sick kids and Richards 33rd Birthday

well the kids are sick.  So instead of our usual trip to Aunt Amys this tuesday - we are staying home.  Right now the girls are having a dance party, wiping their snot all over the house.  Its great.

yesterday we the long awaited DADDY'S BIRTHDAY.  We made him a picture frame present and Anna has been so excited about him opening it that she asks several times a day when Daddy's birthday is and when he gets to open his present.  It was like Christmas to her!

So we let him open his present first thing after he and I finished our insanity workout (we started these videos a month ago).  Then we had his favorite bfast: waffles.  I've got this really good recipe that is yeasted waffles, you let them rise overnight.  They are crisp and good!

After breakfast anna was sad that her daddy had to go to work.  But we let him go - then we got a bunch of errands done (julia's hair cut, trip to goodwill, sprouts for vegetables, winco for canned food, library return).  When we got home we started in on richards cake - tres leches (same as last year and the year before that).  It is heavy on the saturated fats so it's a once a year thing...

Since anna is sick it was sort of a miserable day - but we had a good time picking up leaves and eating cake.

 anna put all the candles on by herself.

 Grandma and Grandpa joined the festivities via skype.

 yummo!  tres leches cake (included is 1/2 cup oil, 1 cup whole milk, 1 cup cream, 1 can sw. cond milk, 1 can evaporated milk)!!

 still puttn on candles.  Daddy is OLD!

 julia's hair cut

 Joyce says "looks like a fire hazard!"  I love this picture of anna and her daddy.  She wanted him to have a zombie cake since he loves to play the zombie game, but she settled for a zombie card.

 Julia (of course) couldn't get enough of the cake.  She kept getting close enough to lick it.

This is the morning.  Julia likes to do table yoga.  yup.  She's got several good moves but this is her favorite.