We started celebrating Daddy’s birthday the day before with a birthday dinner at home, cake and singing, since we had a parents-only dinner out planned for the actual day.

It was a lot of candles, but Daddy was up for the challenge.

Blaine enjoyed his cake (but we suspect the sugar did not help with his bedtime/night-time sleep…)

Here’s a sign Blaine decorated for Daddy, which is hiding a present (three pics of our house, from 1937, 1957, and 2015).

Daddy had the day off for his actual birthday the next day.  He got a lot of errands done before his trip to India on Saturday, but we also briefly visited the Volunteer Park Conservatory.

Later that day before the babysitter arrived, Blaine helped Daddy open all his presents.

And gave Daddy a card he’d made: