Happy Birthday Alan!

Today is Alan’s birthday and we celebrated in style. At home! Chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast, lots of family games, balloons, pure silliness, odd (but yummy!) cake, date night, and a James Bond DVD. What more could you want for your birthday! :) Happy Birthday Alan! We love you!

Birthday cake

I hope he still loves me after this cake! (chocolate jello poke cake with strawberry/raspberry jello and raspberry cream cheese frosting). It tastes good, but definitely not my finest work. The chocolate chips on top were Eve's idea :)

The birthday boy

The birthday boy!


We had A LOT of fun playing balloon volleyball. The kids didn’t quite get it, which just added to the fun! After things settled down I grabbed the camera, so this is just the tail end of the playing. The balloons entertained everyone for much of the day :)

Lex’s ice cream shop

Lex opened an ice cream shop yesterday, under the dining room table. He has about five flavors (they change daily) and recently started offering fruit salad as well. It’s all very delicious, and you only have to pay when you remind him to charge you. Before my WW meeting yesterday, at 8am, I had two ice cream cones. Delicious! Eve’s baby prefers double chocolate :)

Buying ice cream

Eve buying ice cream

Lex's ice cream shop

Lex's ice cream shop - he likes the shop but doesn't like the camera :)