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!
Tonight we celebrated my birthday with my family.
I’m laughing as I’m posting this. Did I cover all the bases? Celebration with friends? ? Celebrations with hubby? ? Celebration with kids? ?
Happy birthday to me. Hahaha I’m so over it now! 
Souvenir from Hong Kong
My hubby finally came back from his business trip and took me out for my belated birthday dinner. I was so excited to try the tasting menu here.
What an intriguing , fascinating and gorgeous presentation of food! We weren’t sure in the beginning, if some of the dishes were decor or food. Everything was so fresh, eclectic & creative, not to mention delicious. I’m impressed.
About 1/3 into the meal, thay moved us to a beautiful private dinning area for a change of scenery.
Back to our table…
By the time we were done, it was well into the night. I was stuffed! It was definitely an unforgettable night. 🙂
Dinning at Blue Hill Stone Barns
To me, the best gift my family can get for my birthday is their thoughtful cards. And today, I’m on cloud nine because of what they gave me. Feeling so loved and blessed…
Chloe wrote 40 things about me in her notebook and gave it to me with her card:
This is AMAZING. I cried and I laughed… Thank you my dearest daughter Chloe. You are AMAZING.
Andrew also left me a card with kids to give it to me today. 🙂
Thank you God for loving me so much and blessing me with a beautiful family….
At first, I thought it’s nice to have a snow day on my birthday so I can stay home with kids today. Then I remembered what I had to do. Ugh.
I tried shoveling the old fashion way then I gave up here. 
After Face timing Andrew in Hong Kong , he was able to walk me through how to use the snow blower.
At this point I cried. I ran out of gas and I couldn’t bring it back up.
After taking a moment (did some yoga breathing), I figured out how to put in gas and was able to maneuver the machine. It wasn’t easy and a few times on the way down the driveway, it dragged me down the hill and I lost control of that thing. Yes I screamed. Sorry neighbors.
After 3 hours, I did it.
Then it snowed again. Best birthday ever.
Wife, Mother, jewelry designer &
graphic designer /Creative Director, I am HaeWon Cadence Ryu. This is a glimpse into my life’s blessings, passion and inspiration.
This blog came to fruition after I began motherhood; I wanted to be able to capture every millestone of my two beautiful children - Chloe & Shane as they journey through their early years. Since the launch of my online jewelry site, cadencelee.com, I’ve come face-to-face with having to juggle multiple roles. As a result, I have decided to feature some of my designs and inspiration alongside postings of my precious family. For me, this is the perfect medium of work-life balance.
