Happy Birthday, 小妹妹

Not exactly sure what I created - (or if it even tastes any good!) - but for now, the working title for this cake shall be a Mocha-Banana (a la Copacabana? =P) Cream Cheese Cake with a Bday Oreo Puppy Chow Topping. (Now that does sound rather like something you might get out of Chopped, for better or worse....)

Make a Wish, Moomoo!

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By the way, The Voice Season 14 aired just in time for your birthday and the new coach is one of your favorite singers... (Liliane and I used to love watching this show together and she'd always tease me for saying how I "called" which judge each contestant would pick during the blind auditions.... let's just say it was a friendly competition to see who could get the most bets correct.)

I've been meaning to put together a playlist of some of our favorite Voice singers/performances that we watched together. This has been a very timely reminder that I should get on that in the near future... ^.^

Happy Lunar New Year 2018

Liliane was born in the Year of the Dog, not too long after we had to give our black Shih Tzu Suki away because I developed asthma. My mom would frequently tell me that Liliane came just in time to be my "new puppy" to love. Apparently I took that very much to heart because one time in 3rd grade for show-and-tell, I (reportedly, I only have vague memories of this...) had my mom bring Liliane in so she could act like my dog and perform tricks in front of my class - much to the horror of my 3rd grade teacher. ^.^"

Pictures from our 2018 Lunar New Year Feast
(Liliane would always take meticulous pictures of our mom's delicious cooking on her phone...) 

Meet Patch (from 101 Dalmatians) This was one of the first stuffed animals Liliane ever got, the other one being Roly who I think might be with my mom in Seattle right now...)