This is going to be a short post in between baking sessions and tending to le bebes. Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and we've been keeping on our toes with our pie bake sale [details on thats for another day..] We've had a few park dates, crafts and projects, visits with friends and family, and of course fun family outings and regular classes.  Some highlights for us have been spending a day across the bridge ice skating etc, playing games and hosting some friends for dinner, hanging out w my high school friends at our first book club meeting, and eating our first Matzah ball soup while playing games with them to celebrate some birthdays, and Friendsgiving.  Our lives right now are full of alot of work and a lot of well earned play-and I think bc of that, we are finding joy in BOTH of those, even the parts of putting our shoulder to the wheel and pushing along.





Excited to feast with our families tomorrow, take a little breaky break, and then go even more hog wild as we get ready for more holiday fun! Life is good!


Way back in August,  Lester and I had our 6 year wedding anniversary [as I mentioned in this post]. And although it was still special, and a good chance to reflect on our lives together so far, we didn't really have the time to do anything too special, except hang our sweet kiddos.


Fast forward to yesterday evening, where were able to make up for that! After loving and learning about all different types of cuisines, sourcing, techniques, and other amazing food related things for the last few years, we finally had a reservation to eat at 3 michelin star rated restaurant. Its funny, bc we both had thoughts of 'could this possibly live up to both the hype AND the cost?' And somehow, we both felt like it did both of those things!

Initially, upon walking into the restaurant, we both felt a little out of our depth, and we couldn't help but thinking about how my family would be teasing us so hard if they saw us now hahaha. But after being seated, and deciding on which prix fixed to go with, the courses started appearing and we stopped worrying about if we we're posh enough to eat there, and instead got lost in the food,  atmosphere and company. It was like a place out of time, and the craziness that was going on in the world around  us, and all that mattered was the date we we're on right then and there, and the life we had built together.




Now, I could talk forever about how impressive each thing was, but I won't. I will just say that of all the courses, my favorites were the potatoes and persimmons,  the abalone, and the tortelli. Lester's favorite was the caviar and King Crab dish and the squab. But in the end, we both agree that it went above and beyond our expectations, and expanded what we thought we knew about dimensionsand flavor development in both the complicated, and the delicately simple. They also made it a point to make us feel like we were important customers to them. With extra courses selected specifically for  us by the chef's at no extra charge, and a special invitation to meet him and the rest of the kitchen staff and tour the kitchen mid service [which was SUCH a treat for us!] it was an incredible experience. They even made it a point to bring us specially made drinks with no alchol in them, and a special anniversary cake to share. And upon leaving, they sent us with specially made hot chocolate for the ride home.











I guess we both feel like we've done pretty well conquering some outdoor adventures and experiences, along with some other kinds-but this was an entirely new kind of adventure for us, and one well worth the taking. So thanks to Lester for the 6 years of marriage we've enjoyed so far, and for all the hard work and love he gives me and the girls to make special things like this possible. And thanks to my family for watching the girls. 
Everything here on our little home front has been going well! October and Halloween, with all its candy, costumes and events, has finally come and gone. And while it has been immensely fun, if I'm honest, I was ready to say goodbye haha. Still good-just ready to move on!
A few days before actual Halloween, we had a few more parties to hit up, and the local farmer's market had an fun little event we attended with Lolo. We followed it up with reindeer pancakes and it was a fun day! The actual day of Halloween, we did some family swimming, then got ready in the drizzly evening and went out and about trick or treating in my in laws neighbourhood. A few friends visited, and by the time we made it back home for hot chocolate, it started an intense downpour. So we lucked out with that! Then of course, keeping with tradition, we got home, put on the Christmas tunes and started putting up our tree and what not! Haha, haters gonna hate, but we will just ignore them easily while we're wrapped up in the cozy blankets and the glow of our tree with a cup of cheer. 
















Other then that, we've been having some fun hanging out more in SF and loving on our sweet girls. We've added a gymnastics class for both of them to our regime, so this coupled with swimming, and other adventures and regular life stuff has kept us busy. All in all, life is good, and we are happy! So I will count that a win, and add it to the many other beautiful blessings that I'm feeling grateful for this time of year. Cheers!


















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