Kelly
Today is Nate’s first 29th Birthday! What a glorious day! It’s nice to wake up knowing you have something fun that you get to spend all day celebrating.
Miles woke up in a great mood, piled on Nate, and gave his dad a small gift to start the day off right (that’s making a long story short) .
After we got home from CT, Miles and I finished up Nate’s cake – What a catastrophe! (see pictures later) So much for the mocha roll cake :(
Miles ate his dinner while I started the prep for Nate’s special dinner. Miles made a huge mess of himself.
Dirty, dirty!
Needless to say, Miles’ clothes needed to be removed promptly! He wanted to play with his Daddy! Dad walked in the door and the 2 of them wasted no time before they started wrestling!
After dad-time and bathtime (for Miles), Nate opened his gifts. Sadly most of them are still stuck in the mail… Grr!!
Miles finally fell asleep and I started in on Nate’s special dinner. To get to a man’s heart and make him feel really loved, you’ve got to feed them something great, right?
I made one of Nate’s fav’s! Sesame seed encrusted Tuna steak (medium rare), roasted asparagus with a shallot and garlic infused olive oil, a fancy salad, and a great red wine. I forgot the bread! What was I thinking. Luckily, Nate’s heart of gold has already forgiven me!
Finally – a not so perfect ending to a great meal… My Mocha cake roll was a total flop. Here’s the short story……
I made the cake and rolled it up to let it cool. Apparently, I let it cool too long. When I unrolled the cake to add the filling, the roll just broke into pieces. I put the filling in and tried to salvage it as much as possible. I thought that it was going to be ok… Then – I ‘frosted’ it with the cool whip stuff. It kept melting – even while in the refrigerator. Sad, I know, but it tastes pretty good. Nate even had seconds….
The cake as a whole – a poor example of a ‘roll’, but it does have 2 and 9 candles…
a slice of the mocha roll – I really wanted the perfect spiral. Like McMahon, Kramer, McNown, Grossman, Orton, and Cutler – much practice was required before mastery and being considered one of the profession’s greats!!
All in all, I think that it was a mildly successful 29th send off! I pledge to order the gifts months in advance (instead of weeks) and do several practice runs on the food/cake next year. I CANNOT mess up the 30th 2nd anniversary of Nate’s 29th birthday!
Oh – By the way – we have a quote of the week!
“Chicago is where quarterbacks go to die…” – Nathan
So sad, but so true:(
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