Muffaletta Night

Last Friday night was Muffaletta night at our house.

Alice's family came over to make Muffalettas. If you don't know what one is you are missing out.

It is an Italian sandwich made famous in New Orleans. Lots of meat and cheese and a special olive salad all sandwiched between bread.

Very special bread.

Bread too hard to find in Boston so Tom made the bread. We were so impressed and touched that he took on such a challenge. He has never made bread before - it was delicous.

Tom was a little nervous to cut open the bread.

So Becky took over - and that stack of things in front of her is all the cold cuts to assemble the sandwich.

While the parents were chatting the girls were bust playing.

The assembly line of meat and cheese being layered on the bread

Tom was skeptical about his ability to slice the sandwiches  -- eventually he let Beckt do the honors.

After dinner we took the girls to the park. They were so happy to play together.

They do attend the same school but are in different classes and as it turns out do not see much of each other at school.

Tom and Cheryl

Ally and Alice swinging so high

The monkey bars are always a great hit. Alice was able to do them all - up and down and even some backwards!

They even figured out how to climb up so they could sit on top of the bars and get down all by themselves. Its so amazing to watch them grow up.

After the park it was home for dinner.

I made a cake with my grandma's brown sugar frosting - it tasted like pralines. Yummy.

It was a special night for all 6 of us. Its been a while since we've gotten together - just a crazy busy year and it was good to reconnect and share a  New Orleans meal together.

Thanks for all the effort to make it happen Tom. We really appreciated it.