Piccolo's Place

Happy New Year!

Hello folks! I can't believe that it has been over a month since I last put something up here. December flew by. We were so busy. I had some crazy cooking experiences - 30+ cups of chili and cornbread for a potluck at church, 120 cookies for a cookie exchange, 400+ truffles/peppermint bark/hot chocolate on a stick for friend gifts, 80 meatballs/sauce/Dr. Pepper cake/bread for a church group dinner at our house and an Italian feat for New Year's Eve. We have really enjoyed preparing for Christmas and having a visit with Christian's parents.

I finally found some time and energy to post some of the pictures we've taken over the past month. Enjoy! I hope you had a great Christmas and have a wonderful New Year!

Chocolate Mystery

I have been doing a lot of cooking for the holiday. Today, we had an Italian feast. I made some mozzarella cheese for fried cheese sticks. We also had fried ravioli (I bought the ravioli this time), caprese salad, veal piccata, linguine with clams, and tiramisu.

I got some chocolate out for garnishing the tiramisu. I just left it on the edge of the counter and went to do something else. I came back to find this.

I went around the corner and found the culprit. Ha ha!

Nonna and Grandpa Piccolo

Nonna and Grandpa Piccolo (Christian's parents) came to visit for Christmas and New Year's. We have had a wonderful visit with them. Christmas was magical (except for the trip to the ER with Erica due to a possible head injury from a fall off the recliner - she's fine). The girls have been thrilled to spend time with Nonna and Grandpa.

Nonna got Stephanie a (fake) makeup kit. Stephanie LOVED it and was a quick study after watching Nonna one morning.

We took the cars in for an oil change one day. Stephanie sat down with Erica to "read" her a story. It was such a sweet sister moment and Stephanie did an amazing job.