Happy Birthday Daniel


Three years old today.  Wow.  He's been super attached to Percy in pretty much every form lately, so we got him a new Percy for the wooden railway.  This one doesn't talk (those are apparently rare as hen's teeth now and more than double the MSRP), but it does make engine noises when the wheels move, and that's pretty darn good by Daniel's reckoning.

We asked him what we wanted for supper tonight when we got up this morning.  He might have thought for a full second before he announced happily, "Cake!"

Alright, so we are doing cupcakes for a little play-date we're hosting for him in lieu of a full party on Sunday, but that's two days away, we can't make him wait that long after such a clear and simple request.  So Christine made him a Percy cake.


Or at least the best she could do with no special cake-pan, no fondant and essentially no notice.  I thought the result was pretty good considering that's 100% butter-cream frosting.

Oh, sure, Daniel liked it, but when we asked him what the cake was he thought for a moment then said "A happy face!"

True enough, but not the answer we were looking for.  Oh well.

I guess James was feeling a bit bad that he didn't have time to get Daniel something for his birthday, so he did the next best thing.  This is what we found when we turned out his pockets after doing laundry tonight.


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