Haha, he can’t wait!

Kids’ one week winter break is over and we’re ready to get back to the swing of things. We had a fantastic week!

The temperature today went above 40º! It felt really nice and warm so right before the sunset, we spent a couple of hours having snow fights and sledding down our front yard.

Shane just goes for it! 

Poor Chloe

Some parts of snow came above my knees!

She’s enjoying the sunset.

We’ve been really fed up with this cold weather so we wanted to do something fun indoors.

This is how Andrew copes with winter.

We found this awesome bakery not too far from us that allows customers to go inside where all kinds of baked creations are made and pick their own breads.

Chloe picked out some fresh warm bagels right out of the oven !

I think we might have to add this to our weekend to do list. So cool!

This morning we spent a couple of hours in MoMA looking at paintings. Kids enjoyed seeing Vincent Van Gogh & Henri Matisse’s paintings especially.

Magnolia cupcakes

We’re so excited to see the Lion King!!

The production of the show exceeded all my expectations. When they opened with “The Circle of Life”, and seeing how the set, costumes and lights brought to life on the stage, I almost cried because it was so beautiful. I’m so glad I got to experience the show with my kids who appreciated it so much. The very first thing Shane said to me when it was over, was “Mom, thank you so much for bringing us here to see the show. I loved it!”

My kids were awesome audiences!

I made Zuppa di peace, an Italian fish stew to end this very productive day.

After the cooking class, Shane got a haircut, then we went to an art class.

Shane’s clay work: A bat, a jack-o-lanter, a cat face, an alien face, spaghetti dinner.

Chloe made a bowl of a noodle soup and a lid on top, a fork, and a heart arrow. 

They also made t-shirts

and did water color paintings/drawings.

Making dough…

Today she made:

Layered cheese cake, Vanilla mini cupcakes with chocolate frosting, Home-made pretzels with cinnamon, & Pizza.

She also made new friends.

While Chloe was cooking, Shane and I hung out at Starbucks next door where he played his games and I worked.

Then this cutie and I got frozen yogurt. 🙂

Kids have a winter break this week so I signed up Chloe for a two day cooking camp at Sur La Table.  She was thrilled to say the least! Her dream is to become a chef star like Giada. 🙂

They made: Cornflake-crusted chicken fingers with brown sugar barbecue dipping sauce, Oven-roasted sweet potato wedges, Rainbow coleslaw with honey mustard vinaigrette

Impressive!

We made: blueberry muffins

Mini heart shaped strawberry pies,

Ham & cheese puff pastry danish topped with fried eggs garnished with creme fraiche and parsley leaves.