Happy Birthday to Me!

Today I'm celebrating my 48th birthday!  We started celebrating last night with dinner out. This morning we all woke bright and early and headed to Indy.  Lily Grace and I have been really trying to get into this croissant class at Sur La Table and today was our day.  We had so much fun learning to make French Croissants.  What a great way to spend your birthday.  Matt tagged along and acted as our chauffeur.  
Thank you to everyone for all the calls, texts and gifts.  You truly added to my day.  Thank you Matt and Gracie!  As always, you make me feel extra special on my birthday!

Making fresh homemade croissants is very labor intensive.  The amount of rolling is insane but oh so worth it.

Gracie experienced a flour explosion.  It was hilarious and gave us all a good laugh.  In her defense, we had a faulty mixer.  So much fun!

We had so much fun and learned so much.  Gracie taking all these classes together is a gift each and every time.  

We made chocolate filled croissants as well as ham and Swiss filled.  We also learned to make traditional crescent shaped croissants.  Look at all those layers of flaky goodness.