Picnic and temple visit

Mom's really happy with me right now. I finally took the humongous tiffen box she gave me on a picnic and I even cooked everything that went into it! What you see here are the remnants from the picnic, I had no time to take a picture before we left. We decided to go to Thiruvalangadu and Tiruttani on Sunday ( decided on Saturday, left on Sunday actually). Since we couldn't bear to part from the twins until 11 pm on Sat and then drove home, I got up only at 6.30 on Sunday. So we didnt leave until 9.30 (original plan 8 am). Even that only because Sathish got both the kids up and ready. I made upma kozhakattai for dad's breakfast, cheese sandwich for Gau, jam sandwich for ashu and baked potatoes to fatten gau up. I made awesome thengai saatham with a wonderful twist, tomato rice, curd rice sans fruits, raisins and nuts since ashu prefers it plain. I also fried all the vadam in the house. Coconut Methi Peas rice: 1/2 bunch methi, leaves only ...