CHILL DAY WITH THE FAMS

I woke up and ate half a bagel that Karina didn't want. Then, it was lunch time but Karina didn't want to leave. She had lunch with moms at home and Kylie and I went to the Pho Saigon restaurant for some pho.

When we got back, we just sat around until K. Noel and fams came. Kylie wanted to make a dessert so we went to Albertsons for Aunt Pat's pudding/cool whip/Oreo cookies cake. I think it's a much better pie and I will try adjusting the recipe and using a pie crust instead. I guess she makes it that way since it's much easier to serve.

So Kylie and I did some mixing of things. It's a simple dessert to make and we put it in the fridge to set a little. Then we went to Mandarin Palace to pick-up the Chinese food for dinner. It cost over $80 for that food. I think we can buy $80 of food and just cook it ourselves, but I guess that's the price of convenience.

We played some mah jong after dinner then watched The Help. It's a tear jerker of a movie and pretty darn good. The Golden Globes were on and The Descendants won in the drama category. I think The Help is a better movie, but I guess the foreign press likes movies that are less pop.

(written 1/16/12)