...my birthday didn't completely suck. I DID get to go out to dinner with BigDaddyFish, without kids. I had a babysitter so I didn't have to drag the monsters darling children with me to Target, which would have made it a deeper circle of hell than it already was. The kids made me pictures while we were out to dinner, and Sunny's picture of a birthday cake with lots of candles was obviously that without interpretation. I got 2 emails from my friends Fish-Flopper, who I've know forever, and hokgardner, who I've met here online because of our blogs, and who had a not-the-best birthday herself last week. And the whole experience gave the meat for a post whose framework I've had in my head for years. So not entirely bad. And oh, yeah, it wasn't pinkeye like I thought so we just have to figure out what Nemo's allergic to.
That said, it wasn't a great day. Probably the second worst birthday I've had yet. But! On the next day, there was spice cake:
Or maybe it's the surface of the moon. I wish I had put a couple of lego guys on there before I took a picture, instead of doing this to it:
mmmm, buttercream.
Did I tell you we have baby fish? We decided we weren't going to go into the business of breeding fish again when we got these, but rather just let nature take its course. But we have 2 hearty buggers who hid out in the plants and survived and are now big enough to roam the tank. One day I'll have a camera with a good macro setting on it, but in the absence of that, how about gratuitous baby cuteness?
Nemo loves his shee-shees!
Mmmm, I love me some spice cake. My best friend used to always have it on her birthday with this maple dressing that was to die for.
Posted by: hokgardner | July 26, 2008 at 01:45 PM
Spice cake makes it all better!! Now I want some spice cake. Guess I'll have to make a quick run to the store tomorrow and get a mix.
Posted by: Shannon | July 27, 2008 at 10:54 PM