Mommy & Me Date Night: Daniel Tiger Live!

One of my favorite memories from being a kid was getting all dressed up and going to see a live show with my parents. Whether it was the Nutcracker at Christmas or some other broadway play or show that came to town, whenever we got the change to go, it felt like such a special treat!

My parents would dress my little sister and I up and we'd head down to the Convention Center (now the INB Performing Arts Center) to see the show! It's something I still really enjoy, and Kevin and I most recently got to see the Newsies when they came through town!

L is just beginning to reach an age where we can start to take him to events like this (depending on what the show is) and I could not wait to take him to his first show. So when Daniel Tiger Live! came to town, I immediately purchased tickets. L and I headed out for a mommy/son date night and other than the fact that he's got a pretty narly cold, it was so much fun!

Daniel Tiger Live was at the Martin Woldson 'Fox' Theater downtown and it was buzzing with kiddos of all ages. We grabbed a chocolate chip cookie for L, wine for me and headed to our seats. For the first 45 minutes he was obsessed! And then, just like that he looked at me and said "All done. Byebye." After explaining to him if we left, we couldn't come back in, he assured me it was time to go and we headed out.

It was then on to Part II of our date night. I wanted to end the night with a little treat, so we headed to our neighborhood bistro for hot cocoa and french fries. It was the best first Mommy/Son date night, even with him feeling not 100%.

I can't wait for more of these fun little adventures with my favorite little man!

12 Dates of Christmas: On our 3rd date of Christmas

we went to macklemore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

we headed up to seattle for the final show at the key arena. macklemore and ryan lewis have been on a world tour for the past year, and we headed up to their final show of the entire tour in macklemore's hometown. he did not disappoint!

below are a few photos we captured from the concert:

read about our first and second dates of christmas here and here.

12 Dates of Christmas: On our second date of Christmas

we decorated a christmas tree!

you guys, i didn't think we were going to be able to get a tree this year, because the way our apartment is laid out, combined with how much "stuff" we have, equals little to zero room for a tree. i even told you so, when i showed you how i used christmas tree ornaments to decorate around the apartment a little pre-maturely.

but! husband was adamant that it would not be christmas without a tree. and i'm so glad he thought so. because for our second date of christmas, we went out and bought a tree and and decorated to our hearts content! we had to maneuver some furniture, and we may or may not have a wing chair in our second bedroom, but oh boy was it worth it!

we didn't cut one down this year, like we did last year....but just having a real live christmas tree, glowing in our living room, makes me so very happy. especially since this year, husband and i are spending christmas away from family (our first ever!). don't get me wrong, i'm excited to start new traditions of our own this year, but it will definitely be different!

read about our first date of christmas here! 

A Day Date

this past weekend was my official one year anniversary of living in the pdx.

husband and i had the best day date to celebrate ;) 

i wanted to share photos from our day! 

we started off with making our own wine at Tigard Wine Crafters!

it was fun, and i'll share more about this in a few weeks when we get to go back and bottle it up!

then we headed downtown to the foodcarts to grab lunch and explore the Portland Art Museum.

here are photos from some of my favorite exhibits!

 after the museum we headed down to Water Ave where the PDX Pop Now free music festival was going on....there were so many great local bands and we had so much fun dancing, drinking and enjoying the sun!

and in between watching all the great acts, we stopped by hair of the dog brewery to do a little beer tasting as well as check out some awesome views of our new city lit up at night!

This Weekend...

Husband and I had so much fun this weekend! 

I just had to share it with you all...

We started the weekend off with a Blazer's game! They played the New York Knicks.

It was SUPER FUN! 

And the best part...Blazer's Won!!

iFoodagraphy

It's time for February's iFoodagraphy (iPhone Food Photography for 

those of you new to this)! 

Check 'em out!

First off was a night out with our dear friend Morgan (Hi Morgan!) at Sweet Hereafter. A fun little speakeasy on Belmont that is also Vegan friendly. We had a ton of fun and I especially liked that I could continue my love affair with Bourbon here. :)

When husband cooks dinner...

Husband surprised me with dinner the other night. 

This Just In...

Husband surprised me with dinner tonight. 

It smells like an Italian restaurant in our home. 

(Don't worry I'm stealing his recipe)

There's also a little of this....

And he just told me I get to rent a "girly movie" tonight. 

I'm one lucky lady. 

Photo taken by Ifong Chen