A wonderful visit with family

A wonderful visit!

Yesterday we went to the Natural History Museum and 

had a nice Pasta dinner at home!

The slow cooker Fia Sauce is so simple and so delicious!

And you can add anything to it

(vegan options - fried mushrooms and onions; other fasting

option is to add canned clams; feast times ground beef with 

onion and seasonings)...

I am thinking of using this pizza crust later this week 

with some of the sauce...

And today we had our tea party for lunch!

Not pictured were the half chicken burger cut up

and served with the sandwich tongs to the girls... :)

and Mr Husband and I had vegan burgers as well, 

and my Sister-in-Law had her left over burger...

I did not have a lot of time to make tea sandwiches so this

was a great way to get some protein for all of us!

And the girls loved all the treats 

and the vegan scones (I kept them in the fridge) were excellent.

The mini-nutella single servings were a real hit with my

2 nieces, currently 7 and 11 years old. 

They had them on the brioche toasts + on strawberries.

The 7 year old had a lot of fun using her little silver spoon to sip tea with

and stir in some honey... it is such a joy to have happy young kids around,

playing, singing, enjoying themselves...

tonight we took them to the diner, they had happy face pancakes...:) 

It is treasured times when I have family over and hear the happy

voices of young ones...