Birthday Fun

For my birthday this year, David treated me to a delightful Fondue outing. If you haven't ever been to Fondue, we both highly recommend it! We've been wanting to go forever and have just been waiting for the perfect occasion. What better way to celebrate another wonderful year than with tons of gooey cheese & chocolate?! I took a pic of the dessert platter (my favorite part, of course).

BG really liked the dessert too. She was just kicking away for those chocolate covered strawberries. She's definitely my daughter :)

Then, the following weekend my Mom & I went to our yearly Nutcracker outing in downtown San Diego. It's become another Zielinski lady tradition. Then we always meet the boys afterwards for dinner. This year we chose a great little place in Little Italy. We all talked about how different my birthday (and Christmastime in general) will be next year with BG.

Cheers to another great year & thanks to everyone for making my day so special!

Getting Ready for Turkey

It's been a busy month, to say the least! Thanksgiving weekend was full of lots of turkey, sleep and, of course, the annual Zielinski ladies baking day. We made Peanut Butter Balls (my fav), Snickerdoodles (David's fav), Fudge, Spritz cookies and Peppermint Bark. Believe it or not, we actually ended earlier than usual & skipped the Gingerbread cookies because I was a little more tired than normal. We'll just make up for it next year. My mom & I were thinking how fun it will be next year when BG gets to join us...or at least watch.


On another note, I caught David practicing the whole parenting thing with our current baby of the house. What a natural (Rocky - not David)!