32 Years Old

Happy Birthday to John Chris!  We love you and look forward to many more years to celebrate!

 

 

The only white cake available at the grocery store wasn't very cute, but it was good.

John Chris turns 30!

John Chris celebrated his 30th birthday in a very low key way. He wanted to stay home to grill tuna steaks and spend time with his family. The boys and I made the rounds to pick up his gifts, groceries, balloons, and a cake. I told Ryland he could pick out Daddy's birthday cake, and this is what he selected. A little blue cake with purple and yellow flowers and plastic honey bee picks. I couldn't figure out the attraction until we were about to cut the cake. Ryland took one of the bees and scooped some of the flower icing and started licking. Bingo!

We had a great evening of eating and spending quality family time together. What a wonderful way to spend a birthday!

Making a birthday cake

We decided to continue celebrating Ryland's birthday tonight by making a cake. He is very curious every time I bring out the mixer and tonight was no exception. He climbed up the stool and started helping. " Cheesing" with Daddy.

We let Ryland choose the color of the icing, and he chose bright yellow. After we added the coloring, Ryland started spreading the icing on the cake.

Even a 2 year old knows that you can't ice a cake without sampling the icing. Ryland wanted to make sure the icing was just perfect.

Oh no, some icing dropped on the countertop! Ryland was quick to lean over and lick it off. Talk about a child that isn't going to let any icing going to waste.

We were ready to sing Happy Birthday when I realized we didn't have any birthday candles. I improvised with a votive candle, and who would have known the difference. The look on his face as we sang Happy Birthday and told him to blow out the candle, was priceless! He is such a happy little boy, and we are thrilled to have him as a son.