birthday over!

yesterday was andy's birthday! we had a good start to the day with a cooked breakfast. i had offered to bake something for andy to take into school, which is the norm here. on your birthday you bring in something for everyone else!! but he was set on making a fruit salad to take it! so we cut up some bananas, apples, oranges, grapes and strawberries and had a huge fruit salad! well it was a hit as he brought home an almost empty container....i think the day before was someone elses birthday and today is another, so he was thinking something healthy to compensate for the dounuts and cakes being brought in!

micah, noah and i went for a walk late morning to the park. micah had a nice time playing on everything he could! we even tried some new stuff, that he is really to small for, but with just a teeny bit of help, he managed! i took loads of photos as it was a gorgeous day! after lunch was naptime and i managed to get dinner made. then when micah woke up we made and baked the cake! it was fun and micah was a big help =)

then before dinner micah and noah were playing out back when daddy came home! they love it when he gets home and usually he just gets bombarded by them! so they played for a little bit then came in for dinner. so we sat down to beef topped manicotti and a loaf of tear away garlic bread. it was really good!

the cake was just a plain cake with jam inbetween the 2 layers then a coconut buttercream icing. i think it had a bit too much coconut, but it was nice. i'm so terrible at making cakes though! they always look terrible but taste great!!!