We surprised the kids when we picked them up from school yesterday by announcing that we’re joining their dad’s business trip to DC. We drove down here late last night and they couldn’t be happier!

Good morning Washington!

That’s his “up to no good” look.

He’s been making paper airplanes and flying them all over the place.

Andrew’s working full day today and tomorrow so the kids and I are checking out some museums today.

We’re heading to National Museum of American History this morning!

For appetizers, I did lots of differnet kind of cheese, bread, crackers, olives, dried and some fresh fruits and cured meats (basically no cooking required).

For side dish, I made crunch noodle salad

Honey porter glazed chicken skewers

Baked asian salmon with panko crust on top

Our guest brought this wonderful flourless double chocolate cake with homemade raspberry sauce. Yummy way to finish the night. Thank you all for coming!

Kids started piano lessons about a month ago. They love playing but when it comes to practicing everyday it’s been an endeavor. It just one more thing trying to achieve in a couple of hours before bedtime. ;P

We’re having guests over for a dinner tonight so I picked up some flowers to brighten the mood.

Chloe gets to pick out a few books from her school library each week and yesterday she brought home: 1 Selena Gomez book (what!) 2. Cool Sandwich Food Art book.

She made a menu book to show us what the specials are. So we decided to have grilled cheese bugwich for brunch today.

Shane’s so thankful!

Food menu:

Happy hippo hoagie
Peanut butter & Jelly flower
Grilled cheese bugwich

Kids drinks:
Water

Adult drinks:
Water
Bear (Lol, she means beer!)

So funny she’s offering us beer at 9 am.

Today, I’m going Tex Mex style.

I made Rock shrimp Torta with serrano grapefruit salsa and cabbage slaw to go with it.

Since I made the shrimp really spicy, I also made chicken salad with avocado and cranberry in pita bread just for the little ones.

My happy plate. It was delicious! #blowmyownhorn 😉

I love anyone who comes and plays our piano. Thanks for coming to play with us!

After the guests left, we played monopoly for the first time. I loved playing board games with kids! Wow, this is a beginning of a new chapter.

We met up with friends for dinner at Joe’s crab shack.

We love hanging out with the Lee family.

Like our bibs?

Yum

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Kids got their own pots too and loved it.

Thank you for the great dinner! WE  all had an awesome time.

We have a gorgeous weather today. It finally feels like winter is almost over! The kids’ been wanting to try riding their bicycles without training wheels so here we are.

All they needed was a couple of tries and off they went!

Chloe was invited to her friend’s birthday party.

They each got their own make-up set. What!

Chloe got to put make up,

eat pizza,

decorate her own cupcake,

and even got her hair done!

Happy 7th, Sydney! Thanks for inviting us.

So Andrew’s off to Miami and I decided to have some much needed quality girl time. Sorry Shane….wherever you are hiding.

The little girls planned a “Let it go” show. They even try to sell tickets.

Bravo girls! Thanks for the entertainment!

It snowed in our living room…

I had an awesome time hanging out with you guys. Thanks for coming!