Mick turned (ugh) 13 last week. Jason was really cute and made a double-decker chocolate cake. Unfortunately, he was also in a rush to watch the Utah basketball game and he frosted the cake while it was still warm. He texted me later to see if I could "pick up some white frosting and maybe fix the cake." Uh oh. I wish I had a "before" picture of the cake, because I really can't do justice to its crumbly mess brokenness. But a little frosting, a lot of crushed Oreos, and some strategically placed gummy snakes later - I actually thought it looked cute. And it tasted great.
As part of the birthday festivities, we did a scavenger hunt at a local shopping center that I won't name because apparently you're not supposed to do your own scavenger hunt there - they prefer you to
buy their carefully crafted scavanger hunt instead. But we did ours (shhhh) and the kids got to pick out treats from the candy store as their treasure. Jason, of course, was most excited about the candy cigarettes. His neice in Pennsylvania got candy cigarettes while she was out trick-or-treating one year and Jason has been teasing her about her smoking habit ever since. So we had to pose for a picture.
And finally, a bonus pic of Theo, who sat up for the first time at MY house because, clearly, he likes ME best.
