We spent an awesome afternoon at Bryant park where “Taste of France” took place. This event showcased the various aspects of French cuisine, lifestyle, tourism, culture, and many other fun activities.

Of course it wouldn’t be an extra fun experience if we didn’t go on the marry-go-around.

Oh yeah, Ms. Chloe lost two front teeth this week.

We enjoyed eating lots of French food.

It’s Andrew’s birthday today! He didn’t want to do anything special today other than keep announcing “it’s my birthday week/end” for the last several days. He got to have some off duty nights but other than that today was a pretty normal quiet Saturday at home.

I made him tomato and goat cheese tarts for breakfast.

For lunch I made chicken noodle soup with garlic crouton

Vietnamese caramelized pork with udon noodles. (Actually this is from last night.) We ate out tonight because I got too tired. 😛

I finally used some of thousands apples we still have from the apple picking weekend a couple of weeks ago and made apple galette.

Happy birthday my amour!

Hi my five year old boy!

We discovered this pretty tree in our backyard today.

After  lunch, we came back home to have some birthday cakes!

Happy birthday my awesome son! I thank God every day that He gave me a son like you. No matter how old you get, you will always be my baby. I love you so much and I’m so proud of you.

We’re starting this exciting day with a healthy breakfast then we’re off to have lots of fun today!

We went to Monster mini golf in the morning.

Then we went to Toys R Us so Shane can pick out his own presents. Of course, Ms. Chloe got to do that too.

Chloe’s school starts at 7:50 am and we’re always rushing to get out the door by 7:30 every morning. So I’ve been making smoothies for breakfast along with either cereal, toast or pancakes. Sometimes if we’re running late, I just pour them in bottles, so they can drink it on the way.

I also make myself one but it’s usually a lot greener.

We struggle every morning trying to get out on time. Despite these happy looking kids in the photos, mornings are chaos. They are only smiling this morning because somebody’s having a birthday party at school today and the other somebody is excited about her first daisy troop meeting after school.

Recipe here

Ingredients
2 1/4 pounds center-cut salmon fillet (1 1/2 inches thick)
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup rice vinegar
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (2 lemons)
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
1 tablespoon fish sauce
1 tablespoon toasted (dark) sesame oil
1 1/2 teaspoons chili paste
1/2 cup sliced scallions (2 scallions)
2 tablespoons minced garlic (8 large cloves)
2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger
1 1/2 cups panko (Japanese bread crumbs

So yummy!

We went to Ochs farm this afternoon for some pick your own experience.

Look how many apples that one tree has!

Up, he goes! Go uncle Ben.

Thanks for taking a picture of us.

The fruits of our labor.

What a beautiful fall day!

We had a busy day today! We went to our church picnic, a birthday party, then after dinner we went to Chloe’s school playground to play.