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!