Monday, February 21, 2011

Happy Birthday Daddy!!


Yesterday was daddy's 34th Birthday. I think it was one that he thoroughly enjoyed, as he mentioned it was the first day in a very long time that he was able to just lay low and do nothing at all. The snow / ice storm we had helped us feel better about doing nothing... We all just stayed in, watched movies, played games (Go Fish with Layla's own special rules that she made up with Grandma D), did some art work (with glitter which will likely be found in our kitchen and living room even on the day we have cleaned every last thing out of the house to move to our next home), and watched about 25 episodes of "Good Luck Charlie" (Disney show). Layla also had a pretty intense wrestling match with daddy, which resulted in about 3 to 4 injuries in the span of 15 minutes. It didn't help that she had her glasses off (safety precaution). She kept trying to run away from daddy but because she didn't have her coke bottles on, she wasn't able to see a thing and ran into a door, a door frame and I think maybe a wall at one point. She was a trooper though, and shook things off pretty quick to get back in the ring with dad.

I think the best part of Jake's Bday festivities was Layla's excitement. On Saturday, the day before his Bday, we celebrated with a group of our friends at
BW3's. Layla was so excited and proud of her dad. As everyone arrived she'd sort of take role call, and would announce to us who it was that had just arrived, and then she'd call out the names of the friends who were still on their way. Once everyone was there, her biggest concern was singing "Happy Birthday" to daddy and making sure he got his cake. "We need to sing! We need to sing Happy Birthday to daddy! He needs his cake!" So, after about 29 requests to sing, I gave in and we sang, in the middle of a very busy BW3's, and at Layla's request gave Jake's name to the waitress so that she could have the bar tender announce his name and birthday over the loud speaker so the entire place could show their enthusiasm (or, in the case of those we didn't know him, their 'pretend' enthusiasm). Then they brought out an ice cream sundae for daddy, with a candle, which pretty much made Layla's day. It was awesome to see how excited she was and how proud she was of her dad.

Yesterday, Layla couldn't wait to help me "make" daddy's Birthday cake. For those of you who know Jake, you know that he's not really a sweets fan. BUT, the guy can't resist cheesecake. Any cheesecake really, but I've found that he's a sucker for the classic New York cheesecake. So, mommy "made" (insert wink and giggle) a classic New York cheesecake and Layla helped add the strawberries and whip cream. Then she told me that I could borrow her candles. Very generous. We had Birthday cake before we even had lunch yesterday. :)

Happy Birthday to you Jake!!