Matt turned 34 this week, and the kids were super excited to celebrate. Not only did we have to bake the customary rhubarb pie and make hand-made cards, we also had to decorate! Kaitlyn was a little disappointed that I didn't have a festive theme in mind, but she rebounded and came up with some ideas of her own. She made him a special tie (out of paper, carefully drawn, colored and cut) and affixed it to his chair. Then we festooned the chandelier with crepe decorations leftover from the girls' party. They also wanted to shred up a package of construction paper to scatter as confetti, but I felt the line had to be drawn somewhere, and I chose there!
Always a good sport, Matt donned his tie for dinner (dry-aged steaks and fixings) and presents. He's now the proud owner of a 50s-style snow cone maker, a cookbook, a book on the science of cooking (can you believe there's one he hasn't read?!) and a book on brewing...the actual brewing equipment coming soon. Maybe next year we'll try the whole luxury car with a red bow on it thing...or just make an origami tie!
Happy birthday, Matt (Daddy). You're the best!
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