Chicken Pesto Pizza

I found a simple recipe for chicken pesto pizza. I made the crust myself too, but you could use any pizza crust. The trick is to mix pesto in with the pizza sauce and then spread it onto the pizza. Then, shred the chicken and mix more pesto in with the chicken. Spread it onto the pizza and add fresh sliced mozzarella and a bit of freshly grated parmesan. Cook until bubbly and slightly browned. The pizza was so delicious!! We all (me, the boys and Pentti) all loved it and we generally never agree:)

Joonas started kindergarten this year. I was worried that he might be a little nervous. But, when I asked him who he wanted to drive him to school (thinking he'd want one or both parents there as security), he responded that he'd like Kim (our carpooling neighbour) to drive him. I guess mommy was the only nervous one:) In fact, Joonas was disappointed that he has gradual entry and won't be going to school for a full day until week 3. 
In true Joonas style, he also managed to soak his pants through to his underwear within 2 minutes of hitting the playground. Pentti had just told him that the slide was probably wet, so naturally Joonas had to go test it out. Luckily, I had brought spare clothes. Unfortunately, since I thought the spare clothes would just sit in his cubby at school, I had packed ugly, almost too small for him clothes with a hole in the knee. What a proud mommy moment to bring your child into his first day of school wearing a tshirt that's too small and "flood pants" with a hole in the knee...
(The picture is from the first day. Sorry the quality isn't that great...)

Bath time

Baby girl is here and I couldn't be happier. They say that the time when your kids are small are the best ones of your life. So, I am trying to enjoy every moment. Of course, Pentti has decided to take advantage of this so that every time Emmi poops, he hands her to me and says, " I just want you to enjoy EVERY moment".

We recently watched the movie Certified Copy. Pentti hated it because it was a foreign film and because it was philosophical with very little action. It wasn't one of my favourite movies of all time, but I did enjoy it. In fact, I think I enjoyed it even more when it was over...but not for the reasons you may think. I wasn't relieved that it was over, just that it was one of those movies which left me thinking. About art and forgery and reality and marriage and expectations and perceptions and communication. I also really like Juliette Binoche.
One of the lines from the movie which I found interesting: "your perception of someone can change the value of that person". 

In case anyone hasn't seen me in my 8 months of pregnant splendour...here's a picture with two of my sister in laws, taken at my sister's wedding.

I made a cheesecake for my sister in law's birthday. It turned out perfect. In the process I discovered that all the ingredients really do need to be at room temperature, otherwise the texture ends up a bit grainy (like last time). This time=perfection!!

Joonas

Not sure whether I blogged about Joonas' preschool parent-teacher interview in the fall. But at the time, they said that he was the perfect child and they wanted to clone him. Pentti wondered whether they had confused him with another child in his class...
Well....I went to the end of the year parent-teacher interview last week. The teacher said, "Joonas has really come out of his shell".Haha, I guess he couldn't hide his true self forever! He is such a monkey. Not bad, but really active and mischievous. Can't you tell just by looking at the picture?