First dinner at home

Last night, after the first night and first full day since Sarah and Lexi had come home from the clinic, we had a celebratory dinner. Well, it wasn't so festive, since it was nice for Sarah and Lexi just to have an ordinary meal at home, but we each had a glass of kir royale (a popular French drink of champagne - in this case, sparkling apple cider - with cassis liqueur added) to toast their homecoming.


We prepared a dish we discovered on our trip to Egypt in 2005 - koshari. This was appropriate because Alexandria is a city in Egypt.

And then afterwards, my dad and I "smoked" (we just pretended) two Cuban cigars I had to celebrate.


Yes, we're getting this child off on the right foot with fancy drinks and smoking!


It's wonderful to have Lexi home and part of our family here now. But there's a lot of adjustment in learning how to care for her.