The happiest part of Chris' happy birthday - I nailed crepes. And I mean nailed. Anyone who knows Chris knows that he loves crepes. But unfortunately his love is an educated love. He knows what is and what isn't a good crepe. He likes his crepes wafer thin, the perfect balance of sweet and salty, evenly sized, and warm on the plate. I have NEVER been able to cook a crepe that came out of the frying pan whole, let alone having the taste right. He had his heart set on having crepes for his birthday breakfast and I just couldn't stand the thought of disappointing him. I thought I was doomed. But this time I used a recipe from www.smittenkitchen.com which required the milk to be heated to steaming and the butter fried hazelnut brown before being mixed into the batter. Using her recipe I made not one crepe but an entire stack. She is my new hero!
Chris' birthday present this year didn't come wrapped with a bow. Instead, it was rather unusal. I got him a babysitter. And that babysitter had Manny while we went out alone for dinner. Alone for the first time in six (well, 18) months.
I thought Chris may not like the idea of having someone else watch Manny but when I told him his eyebrows shot up and he looked at me stunned as though to say, "What. Wait. YOU are willing to get a babysitter?!" ... I took that as a challenge, an insult and a wake up call. That evening Manny went to Justine's house and we went to The White Swan Restaurant in Penrith.
We had bruschetta entrees, our mains were an eye fillet steak with vegetables and ju and a stuffed chicken breast in a creamy bacon and garlic sauce. Then they suprised Chris with a scrummy Happy Birthday Mud Cake for dessert :-) The food was all absolutely delicious and my hubby really enjoyed himself. It's amazing how much fun it was just to talk without being interuppted. And the hubby that wasn't so keen on a regular date night suddenly told me that we would be doing this more often. That's fine by me!
