Almost a Baby Boomer: Birthday Parties

Friday, February 19, 2010

Birthday Parties

Dave is getting as bad as my brother, Jim. First, Rebecca and Roman gave Dave a card and gift on Fri. Feb. 12---then Rebecca and I took all of the kids to the library and out to lunch giving him some "alone time".

Pat and Connie Twenter came by on Dave's birthday with a 6-pack of O'Doul's and a birthday cake.

After Rachel and Kyle returned from their cruise, we celebrated with the Twenters. Libby was happy that Grandpa got a birthday cake. She had confided in me that her mother did not get a birthday cake, she only got cupcakes and "they weren't chotlate." Click here for photos of the birthday cupcakes.

Then Leah and company came over on Feb. 18th and it was another (I've now lost count) birthday party.

Leah and Eli made a chocolate cake with a secret ingredient (pureed beets).

It was a little crumbly, but, hey Libby at least it was a REAL birthday cake AND "chotlate!"

2 comments:

Leah Warren said...: it was more moist than crumbly...; February 19, 2010 at 8:33 PM
Sara said...: The pureed beets in chocolate cake! Is that the recipe from Jessica Seinfeld's book?; March 26, 2010 at 10:31 AM

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Between Two Worlds

Most of my life, I've considered it fortunate that I was just ahead of the Baby-boom. Generally, the Baby-boomers were born between 1946 and 1964 after the fathers returned from World War II. It was a huge population explosion that has reverberated through American society.

This blog will be part history, part memories, part reflections of a retired teacher, but active "Senior". I have always felt like I straddled two generations forming a bridge. Sometimes I think like a baby-boomer, but sometimes I'm locked into my parents' Depression era thinking. I'm a dichotomy of two eras. But, I'm always ready to try something new---so here I am dipping my toes in the water of Blogworld.