Happy birthday to me. It was a quiet day… we got hit with snow storm and we played in the snow with Miles. Chloe and I baked a banana cake with cream cheese frosting. I made it not too sweet, just perfect for my taste.

• 4 large ripe bananas (about 1and 1/2 cups mashed)
• 3 cups (375g) all-purpose flour 
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup (170g) unsalted butter, 
• 1/4 granulated sugar
• 3 large eggs, at room temperature
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 and 1/2 cups (360ml) buttermilk, at room temperature

@ Glen Rock Duck Pond

Kids “order” what they want to eat for lunch these days, especially Shane, now they are home all the time. Pink Pasta is their favorite they ask for at least once a week.  

Kids and I met up with our friends to ski for the day and we had a great time! Skiing was fun even though it was bit icy but what what I enjoyed the most was seeing some of our friends faces in person after many months of zoom meetings. 
I finally invested in ski gears this year for the first time in my life so I’ll be looking for more opportunities to ski this winter locally. 

Since getting the puppy was a big gift to our family this year, we decided we are not really doing gifts this Christmas. However, Shane still wanted to buy presents for everyone and surprised Chloe, Andrew and his grandparents! I took him shopping a couple days ago while doing few errands and he picked out a 14k gold Amethyst earring for Chloe since she just got her ears pierced and a box of flavored syrup for coffee for his big coffee drinker dad, a hairdryer for his grandma and a thermo mug for grandpa. I was so proud of him, I told him I want to get him something for Christmas too and he said, he doesn’t want anything. That he has everything he needs and he likes giving more than receiving. He. Has. The. Heart. Of. GOLD.

My parents gifts to Andrew

and I got him this dude. 

And here’s the sweetest present for us all!

After the Christmas service, we watched a Christmas movie…with Miles wedged between me and Chloe.