pizza and birthday cake

Stuffed. Full of delicious Pagliai's pizza and wonderful birthday cake THAT NIC MADE! Hehe, I shouldn't act so surprised. In fact, I am more surprised that I was able to pretty much keep my mouth shut and hands off during the whole cake baking process (except when asked of course). What a wonderful golden birthday.

Barb made 26 of these candles for Nic to hide all around our house this morning. I woke up and instantly laughed at the first candle I found, just knowing that this was the 'secret gift' Barb had given to Nic last Sunday. I laughed throughout the morning as I kept finding these in the strangest places - my bathroom drawer, several cupboards, the fridge, my car... Thanks for making my morning, Barb!

By the way, I should mention that Nic wins the prize for making the best birthday cake of the year. Nic - 1, Kier - BIG FAT ZERO. Did I ever post a picture of the cake I made for Nic...??

(for the record, but mainly just to make myself feel better, the cake Nic made did overflow too! Just not to the disastrous levels that mine did...)

Happy early birthday to ME!

What is this sitting in front of my house?

No, it can't be...
Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god you guys! (Have you seen Legally Blonde the musical? If you haven't go buy tickets right now!)
Best. Husband. Ever. What a great day it is when you wake up from a nap and find this sitting in front of your house! The only thing that was missing was the bow!

Heroes and Golden Birthdays

So Maddie and I came to an interesting revelation today...let me give you a little background first.

So it is my golden birthday this year. Big deal, right? 26 on the 26th (of August...but you knew that already!) I am totally stoked because I just know Nic has something spectacular up his sleeve. In fact, he had to remind me that it was my golden birthday. Well, I was talking to Maddie today as we were figuring out if we really were crazy enough to register for the TCM and I told her how excited I was for it to be my golden birthday and that IKE IS COMING HOME just to celebrate this awesome day with us. It took Maddie a second, and then she said "it is my golden birthday this year too!" WHAT?! Don't steal my thunder sister! COME ON! Well, Maddie is going to be out of the country for her birthday, so technically it doesn't count, right? So we are going to celebrate our GOLDEN BIRTHDAYS together. And since Ike MIGHT BE HOME, it will be a golden birthday party, plus an "IKE IS HOME!" party! (Just so you know...Maddie and I are fully aware that everyone will come just for Ike and not actually to celebrate our golden birthdays...but we are fine with that.)