We’ve been loving this month of April. It’s one of those busy birthday months. We had 4 family birthdays close together. Chase’s was the only child birthday, so naturally, he got the most attention & celebration & presents. Here he is enjoying breakfast in (bunk)bed.
He had awakened at his usual 7am time and called out, “Mom, are you getting ready?!?!” I groggily stumbled out of bed to whip up a breakfast feast for the beloved birthday boy. It was all he could do to stay in bed & wait to be served! Most of my family was here to visit from CA, so they soon came over to give more birthday love to Chase.
I made him a pirate cake. I tried to make it nice & moist, which backfired because it fell apart while I was decorating it. But thanks to Rachel’s moral support & my decision to resist re-doing the entire cake, this semi-Perfectionist actually didn’t lose it. Whew!
In all honesty/I’m not gonna lie, I didn’t think it turned out all that amazing, but everyone gave plenty of (undue) praise. Most importantly, the birthday boy enthusiastically approved of the cake! And it was fun to make, too.
I loved my brother Gino’s close-up shots of the pirates too much NOT to post them. (Proud to add that he took these pics with our little point ‘n’ shoot.)
We didn’t do a friend party this year because we’re going to go check out Thomas the Tank Engine next month at Heber Valley Railroad. So for the family party, we decided to go to Pirate Island Pizza because we hadn’t eaten there yet. We had some family there for dinner, cake, & arcade games. It was fun (even though it ended up costing MORE than a friend party would have. Haha!)
Chase got tons of presents. Thanks to everyone! Here he is enjoying his new Slip ‘n’ Slide from GG.
