mothers day

the girls and i got up early (or let hege sleep in) and set a table and made waffles/ norwegian breakfast. they got dressed up to surprise her. it was a very nice morning.

after working in the yard, we went for an early cook-out at Jed & Julie's newly bought brownstone on 2nd street in park slope. a beautiful place, needing a little work. they weren't nearly unpacked, but did have a new grill and some steak as big as our children. Jack and Rebecca brought the drinks - with Jack bringing a small bars-worth of ingredients and bottles of wine. he made grapefruit margauritas, with shaved grapefruit peels, crushed ice, and confectioners sugar (instead of the salt-ring), using a top-notch Tequila he likes. We brought a couple of chocolate cakes we picked up on the way at the local mexican bakery. the girls played happily and we all got to sit around and do a lot of talking and laughing. it was a good day.

Here's a short video the girls made for hege that morning: