Happy Birthday to Me.

Monday was my birthday. The kids made me a breakfast of cinnamon toast, strawberries and a smoothie. We had a low key day since we just did a ton of stuff and celebrating with my family. Doug made me yummy Devil's Fudge Cake from his Gourmet desserts magazine. We were trying to think back, this may have been the first time he has actually baked me a cake for my birthday.
Check out Max's half smile. Poor kid got his two eye teeth pulled that day and his mouth was still numb at dinner time. Hopefully it will make his 2 incisors fall down into place so he can lose the braces.

Doug is becoming quite good at his cooking endeavors. I didn't post our Easter because it was eclipsed by my family coming to town the next day, but Doug made THE BEST ribs. He decided he could handle Easter dinner after all. They were seriously the real deal.Juicy, succulent, perfect. He grilled Salmon for dinner tonight, the kids kept coming back for more, even after the plates had been cleared from the table.

I think Luke is entering the terrible 2's. He is starting to throw tantrums and exhibiting crazy behavior. Here is a nice picture of him throwing a fit because he ate all his powdered sugar and wants another pile of it to eat for breakfast, while refusing to eat the french toast. Another crazy thing he did that day...he climbed up and got his own banana he hates bananas, brought it outside to the driveway where we were playing, peeled it all the way, threw it on the ground and stomped on it with his foot. I stopped the madness and threw it all away and as soon as I was done he got another one and had it half way peeled before I noticed. I did coax him to eat a few bites this time. Anyway, that's just a random crazy story of life with Luke these days. Oh, he also locked himself in the car that day, luckily he pushed enough buttons and finally unlocked the door so Doug didn't have to come home from work.
One more thing, our back porch ceiling fan got a little makeover while my parents were here. For a look at our new back porch ceiling fan, click on over to my other blog, BlueSusan Makes.