Anyway, enough of the complaining. After everyone cooled off, we headed to the playground on Mt. Tabor. Mt. Tabor is an extinct volcano that is in the middle of South East Portland. It is an amazing city park, and walking distance from our house. We took a different way today, walked through the woods {collected a bunch of greens for Xmas decorations}, took the extra loop and stopped at the playground. Yes, it did rain but we had fun. We took another walk back down; headed back home took a break to enjoy the view....
and then walked back home where we enjoyed Peppermint Hot {Soy} Chocolate with marshmallows. The walk and the hot chocolate really did make everything better.
For dinner, we had Cauliflower & Tomato Curry which I made out of my other favorite cookbook from Mollie Katzen - Vegetable Heaven, with a side of rice, and oven baked tofu. I changed the recipe a little by adding a small can of coconut milk as well as a squeeze of lemon. The girls absolutely loved this meal - Alena had seconds and finished all of it; it was however {at least that is what I think} not Ron's favorite. But you know, the girls loved, loved, loved it...