We celebrated my birthday a week after, because my birthday was on Saturday, the memorial day weekend. We had a trip to Upper Michigan and had my own 12 am birthday celebration on my real birthday... then we celebrated it again, the week after at home with all my beloved friends and their families.

I just realized, when I blew the candle, I didn't make a wish at all, I guess I have it all and I couldn't think of anything this year. Pretty blessed with my life right now. Thank you, God.

Blissful food.... That's all I can say for our weekend experience. The kids and us ate so much that we could not imagine, even Aidan ate the whole food.

On Saturday I cooked, brunch and dinner. On Sunday, Ammar cooked. Oh my! The food we had for the last 2 days were beyond expectation.

Most importantly, we really enjoyed our time together as a family, away from Ammar's workload. Bliss.

I have been longing to have a maroon colored formal dining room, and finally since we know we are not moving for a while from this house, I decided to do my project to celebrate my birthday on the 24th.
I got to tell you, how hard it is to paint a really dark color, especially when the finish is satin. I lost hope, but when it got dried, it looks so much better. Phew!

This is the project since a year ago when my mother was still here. The upholstry of these breakfast table chairs were so due to be changed. My mother was planning to make the cover for this chair and it was never done, since the birth of Aidan took lots of my mom's time during her visit.
Here I went, trying something I have never done in my life, self taught, and I finally figured out how to do it, and it came out good. Ammar likes it. Yay, no more dirty chair.
PS: Mom, look, I finally did it!

Nadia and I decided to draw something for mother's day and we both colored it. Nadia colored the flowers, and I drew the outline and the letters. Happy mothers' Day, everyone. Hope you all had a wonderful one.
PS: Mom, especially for you... I love you so much, I miss you and happy mother's day

We decided that starting this year, the house and the yard don't own us... We owned them and we are going to spend our spare time (which is minimal) to hang out with kids and have a more quality time together as a family. 

I hired a landscape company to take care of our huge lawn and the flower beds, and I am quite surprise how good job they did so far and I am pleased.

There are total of 4 workers coming to our house every time, one is trimming the edges of the flower beds, one pulling out the weeds on the flower beds, 2 people with 2 zero rotation lawn mower mowed our lawn in less than 15 minutes (I usually do it in an hour or more). 

Today, I saw the boss came to check on their job.. and I am pretty happy that they value the quality, and I am blessed with my spare time with Aidan and Nadia, riding our lawn mower truck just drive around... fun!!!

Most importantly, when Ammar is home, he is just becoming all ours... no more lawn work. YAY!

Hm... my cousins are coming to NYC and I can't meet them up there. Why ? Just because I just can't leave the kids behind. Never! Never in my dictionary. Are they too attached to me ? Maybe, but I think I am the one who can't live at night without them. Other than that, too bad I have doctor's appointment on that friday afternoon. They are leaving on Sunday, and that Saturday will be my birthday (yeah.. happy birthday to me.... old mom!) and we are planning to go to Toronto for that long memorial day weekend. Lisa and Ima.. I am sorry, I can't see you guys there!

Now, giving the all recommendations of my favorite places in NYC, I just can't help not thinking about Gray's Papaya and their fresh squeezed orange juice.. mmmm.... yum!!! 

When I used to live in NYC for school, then worked in Central Park area, I used to go stop to Gray's Papaya on the way to work.. and it was always the best hotdog ever!!!!

Now.. I am really hungry

He is a great husband, after all :)

I cook special Syrian food today, after spending morning at the salon to trim my hair and straight to my favorite produce store far away from home, bringing the whole fridge full of veggies and fruits.

Ammar ate so much and kindly enough, he offered me to clean the kitchen and all the dishes and kids' after school dishes and bottles, too.

He has been so tired doing the extra works at the office and other stuff but he has been so sweet to me even more lately.

Thank you for helping, sayang!

I finally got myself to enjoy the hot tub jet tonight, after all the kids are in bed. Putting the music on, put the light on dim, it came to my mind how much I miss having a relaxing bath, by myself, and go to sleep peacefully. Joy! 

Readers, I am so sleepy now, tomorrow we have a busy day again.

Good night. I am going to sleep peacefully, happily and soundly.