Following on from a recent post, Family Gatherings, Memories and Food
After we had finished our delicious brunch, having well and truly overindulged, I quietly mentioned to Olivia, that given it was school holidays, if Cooper would like to come for a visit, we would love it! We could pick him up the following day and return him on the Wednesday. There was no pressure at all – I really did not want him to feel pressured. She rang later that evening to say he was very excited to be visiting with us – I must admit that we were very excited too!
The following morning we went to Olivia’s mum and dad’s home, and from there Cooper joined us for the trip to our home in country Victoria. This was all impromptu – there was nothing planned, so for dinner we just had to wing it and use what we had on hand. We decided on beef noodles with broccoli, carrots and snow peas, and for dessert, custard, mango, berries, and at Cooper’s suggestion, meringues. Cooper helped, using his fabulous knife skills to chop mango and veg, then got to work with the noodle dish. While not really to his liking, I was super proud of the fact that he was willing to give it a try.
