Jason’s Birthday Weekend
This weekend, Jes’ parents came up to visit. It was to celebrate Jason’s birthday and to hang out with their granddaughter, of course. I just love their expressions in this picture. They were so happy to see her when they arrived at the CalTrain Station on Saturday morning.
We took them to the Ferry Plaza for brunch and we lucked out with some really nice weather.
For Jason’s birthday dinner, we drove down to Woodside to eat at The Village Pub. This is my crudo appetizer. That clear liquid off to the side was actually a gelee. Neato. KK ate all the pickled veggies off my plate.
Speaking of KK, she got her first fine dining experience and it was such a success. I mean, we’ve taken her to places with white tablecloths and stuff but this was one of those drawn out fancier dinners. We even ordered her very own dish, a very tasty mushroom consomme. She loved it and I only got a few sips of the broth and one of her dumplings. I have to say this was one of my prouder moments with her. The server was so impressed by her behavior that evening and treated her with a scoop of ice cream. I was pretty impressed too.
I ordered the kale and ricotta ravioletti. It was really good and I totally forgot that it was a vegetarian dish.
This was Jason’s birthday souffle and present – a toy replica of his current Mustang in the same shade of blue and everything. He said it will go well next to his Cobra.
And here are a couple pictures that KK took with my phone. It’s fun to get a little view of her world.
This morning, the whole family came over and we took the bus to Chinatown.
We feasted on noodles and porridge and then had a little birthday cake complete with a candle.
Back at home, we all took a nap and then Jesse started preparing the crab that had been given to Jason and Jia from their landlord. He’s a crabber and drops off live crab every once in a while. Jia was home alone on Thursday night so she put them in the freezer and we ate them today.
This time, Jes boiled them in some seasoned water and then made a side of mashed potato and grilled corn. 
Yum yum!! Three crabs and the sides fed all 7 of us very well.
Happy Birthday, DiDi!
We got there about 20 minutes early so there was time for a drink and some meatballs. Yum.
Then at dinner, we didn’t have to order anything extra – we just got the prime rib with the creamed corn and mashed potato. Perfect.
For dessert, the waitress brought out two helpings of their English trifle with a candle lit in each one. That was sweet of her.
We also got a bonus dinner together on Monday night after we came home from LA. As we were walking to Marlowe, KK fell asleep in the stroller so we tucked her under the bar and had a quiet dinner together. I had a tasty drink called La Cuchilla, which had grapefruit juice, soda, and tequila. I’m sure there was other stuff in it too.
We also shared the mushroom soup and giant prawns with a spicy cocktail sauce before the burger came out. What a fun evening. KK also slept through the night without a peep out of her for a total of 12 hours!!! She must have had some major catching up to do on her sleep from the weekend.
This weekend we celebrated Alice’s 1st birthday at Liberty Park. 
The room was really nice and it was located right next to the playground.
It was so nice to catch up with the family and lots of Brother’s friends.
Alice actually slept through most of her party but she woke up in time for he cake.
Happy Birthday, Alice!! It was fun celebrating with you all weekend!! KK loved having cake or ice cream every day of the 4-day weekend!
This evening, we celebrated Mommy’s birthday, which was last week. Before dinner, we stopped at Huntington Beach Pier. 
It actually felt like fall this evening – especially after a morning of rain and the puffy clouds were still lingering above in the clear blue sky.
The waves were pretty high so it was fun to watch the surfers play too.
This is the Albacore Mediterranean: albacore tuna, fried garlic, jalapeno, and ponzu.
For dessert, they brought out ice cream with a giant sparkler on it.
This year, I decided to make KK’s costume. She was going to be Piglet and I thought it was easy enough to figure it out.
At Target, I found a shirt, tights, and hair clips that were the perfect shade of pink. Then I went to the fabric store and bought a big piece of bright pink felt.
I traced one of KK’s dresses for the pattern and then cut out two pieces.
The fabric got flipped over to make a little dress! When I tried it on KK, it came out too long. Luckly it worked out because then I could tuck the fabric inside and pin it to make it a little poofier.
We flew down to Southern California this morning and went to the Halloween Festival at Regional Park this evening. Instead of Trick-or-Treating, KK played games and received candy from each of the booths.
For some reason I seem to appreciate this more than going door-to-door begging for candy. It was also just the right amount of activity for our little piglet.
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