Mother's Day and first time at the beach

This was what welcomed me when I got up quite late this morning. Sofia and Carlotta had made a lovely card for me with photos and my breakfast was served with coffee and cakes that we had made the day before. Sofia made oreo cup cakes and Carlotta chocolate-coconut balls. So yummy!

Sofia suggested that we go to Fregene where we have a summer place. We go there very little, which really is a pity. As we always go to Finland in summer, we have rented it during the summer months. Last year we found a family who wanted it for the whole summer and they are coming back this year again. So from June to the end of August we can't go there. This Sunday the weather was a bit cloudy, but quite warm, so we started packing some food in the bags and called our friends to ask if they wanted to join us. So in the end it was me, Carlotta, Sofia and my friend Marzia with her daughter Alice. Armando didn't want to join us and Daniele had organized his Sunday with his friends, so off we went, us girls to celebrate mother's day in Fregene.

It was already lunch time when we got there and we were hungry, so we cooked some pasta and made sallad and my friend had brought ome grilled chicken and wine. Everything tastes so good out in the little garden.

Then we spent some time at the beach. We hadn't brought our swimming suites, but it actually would have been warm enough to put them on now.

We had a coffee at the nice beach café.

Then we went back to the apartment to have dessert. I had made a cheese cake with straw berries for Mother's Day.

I found the recipe in the internet, but this is my adapted recipe and it was really delicious.

Month in photos - April

Spring is really here and April has been full of new flowers and green grass here in Rome. It has also been a month with lots of work for me.
One Saturday there was a photo walk in Eur with a photo group that I found in Facebook. Eur is a district in Rome where there's an artificial lake. We went to take photos of the blooming cherry trees by the artificial lake of Eur.
Sofia and Icoon partecipated in an international show jumping competition in Arezzo in Toscana.
Also Carlotta had a competition in Rome. It went very well.
On the 8th of April Daniele officially became an adult. He turned 18! He celebrated his birthday in London with a few friends. When he came back we made a strawberry cake and celebrated at home.
We had a nice lunch out in our garden with our friends one Sunday.
Carlotta went on a school trip to the Cilento region. She had a good time there.
And on the last weekend of April it was Carlotta 's confirmation. There is a very nice restaurant at our barn and we had the party there afterwards.