Kids sang during Sunday service today. 

I had such a lovely day with my girl Chloe in the city today. She’s a great partner to just walk the New York streets with no particular goal and we had so many fun and meaningful conversations. 

For lunch, I took her to Lady Mendel’s and had  a five course high tea. 

What a charming place to spend time with my girl. I love that we can make these special memories and knowing how appreciative and thankful she is makes these kinds of moments even more special. What a blessing…

Breakfast

This balloon made it to my house! 🙂

I saw her reading in her sunday outfit and I just had to take a picture of her. How cute is she!

A giant balloon = Photo op!

I was asked to plan a very simple baby shower for a colleague at work so this is what I did. 

I love those giant balloons. 🙂

Andrew left for a business trip this morning so to cheer up the kids, I treated them to a Jajangmyeon lunch after church!

For dinner I made bruschetta with homemade herbed ricotta cheese (no picture), 

Roasted beet salad with truffle goat cheese,

Truffle tagliatelle pasta

Porcini mushroom and rosemary crusted beef tenderloin with port wine sauce

Another fantastic time with friends!

They also planted flower seeds in the backyard.

Chloe’s reading outside enjoy the unusually warm spring weather this morning.

She made herself a berry juice with fresh chopped strawberries and blueberries.  So cute. 

Andrew and I are both down with a cold so the kids are left to entertain themselves this weekend. I’ve been in bed all day and when I looked outside from my bedroom window, I saw them having a picnic. 🙂

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. 🙂