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| Dad and the birthday mama before our evening out |
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| The amazing and delicious Halloween birthday cake |
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| Novelty zombie cake - awesomely creepy |
Daddy surprised mama with TWO birthday celebrations this year! A fun surprise dinner with friends on Friday evening, and a nice family outing and dinner on Sunday. This year, mama was spoiled with two great birthday cakes; both inspired by my love of all things Halloween. One being a novelty cake with my likeness transformed into an undead zombie and appropriately titled, "The Death of Youth" ahaha (I'm not quite sure how I will top this for dad's birthday next year, but mark my words, I'm already devising clever plans). The other was an incredibly cool and delicious Halloween birthday cake complete with pumpkins, bats, candy corn, a spooky old tree and October moon. The cake was pumpkin flavored with a divine cinammon spice frosting filling. It was excellent! In fact, I'm considering breaking into the cake shop and stealing the recipe because it really was THAT GOOD.
For our family outing, daddy took us to Old Sacramento to surprise me with, of all things, an old style family photograph! The thought to do this had never crossed my mind, but I will admit that the photo turned out to be fun. I'm grateful that dad has a good sense of humor and got us all into the spirit of Halloween early by getting dressed up. Elise loved playing dress up and was all smiles, meanwhile newborn Alina lived up to her nickname of "dollbaby", as she sat still and looked cute for all the photos (she always does!). Elise had more fun later in the evening when all our family got together for dinner, and she got to see her little cousins. They chased each other around the house squealing with delight. This year really was the perfect birthday celebration. The company of friends and family is all the fullfillment I need; the surprises along the way were an added bonus. Thanks daddy for all your hardwork, planning and love; you made this birthday unforgettably fun!
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| Lovely October flowers |
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| Our old style family portrait - just in time for Halloween hah! |
