Mother's Day

Happy mothers day!

So as you know Friday I attempted to make Arroz con Dulce for my dinner party on Saturday. Everything was smelling wonderful here in the apartment and I was slaving over a hot stove for hours. I tasted it a million times and it had the right taste...and I tasted it to make sure that the rice was thoroughly cooked. I THOUGHT i was all the way cooked but...apparently some of the rice wasnt! booo! Robert loved it anyways...he literally likes crunchy rice...He made sure everyone tried it at the dinner party...they all liked it as well...but i was NOT about to serve it. No worries i'm gonna try one more time! :)So yesterday I went shopping with Robert to get all the ingredients for the ropa vieja and papa rellena. Everything was a success. Roberts family was in shock that i would even cook ropa vieja let alone that it would taste good...thanks to Pedro and his recipe...now i know how to make it. My papa rellenas needed a lil help in the end bc they were falling apart but then Ivonne, Roberts mom, swooped in to help out with the frying ( i HATE frying things!). I was so into the serving and cleaning that I didn't take a picture of anyones plate but i did make beans and rice and served the ropa vieja with a salad. I served myself some of the turkey picadillo along with my rice and beans.
For dessert we ended up buying a cake and ice cream (because there wasn't any time to make the arroz con dulce over again) and they also brought a pecan pie...which was delicious. Everyone was super full and happy by the end of the night. I set my table with a pink tablecloth and flowers that Robert had bought his mom...I made little place settings and we bought pretty paper plates...yes we are ghetto ;)! I also made a few decorations with tissue paper :) Take a look at the pics and let me know what you think!Pebbles has been so sleepy as if she were the one that cooked all day yesterday...here are a few pics of her :)
Love you guys! Mom I hope you're having a good Mother's Day!