I turned 38 on July 10.  It was a beautiful day so I spent the morning sans kids at the beach, reading.  My favorite way to spend a day!

In the afternoon Blaine had his PT/OT in Mamaroneck so Sarah and I went for ice cream while we were waiting.  It was our first time at this new place called “Sweet Charlie’s” which makes rolled ice cream.  Sarah and I agreed that we liked it, but did not love it.

That night I got a sitter and met Andrew for a delicious sushi dinner (my fave!) at SHOJI at 69 Leonard.  It was amazing.  The kids were disappointed we were not having cake on my actual birthday, but we decided to celebrate at home the following Saturday.  Here are the kids helping Andrew bake the cake!

Blaine was particularly excited to take charge of the cake decorating.  We were so impressed to see he’d started it off right with an H-A-P.

Here’s the final result, after a little guidance, and some assistance squeezing in “Mom” at the end.  He also put on the sprinkles and the candles!   He was so proud.  🙂  And the cake was delicious, of course.