Happy Birthday!

This chickie celebrated her 23rd birthday today :)  She got two 'out to eat' dinners...one on Friday night when we went out as a family before Adam went back to school...and then another tonight for her actual birthday.  Friday night we went to That's Amore in Bethlehem, which has quickly turned into one of our favorite restaurants.  It is owned by one of my patients who is a real sweetheart :)  We've been there at least half a dozen times since he opened about six months ago.  (And I'm going there again tomorrow night!)  Tonight, Alyssa couldn't decide where she wanted to go, but finally decided on Longhorn Steakhouse, which actually just opened yesterday between Nazareth and Easton on Rt. 248. Mom came along with us.  We were no sooner seated when one of the managers came over to us with one of their appetizers (deep fried onion petals), saying they had made this for another table and they had asked not to have sour cream drizzled over the top (which is how it comes) and the kitchen forgot.  When they realized that, they picked us and asked if we'd like the appetizer 'on the house.'  Well, of course, we weren't going to turn it down ;)  They were quite yummy!  As he was setting it on the table, I mentioned it was Alyssa's birthday, so this was perfect; the manager and the waitress wished her a Happy Birthday and went about their business.  Shortly after they gave us the check at the end of the meal, the waitress came up to Alyssa with a HUGE dessert plate wishing her a Happy Birthday.  It had THREE desserts on it: a slice of cheesecake, their molten lava cake and caramel apple goldrush.  It easily fed the four of us, and there was still some left over!!

I had planned on getting a snack this morning on my way into work to celebrate her birthday at work until she told me at the end of the day yesterday that she was stopping on her way home from work to get ingredients to make brownie cupcakes to bring in to work today.  That made my life easier!  She made two batches...one dark chocolate and one milk chocolate with peanut butter chips.  The pink ones had the PB chips in them, the green ones were the dark chocolate ones :)  These were two left over ones!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALYSSA!!

**Picture of Alyssa, courtesy of Kristin :)