baby.  It was so cute!!  If only I had video…maybe next time we see them.