Birthday Cake Baklava

Well, today is my birthday, and what better way to landmark a new decade in life (but since I’ve cancelled it the last five years, I’m really only 25!) than to bake up another batch of a truly decadent dessert!

No cake for me this year. I decided to have baklava instead…

and I even put a candle on the top of it. :)

For lunch the kids had sticks & stones (a.k.a. fish sticks & chicken nuggets) and then headed over to play at our friends’ house… Monkey Daddy and Monkey Birthday Moma went on a late-lunch date Down Under. Mmmm! After church tomorrow, we plan on going out for pizza or something for a “birthday meal” as a family.

When I got up this morning, the kids had made me some really sweet cards. Blessing #2’s had this precious drawing of me in a party hat (with balloons and confetti even) opening piles of presents and cards. She also put a quiz on the back of it:

Ha wld r you? (How old are you?)

Hw Hpe r you? (How happy are you?)

Ha wld r you trneg? (How old are you turning?)

B#3 ran in to the living room to quickly get me a present. He came back with a Magna Doodle wrapped in computer paper for me to open. Then he sat in the kitchen and drew pictures of my birthday on it. He drew a cake and asked me what number he needed to put on it.

I said, “25!”

To this, B#1 said, “No! Not 25! 30! Moma turned 30 today!”

B#3 says, quite matter-of-factly, “No, not 30. I heard Moma. She said 25. That’s what Moma said.”

And he put 25 on his cake.

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