Planning: La fête d'anniversaire

I've been running around non-stop today, getting ready for a weekend gathering to celebrate Monsieur's birthday. We are expecting at least 18 people for a backyard BBQ, only I'm following Ina Garten (the Barefoot Contessa)'s advice and I'll be cooking some, ordering some, and assembling some.

So far, the menu includes assorted kebabs (ordered), spanakopita (from the Kokkari restaurant cookbook) and Greek salad (cooked), dips with pita (assembled), and a fantastic birthday cake (definitely ordered).

The challenge will be to enjoy myself without diving face first into the cake. ;-)

Anyway, as a result, today has been crazy and there's no sign of things slowing down before nightfall, so this will have to do for today's post.

Wishing all the mothers, grandmothers, aunts, and godmothers out there a very Happy Mother's Day!