For appetizers, I had sliced salami, cheese, fig jam and crackers in one plate and dates & gorgonzola cheese drizzled with honey on the other.

Roasted butternut squash salad with warm cider vinaigrette

Cowboy rubbed rib eye with chocolate stout pan sauce

The rub recipe was amazing.

penne cauliflower and cheese

8 adults, 4 bottles of wine… I say we had a good time. 🙂

I’m getting ready to host a dinner party tomorrow. When I’m planning a party the first thing I do is buy fresh flowers and set the tables. Nothing transforms the room and gets me in the mood for party like beautiful floral arrangements.

Winter break continues…

Today I brought both of the kids to work. Last day of Winter break!

I took off work today to take the kids to see the Finding Neverland Broadway musical today. So excited!

We walked through the Grand Central to meet Andrew for lunch before the show.

Lunch at Oyster Bar

Andrew’s seafood salad

My sophisticated Chloe ordered a new England clam chowder and fried oyster for herself.

I had eggs Benedict with salmon and bloody mary. Yum.

Finally the show!

This quickly became Shane’s favorite musical! I also thought it was spectacular show! The cast, led by Kelsey Grammar gave a stellar performance. I laughed and cried. We all loved it!

Intermission snack: Magnolia’s cupcakes

We came back to NJ and had Korean BBQ for dinner. Overall a fantastic day!

I don’t normally get to plan play dates for my kids and I always feel bad for that. Since the kids are off this week, I worked from home today and was able to have one of Chloe’s friends over for a play.

Lunch: sole meuniere with steamed broccoli

Are they making hammock ?

I’m glad Shane also had fun playing with the girls.

Kids have a winter break this week and Shane came to work with me in the office while Chloe had a playdate at her friend’s.

Shane was pretty good at work and he even sat through a long meeting with me. To break the day we went out for a little lunch date.

Chloe wrote me a birthday card listing 41 things about me.

She’s too generous with her compliment! I’ll take it. 😉

Shane’s valentine’s day card to us.:) I love my kids!

Kids made red velvet cookies in celebration of Valentine’s day. 🙂

Then we delivered the cookies to our neighbors.

Kids and I spent the afternoon painting.

My painting: I wanted to paint how massive some of those trails were and how peaceful it was. If you look close you can find all of us in this painting.

Shane’s painting: Our family skiing/snowboarding together

Chloe’s: She wanted to paint the condo building we stayed at.

Look at that kick!

Moving on to green.