most commonly
when i am home
i am here.
at the counter in the kitchen
{keeping mum company as she bakes, cooks, etc}
i sit on my computer,
i glance up at whichever suburban obsession is on the tele
{dancing with the stars graced my life today}
and i nibble on whatever of mum's creations are on her
beloved aqua cake stand
the current tasty is a dark chocolate orange zest cookie bar
today i broke the monotony
of my butt-glued-to-chair-noshing-aimlessly routine by playing a recital for
{my favorite}
wee ones!
there aren't many things i love more in life than playing for itsy bitsy kids.
they are so curious!
and
they love loud things!
and have you ever seen a kindergartner pronounce "marimba?"
oh tickle me, it's just the cutest thing.
...
i took them on a little time machine trip
starting with bach
and moving up to xenakis....
i really really hope that a five year old goes home and tells his mom he wants a xenakis cd for christmas.
that would be precious and all the way legit.
all of that playing with kids takes a lot out of you.
so i naturally had to ravage some dumplings.
continue to be some of my favorite.
the uuuuber doughy texture
and the mass quantities of ginger
make them xtra special.
whenever i eat them i get nostalgic about my little kid days
when i'd go here and have a whole order of them for dinner,
but only the dough {never the filling}
and of course there's always room for a second dinner
sister stoop came over
and we made
risotto
and it was delicious.
except so much of me wishes right now that the part of new york,
where you walk a bunch after you eat a big meal,
{or where you walk a bunch even when you don't eat a big meal}
was true for the chicago suburbs.
i guess i'll just submit to food coma instead.
xoxo
yeh
