Speaking of smoke and fire....

Yesterday was David's birthday. (Happy Birthday, Sweetie!) And, before you hastily jump to the conclusion that the title of this post is merely making fun of David's advanced age, we actually DID celebrate his birthday this year with smoke and fire. On Friday, he was excited to receive a big birthday package from the Omaha Steak Company, courtesy of my mother. Now he's looking forward to grilling out, since Spring is just around the corner. Little did my mother know, but hiding in the package was another great birthday surprise for David and Jonathan to play with....dry ice! They quickly set to work creating smoke with it, and even Elizabeth had fun playing with it.







Then, later that night, we all went to the Japanese restaurant to sit at the grill table. Elizabeth was pretty scared of the big fire they make on the grill, but she enjoyed the rest of the experience.

As part of the preparation for David's birthday, last week while David and Jonathan were doing the 30-hour famine, I helped Elizabeth make a birthday card for him. She really likes playing with stickers right now, so I found some birthday stickers for her to put on his card, plus she colored a picture for him. After we were done with the card, I warned her not to tell him about it, because it was supposed to be a surprise. She did pretty well until this past Sunday afternoon, when all of a sudden, she ran up to him and shouted, "Daddy! We got you birthday stickers!" Then, she got really quiet, and whispered to him, "But I'm not going to tell you!" And THAT'S why I didn't tell her what his birthday present was!

Last night, my mom made David a birthday dinner and we had a cake for him there. Now, if you REALLY want to talk about fire, let's talk about how high the flames get on a birthday cake with 41 candles.... :) (Happy Birthday, Sweetie!)