Another Excuse for Cake

R just celebrated his 34th birthday! He had to work late on his actual birthday, so we waited until Friday night to get our partay on.

We ate at a noodle place which was pretty good. We've had better, but considering that these were birthday noodles, they were special to us.

R was in a giving mood and suggested I experiment with his birthday cake. I made it from a Williams Sonoma recipe - it tasted really good, but I ended up with a few crumbs in the icing. Regardless, we stuck flaming candles in it and R blew them out (with the help of D, who was still in birthday mode).

R went shopping for clothes for most of his birthday gift, but the kids and I did give him a small token of our appreciation for what a wonderful dad/father/person he is. He had been talking about the movie "Flash Gordon" (the 70's version) for a long time; he watched it when he was a kid and loved it and hasn't been able to find it. I found "Flash Gordon". He was very excited and we decided to watch it as a family (it is only PG). The movie was really... surreal. I'm glad that R was able to relive something exciting from his childhood, but I don't think I would recommend this movie to... people (sorry, R - the 70's were a strange time).