31 candles & a cake for daddio

My daddy's 31st birthday was last Thursday. I had been telling him for days that I was going to make him a cake (despite mommy's pleading for me to stay quiet & make it a secret)... so I certainly did not want to disappoint! During Ardynn's morning siesta, mom & I got busy in the kitchen. I always love to help mommy (aka: "mom" these days... she's a little sad that I now call her "mom" instead of "mommy"... I am so grown up, eh!?)cook, and this time - she let me do most everything! I added (almost) all of the ingredients to the bowl... used the electric mixer... scraped the batter into the pan... and even licked the beaters ;o) While we let the cake bake in the oven, I put my creative skills to use on daddy's card with stickers, paint markers, & crayons... what a beauty that card was! ha!

That night, we went to Gingi & Popi's for a birthday celebration for Daddio. I added the absolutely necessary candles to daddio's cake... all 31 of them - all by myself. And I must say, my cake decorating skills are almost as good as my cake baking skills... see what you think of the candle sculpture I made on top of his cake!? Oh... and best of all... I will go ahead & vouch that it tasted pretty darn good, too. Success! I hope your birthday was fantastic, daddio - I certainly enjoyed your big day. Hehe!

The other photos are from this past weekend's super quick trip to Big D for the TCU Hornfrog game. We first stopped late on Friday night to see Bebay's new classroom. She is teaching her very first year of second grade in Fort Worth & her classroom is so spiffy... it almost makes me wish I were ready for 2nd grade! It was fun to see her new classroom... she let me play with some of her fun toys (I may not think that they are so "fun" someday when I am using them to "learn", but for now - they were a blast).... & because it was after hours, I got to run around the halls & play with my daddy.

On Saturday, the game was at the new Cowboy stadium (have you seen that monstrosity on television??... can I just say - HUMONGO!). We had been once before for Scott's graduation... but this time there were a few more peeps & they had all of the lights & sounds working in full gear. Holy canolli... it was a BLAST... and even better - THEY WON! I loved throwing the hornfrog sign with Bebay & chanting "T-C-U" with the crowd. Ardynn did great, too... she loved all of the action & was her happy self for the entire game, even into the late hours! You'll see that we were all decked out in our purple & white to support the froggies. I had so much stinkin' fun... as soon as we left the stadium, I was already planning my next football game.... and I still have not stopped shouting "T-C-U ... T-C-U".