Archive for December, 2010

are you angels?

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

We invited over our friends for lunch and dinner yesterday and today, they voluntarily came back to babysit our kiddies all day so Andrew and I can go out for a date.
They offered! And they packed me a goodie bag to bring it with me, in case I run out of energy. 🙂

We went to Nyack and Tarrytown, NY and walked around all day. Thanks Danny & Renna for this sweet offer! The kids had so much fun doing all kinds of craft projects.
We should do this more often! 😉

cooking and trying baking again

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

This week is all about eating well with my family and friends!

My friends came over for meals and when I shared my sad baking story, she was happy to help me try again. Under her strict supervision, we made organic white chocolate coconut cookies. Recipe found on foodnetwork.com

It was delicious and successful! Thanks, Rena! 🙂

snow makes me do crazy things,

Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

such as baking.

This is my very first attempt to bake cookies. Two years ago for Shane’s first birthday, I made my first cupcakes ever! The mix came out of a box. I love cooking but was never really interested in baking, until Ms. Chloe was born and challenged me to think differently. For Shane’s 2nd birthday, we got a birthday cake from a local bakery and Chloe thought that not having additional cupcakes at a party was the strangest thing.

Chloe: Where are the cupcakes?
Me: We’re not going to have cupcakes. We’ll just have one birthday cake.
Chloe: You’re not making cupcakes for Shane’s birthday?
Me: Nope. But we’ll have a good dinner in the backyard.
Chloe: But we HAVE to have cupcakes because we always have cupcakes at birthday parties!
Me: I don’t know how to make cupcakes.
Chloe: What?!?!?!?!
Me: Uhm. Yeah. So no cupcakes.
Chloe: … (she walks away to her play room, looking very confused.)

About 5 min. later she comes back.
Chloe: Mommy, how about you and I take a cupcake making workshop together? We can both learn! Is that a good idea?

Ever since this conversation with Chloe, I have been thinking about learning how to bake. Man, she was so disappointed at me when she found out I don’t bake. So, since we were stuck in the snow, I went online and found a cookie recipe and I thought it would be fun to make cookies with her. In my mind, it was the perfect cozy winter snowy afternoon, spent baking with my beautiful children…, right?

Wrong.
First of all, I had to drive through piles of snow in the freezing weather, buy the ingredients from a market including a hand mixer from Target, come home, mix the ingredients and then had to refrigerate it for an hour. By then, Chloe was tired of waiting.
Then I realized that it was almost dinner time and I couldn’t give them the cookies to spoil their appetite. So I told the kids to wait again until we eat dinner. They were not happy but I stuck to the plan. We had dinner. We then finally made the dough and put them in the oven.
Turns out that I may have gotten a little confused with the measuring… and made the worst tasting cookies ever. It was bitter, hard, and did I mention bitter? It tasted wrong. They all ended up in the garbage can. Poor kids, they were so disappointed, I pulled out all kinds of store bought snacks from our pantry. What a day.

I blame the snow storm.

sledding!

Monday, December 27th, 2010

Snow has fallen and nothing goes better with a fresh snowfall than sledding!

It was a freezing winter day. but despite the cold, we stayed out and had fun in the snow. It was like having our own private ski resort here in Teaneck.

snowed in.

Sunday, December 26th, 2010

big time.

merry christmas!

Saturday, December 25th, 2010

Christmas eve…

milk and cookie for Santa

at 5 a.m. this morning,
Chloe: Mommy, can I go downstairs?
Me: No.
Chloe: Daddy, can I go downstairs?
Andrew: No.

at 6 a.m.
Chloe: Can I go down stairs now?
Me: No, honey. Let’s wait until Shane wakes up, okay?
Chloe: but Mommy, I really want to go see downstairs!
Me: Go ask Daddy.
Chloe: (walks over to Andrew) Daddy, can I go downstairs?
Andrew: No. Go back to sleep.

at 7 a.m.
Chloe: NOW, can I go down stairs??
Me: Oh… okay. Let me get my camera.
Chloe: OKAY, MOMMY!

Shane woke up extra late this morning (7:45!) He’s such a kidder. He’s doing, ‘I pretend I don’t care’ face.

This was the best laugh. I’m sorry I missed it!

Andrew got  fancy boots.

They are experts at making a mass.

I got a jewelry stand!

Merry Christmas, everyone….

ryu crew 2010

Friday, December 24th, 2010

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4 years…

Friday, December 24th, 2010

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getting ready for the holidays…

Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

Taking the Christmas photos in front of the tree… check.

making the lists, writing cards, wrapping the gifts… Check. Check. Check.

decorating the house… Check.

I'm feeling pretty good about myself… 

a&t babyshower video

Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
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