Group selfie. Smile!

Family style dinning @ Good ‘N Plenty

I’m making paella with lobster, prawns and mussels as a main dish tonight. 

And Pear, walnut and goat cheese salad with maple vinaigrette

Chloe does the honor of saying Grace

Happy parents

For dessert, we are making gingerbread house

Our good old friends came to visit from out of town today!

Guests have arrived!

Shane also got a playdate.

Game plan

Three legged race

While they are out, I prepared hot chocolate & dessert plates for the cake.

Birthday cake!

Surprise!

LOVED the girls’ reactions when I cut the cake. Totally made my 9 hrs of labor making the cake sooooo worth it!

Came out better than I thought!

Let the good times continue~

We extended the party until 8pm because they were having so much fun. We ended the night with Home Alone 3.
WHAT A FUN DAY.

I prepared brunch for the guests.

Blueberry croissant puff

Spinach & Ham Cheese Puffs

Pear walnut ricotta crostini

Birthday girl!

I’m planning Chloe’s birthday party tomorrow and decided to make her a rainbow cake. 

I didn’t realize I needed several more baking pans and mixing bowls to make 9 different layers of cake so I took out whatever bowls I could use…

Note to self: Need to buy cooling rack.

Looking good, so far…

I had a lot of fun throwing sprinkles to make it stick. 

Ready to party!

my mom got up super early this morning to make her grand daughter her birthday breakfast.  

For dinner, she also made her favorite food, Kalbi!

Andrew brought home her favorite strawberry short cake from the city!

Happy birthday Chloe! You are 12!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got to together with my my ex-coworkers for holiday lunch today. Miss these girls so much! XO

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