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Mother's Day Weekend Brunch at The Garrison

  Two mouthwatering brunch dishes from The Garrison in Ballard.  For Mother's Day weekend, my family and I dined at The Garrison . This is a locally owned Oyster and Seafood house located in Ballard. I started with a Sunset Espresso Martini. This had Amaro, Licor 43, Cold Brew, and Boomsma Herbal. I didn't really enjoy their version of the drink, and I should have known by reading the ingredients it would be different than the classic cocktail made with espresso. Unfortunately, we didn't really care for my husband's drink, an Almond Croissant Sidecar either. This had a bunch of ingredients and featured Cognac, but we didn't find it very tasty. He did however order a Manhattan later in the meal, and this classic martini was much better.  My sons shared the Chicken and Waffles. This was a pretty standard version of the classic brunch dish. It was made with Cornmeal Waffles and came with hot sauce, syrup, and honey butter. The chicken was seasoned nicely and was nice a...
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My Twins Are Two!

My twin boys turned two and what a fun celebration it was.  We decided to go simple this year and not have a party.  I figure there will be many chances later.  Well, we had a party but it was a party of four, just our family.  We got a cake with Biscuit the Dog, from their favorite books, on it.  We had balloons, which they went wild with and played with and I could've skipped everything else and they would have been happy.  I gave them sidewalk chalk and matching toy tablets, so they can stop grabbing my Kindle and trying to make purchases.  Then we headed to the Eastside, to Wiggleworks, a place for little ones to play and run around.  Everything's padded and it's a safe and fun place to go crazy and burn off energy.  We ate dinner at Tutta Bella though prior to playing and had a delicious dinner.  Then a couple of days later on their actual birthday, we had lunch at Lunchbox Laboratory and then played in our yard with the sidewalk chalk.  My boys are two and I can't believe it! 
To start off the celebration,  I made pancakes in the shape of puppy dogs.  Since the theme this year is a dog,  I thought they'd be perfect! I used raisins for their eyes and strawberries for the noses.  Funny, the raisin eyes sort of look like the puppies are wearing sunglasses!

I found these shirts on Etsy.com.  I love them! I can't keep calm I'm two!

Their Biscuit the Dog cake turned out great!  It was chocolate with raspberry filling.  The boys seemed a little young to recognize what it was though.  I think the cake was more for me.  I adore Biscuit the Dog, too!

I also got them hand puppets, an Elmo and a Biscuit one.  They love them but can't figure out how to stick their hands inside them. 

Wiggleworks on the Eastside.  What a neat place for kids!


Oversized Legos for the little ones to play with. 



Sidewalk chalk and toddler shoes, oh my, we're two!


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