Happy Birthday to the Ones I Love!

Chris managed to miss getting any pictures taken on his birthday but we didn't miss celebrating.  We made him lasagna and for the first time in a long time Spice Cake!  I finally found a recipe for a gluten-free dairy-free Spice Cake that actually tasted like the real thing!  We had also been piling up gifts over the last couple months of things he'd like but didn't need.  He was surprised and pleased.

For Amber we went a bit more traditional.

Big birthday confetti flood*  and special birthday breakfast.  Pancakes, with a fruit smiley face and special fruit drink.  We normally go to a special restaurant on birthday mornings but its now closed, so we did our best to recreate the experience at home.  Amber likes tradition so it was important to do our best with this.

*This year we used some of the ball pit balls we had bought her for her birthday (by request).

In the evening we celebrated some more with Chocolate Cake!  Additionally, we had a pizza party a few days later with all her Drama club friends.

It's so hard to believe she's now nine, the years go my so fast.  She gets more beautiful with each passing day inside and out.