While the kids are away…

I was going to take a photo of my beautiful soy decaf cafe au lait at Crepeville, but the background was a bit more entertaining…

SUCH A SILLY THING!

Kyle’s parents were here and treated us to breakfast out.  I got the kids a plate of scrambled eggs and a bagel to share.  Plus a side of bacon and fruit plate.  I’ll let you guess who each of the sides were mainly for…

They recently discovered bagels so they are definitely a treat.  The fruit plates at Crepeville are SO GENEROUS.  In spite of that, there wasn’t a single piece of fruit left behind.  Fruit monsters!

I got scrambled eggs as well (with potatoes and toast) and a side of hollandaise that came shortly after I took this pic.  One of the many reasons I love Crepeville is that they don’t use butter so their hollaindaise is dairy free.  It’s why I always order Benedicts.  So good.

We all got way too much food so we had enough leftovers to feed the kids breakfast the next two days.  (!!)

After breakfast, Kyle’s parents took the kids to Sac for Disney on Ice as a birthday treat.  The best part of this was that Kyle and I had a few hours all to ourselves!!  Couples time in the middle of the day is basically a foreign concept to us at this point. The weather was seriously gorgeous so we lounged outside for a long time after our bike ride.

Then I got a delivery!  My SCOBY!  I took the (kid free) opportunity to brew my first batch of COBBucha. (Kyle came up with that name)

I ordered my SCOBY from amazon, as well as this 2 gallon jar.

Then I followed the instructions from the kitchn as well as the poseymom website to get my first batch going.  I used a combo of half black tea and half green tea.  I am waiting til I get the hang of it before adding in flavors like ginger or whatever.  For now, my rookie batch is going to be plain and simple.

It’s currently in the “shoe room” on a high shelf where it will remain for the next week+ until I check if it’s ready to bottle for it’s second fermentation.  Fingers crossed!

I finished off the Jillz crackers and went back for more (this time Simple Mills sea salt).

After the kids came home we played in the yard while V napped and then headed to a park until dinner time.

SUSHI!

My kids adore sushi and will eat anything I put on their plates so it’s especially awesome to just order a ton of things.

We went to Mikuni which I think may be the best sushi we have tasted thus far in Davis.  It definitely has the best ambiance for dining in the restaurant, that’s for sure.

The best roll of the night was the Train Wreck Roll with chopped eel, seared tuna, spicy avocado blend, crab mix, panko shrimp, spicy sauce, sesame seeds, and onion (shown on the bottom of that photo).  Daaaaang was this stellar.

Above that was the Mel Roll  with tuna, yellowtail, salmon, shrimp, and touch of wasabi.  It was great, albeit a little boring.  But sometimes a bunch of fish just hits the spot.

This was the 49er Jack Roll with scallop, crab mix, shrimp, avocado, seared tuna, sauce, masago and onion.  Also an awesome roll.

And then this was the Judie Two Roll with spicy tuna, crab mix, avocado, eel, seared tuna, sauce, masago and onion.  I didn’t love it as much, but others did.  The sauce was a bit too sweet for me.

We also got two rainbow rolls and two California rolls.

My little scientist’s first microscope 🙂

Everyone had leftover birthday cake for dessert back at the house.

All that and the weekend wasn’t even close to done.  I love long weekends.