Days party at home ... Gifts for me semo Candlemas Candlemas winter would be, if there are still pale sun in the winter sun or .
I always told my grandmother, a proverb for every occasion ...
Yes, if it is true what the saying goes, the winter will be long. In fact, the days here in Florence, which begin to grow just as well, are lit by a sun that also affect peace with the world's most troubled souls. Patience then if long in coming spring, the first sun sets off a great desire to go out, enjoy the outdoors, take off from him a bit 'musty, smiling behind wrapped scarf and hats.
We instead for a few days ("so many in fact) we are fighting with the flu, with an intermittent high fever that gives no respite to Peter and, according to the pediatrician, will run again and again ... So down with aerosols, syrups, suppositories, various concoctions stappanaso ... and alas we see the sun through the window.
But as the hours are long, closed at home with a sick child scalp to get out, that when the temperature rises become hyperactive and agitated, that want to go to school and being with friends, poor soul that rightly requires continuous attention.
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| the background, leaning against the Latvian mother and father (and also of Peter and Marge ...) a fish Morbidoni sewn by mom Faith and a small pillow embroidered with a design Peter showing him and me ... no, the star spot is not even a pimple and beard. It 's a spider that walks me around the face ... mah ... |
yesterday in search of quiet games but still interesting, we spent a bit 'of time to mess around and build with the paper.
Simple things, small but stimulating ideas ...
And let us not miss a little 'sweetness we mixed a cake, too simple This item, which is not prepared for a long time. It 's a sweet typical of the period of carnival, which with fried rice and dish fills the windows of pastry shops ... district of Florence. The decoration typically provides for a lily, symbol of Florence, the center of the cake.
CRUSHED FLORENTINE
250 g sugar 350 g flour 2 eggs
1 cup oil 1 cup milk
2 Orange juice and grated rind
VANILLIN
1 tablespoon baking
Work well the eggs with sugar until fluffy and creamy. Add the flour and other ingredients at the end of the yeast.
Heat oven to 180 degrees and bake for 40 minutes.
Sprinkle with plenty of sugar, so much ... The lily is, of course, optional. To achieve sufficient to prepare a mask with a sheet of paper large enough that the center cut out the shape you want. Rest without pressing on the layer of powdered sugar, cocoa powder and gently remove the sheet loooong. Done. One version provides more fattening
the filling of whipped cream or custard. We limit ourselves to the basic version ...
... for breakfast with a nice latte is not bad!
And today we invent? Be prepared for another long day housewife ...