Happy Birthday (Round #2)...
or Bon Anniversaire, if you prefer
Ecouter bien:
Connor a quatorze ans aujourd'hui. Zut! Oh-la-la!
Translation: "Listen Up: Connor turned 14 today. Holy Cow!"
Connor a quatorze ans aujourd'hui. Zut! Oh-la-la!
Translation: "Listen Up: Connor turned 14 today. Holy Cow!"
As most of you know, Connor leads a pretty charmed life and his birthday was no exception, as he got to be out of class all day for a French field trip! La mere (the mother, i.e. moi) was able to accompany his class to Tersiguel's, which is definitely not some dusty old museum, but a 4-star French restaurant nestled in a historic home in Ellicott City.
Upon arrival, students were seated in a lovely dining room surrounded by French artwork and served appetizers of pate, vegetables, cheese and crusty French bread on fine china.
A salad of microgreens grown in the chef's family garden followed and set the stage for the entree of beef bourguignon or coq au vin with pommes frites. Then, Chef Fernand surprised Connor by carrying out a gorgeous mousse au chocolat with a lit candle and led the class in singing Bon Anniversaire! The Chef spent another hour demonstrating how to make traditional crepe de suzette flambe (yep, that means fire!) and answering questions about his life in Brittany.
As field trips on your birthday go, this was definitely magnifique! But, then again, Connor is an all-American kid and it was time to head home and "Play Ball!"
So much for refinement and culture, let's get dirty, boys! After practice it was time for more fine dining at Chez Joyce. Not quite. It sort of gave me a complex going home and trying to cook after watching Chef Fernand, but teenage boys gotta eat, right? Connor requested his fave shrimp scampi pasta for his birthday dinner and, thankfully, I can handle that. He also asked for black forest cake, and after my recent success with fondant on Owen's cake, I got a little "heady" and tried to top the black forest cake with a baseball cap cake.
Kinda worked. What d'ya think? The good news for me is that my boys are soft critics and thought it was pretty awesome. Not nearly as AWESOME as Connor himself though.
Happy Birthday Big Brother!Je T'aime
That sounds like it was the best kind of day there is!!!! I love to go to fancy restaurants with different quisines (spelling???!!!!)! Kind of out of our league in the finance department these days but tons of fun in memories! Way to chalk that kind of memory up!! And as for being an All American Guy -- nothin' better in the world!! Sounds like a perfect day for one of the more perfect teenagers we know and love!!!!! (And that cake is to be envied; I never went that far!!) xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
ReplyDeleteWow! You are way too cool! And 14? REALLY?????????? I REALLY REALLY REALLY need to make a trip out there! Pretty soon you won't even let Aunties hug you anymore and I'm missing it!!!!!! Lots of hugs and kisses to you through the virtual world of blogging. Don't wipe them off! Love you Connor Stephen. Truly truly do.
ReplyDeleteHey big guy it's cousin B. Man you are getting so big! Keep doing what your doing and boy will you turn out to be an amazing young man. Happy Birthday dude!
ReplyDelete14~ wow! What a fun Birthday and an awesome cake! You are too grown up and handsome as ever! Happy late Birthday! We love you so much and glad you had a good one Connor.
ReplyDeleteHad to look again... I know there is summer fun happening at the Joyce house...
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