We had a wonderful birthday celebration for Mateo with lots of friends, food, cake and sunshine! This special occasion had a unique flair, with friends from our different walks of life partaking in the party (childhood friends, MBA friends, stay at home mom friends, Chevron friends). And for Mateo, his party was made even more special by having his Uncle Brandon and Tia Mercy, who did so many things to help us prepare for the party, like entertain and feed the little prince while Nico and I chatted away and made sure food and drink were ready to be enjoyed by all.
On this day, Nico went to the park bright and early - at 8am - to make sure we got the spot we wanted!! While he waited and in between The Financial Times articles, he blew up the balloons and started setting up the tables. Meanwhile at party central, I finished the fruit salad and the frittatas, prepared the cheese and pate platters, cut the bread, etc. I had originally wanted to make the cake myself, but after a fiasco attempt and realizing that baking a cake for about 40 people was going to be more complicated than I had thought (especially since, if you know me, I wasn't going to be satisfied with just a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, I'm much to gourmet for that!), I decided to outsource the whole endeavor to our favorite bakery, Masse. Nobody was disappointed. I had chatted with the owner to come up with a cake that would reflect Mateo's culinary preferences and his personality as a toddler. We came up with a Bavarian chocolate cake topped with a raspberry glace. They decorated it with white and dark chocolate balls of different sizes to reflect Mati's love for balls and also for the moon and anything space related! You'll see the pictures and agree that it was out of this world!
Mati held up very well and was incredibly happy. By the time we got home at around 3pm, he quickly fell asleep. He woke up with a big smile on his face and said "Api berday."
Thanks to everyone who came by to celebrate Mati's second year - your company meant a lot to us!
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