We went to Williamsburg, Brooklyn to meet up with more friends for dinner.

We’ve been wanting to eat here since the last time and it was even better than I remembered. Yum Yum!

Jane’s Carousel!

Kids seemed okay by themselves so I decided to ride on one too!

Aren’t I so funny… I’m pretending I’m sleeping.

Hi, little Andrew & uncle T

The pops.

Little Andrew loved it. 🙂 He had 3 of those.

Family picture.

The Tan family.

It is so HOT outside today. Before we melt in the street, we found a café nearby to cool off.

A superhero always has his cape on!

Empire State building framed by Manhattan Bridge

We’re meeting up with our friends in Brooklyn tomorrow so I thought that it would be fun to bring some cake pops as treats for the kids.

Shane and Chloe love helping me in the kitchen and did a great job!

I don’t bake often and it’s my first attempt to make cake pops. Given that, even though it didn’t come out exactly how I wanted, I think it tasted good enough to share with friends… I think… We’ll see…

I made a separate breakfast for myself this morning. My kids don’t like mushrooms and I didn’t feel like fighting with them. SO, I made a fresh mushroom and parsley salad just for me.

And this is what the kids ate. Nutella and mascarpone on baguette with blueberries and greet yogurt with granola and honey.

Then we played.

Snack time: grilled corn

I made a collage out of our vacation photos.

tomatoes + cabbage + broccoli + carrot + apple

Today is my mother-in-law’s birthday so we invited in-law families over for a dinner.

Waiting to be cooked…

Chloe and Shane were in charge of  drinks and they made limeade! Chloe even put lime slices in each cup.

A juicy burger

Grilled corn on the cob with freshly grated Parmesan and chopped fresh Italian parsley leaves (from our garden)

Chicken with rosemary

Sweet and spicy chicken drumettes and wings

Grapefruit and arugula salad with fennel and cucumber

The oldest grandkid.

Shane’s the youngest of her 11 grandkids.

Happy 75th birthday! I’m so blessed to have such a loving and kind mother-in-law. We love you so much…

We went to Norwood to see fireworks and it was the very first time for the kids. Chloe’s been talking about this for days!

Chloe’s festive toe nails

waiting for the fireworks…

This morning I made creme brulee french toast for breakfast.