11 Years and a Cake

DD's sleepover went well last night! I gotta say, slumber parties are sure different for when I was a kid! My kids do not have cell phones, but 2 of the girls at the party did and the thumbs were a-flying! A very strange sight for me! The girls were ready for breakfast around 8 so I cooked up the french toast and put the fruit salad out. Turns out one kid didn't like French toast so she ate Honey Nut Cheerios instead. Here's a shot of DD's plate...
And here she is opening her presents! (They did this last night)
And as promised, the Chocolate Extreme Blizzard ice cream cake photo!
This is one rich cake! I'm a chocolate lover (DUH!), but not a huge fan of ice cream so I only had a small sliver which was just enough. I find that ice cream makes me terribly thirsty. I chugged a bottle of water after eating this which is very unusual for me!

For my breakfast I made myself a bowl of oat bran using 1 cup of water, a 1/3 cup of oat bran, cinnamon, PB2 and carob chips.
So, today is our 11th wedding anniversary. We don't really do anything "special" for the day, never have. I think part of that is because DD was born 4 days after our first anniversary so it has kind of always got lost in her b-day weekend. We might do dinner tomorrow....all depends on how the day goes! Also, there's really nobody to watch the kids for us so going out alone is tough. One day!!! I wanted to share some then & now picture's of us, though! Scanners are great!

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Now:
I didn't really get hungry for lunch at all but knew I needed to eat something or I'd pick all afternoon. By 1pm I decided on some cottage cheese with a scoop of pineapple jam and diced strawberries.
I also ate a piece of WW bread with the last of my homemade PB but didn't bother with a boring old photo of it.

We did nothing for the rest of the afternoon which left me feeling really antsy. The only cure for that is getting in the kitchen and baking. I've been wanting to make Veggie Girl's Caramel Banana Bread and reasoned that that DD's birthday would be the perfect occasion for it! We have family coming over tomorrow so this really was perfect timing. I pretty much followed the recipe except that I cut out the oil and used a 1/2 cup of unsweetened applesauce. I also used 1 jar of butterscotch sauce because I that's what I bought and didn't realize it until I got home! Ooops!
I also cooked it in a 9x9 pan and cut the baking time down to 45 minutes. OH! And I added a 1/3 cup of chopped almonds! Here it is fresh out of the oven.
I'll have to post the photos of it served up with tomorrow's post.

While at Angela's yesterday we chatted a bit about tea. I told her that I probably had 10 different flavours of STASH at home and when I checked I was close...I have 9. Here they are...
Pomegranate raspberry, chamomile, chocolate mint, coconut mango, peppermint, holiday chai, chocolate hazelnut, lemon ginger and pumpkin spice. I think it's safe to say that this is my favourite brand of tea!

There were some leftovers in the fridge that needed to be dealt with so that's what I had for dinner. There was some pulled pork and fiddle heads which I paired with some oh so easy to make WW couscous...
I had another piece of ice cream cake for dessert tonight.
This looks pretty big, but it wasn't at all. It was smaller than yesterday's portion and just enough. My hubby is an ice cream fanatic, so he took care of most of the cake. His metabolism allows him to do that!! Lucky duck.

My parents just left and I'm actually feeling quite bored! I'm not used to be in the house all day and it's playing with my head. I feel like going out, but there's really not much to do at this point. *SIGH* I told my hubby that I want to go on a trip to Ikea first thing tomorrow so we can be home in time for the family to come by and celebrate DD's b-day....again. She's pretty beat out right now. Actually, comatose would be a better word to describe her state! She'll be off to bed shortly for a good night's sleep. Be sure to check back in tomorrow as I will be doing a product review, taste testing the caramel banana bread and trying a new food out. Don't miss it!

Bye for now!!