Saturday was Ethan's 12th birthday, but we began our celebrations Friday evening. We invited Liz, Johan, our friends, Sergey and Rina, and two of Ethan's friends, Leo and Alex (Yes, Alex is the one who gave us trouble several months ago.). Unfortunately, Sergey couldn't make it because he had to work, but everyone else came to the party. We started with dinner of Ethan's choice, french bread pizza to order. Everyone jumped right in and loaded up the toppings, popped them in the oven for a few minutes and then scarfed them down. Let's just say, we had no leftovers.
The cake that followed was a big crowd-pleaser. At Ethan's request, I made a dragon cake (found on instructables.com). It was my first (and maybe last) attempt at what I call a fancy cake, as opposed to a simple double layer round cake. Making the cake and even cutting and arranging it was easy, but frosting it was a nightmare. With my lack of patience, Christy had to step in and take over, but I think she was probably pretty close to giving up a couple times. She persevered, however, and it turned out really well. For sure, it tasted great.Prodded by Ethan's friend, Leo, we quickly moved on to opening presents. Ethan loved all of his gifts. A couple of his favorites were Age of Empires III computer game and Clue board game. I think everyone enjoyed themselves. Thanks to all who came for helping make our celebration more enjoyable.
We continued our celebrating on Saturday. I took Ethan and Megan (Christy stayed home to enjoy a rare and deserved day of solitude) to Moscow so Ethan could spend some time with a couple of his Hinkson friends, Kian, the son of our Australian friends, and Tristyn, an American MK just like our kids. We started out with bowling, one of Ethan's favorite new pastimes. We followed that with Papa John's pizza (Are you seeing a pattern in Ethan's food tastes?) and then some sledding before opening presents and saying goodbye.Though it was tiring, Ethan's birthday was a big success and very fun for everyone. This is Ethan's last year before becoming a teenager. HELP!
Patrick
Picture 1 - Ethan raring to dig into his birthday cake, his friend, Leo, at his side
Picture 2 - Ethan's dragon cake
Picture 3 - From left to right, Tristyn, Megan, Kian and Ethan
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Here's how to make frosting fancy cakes easier: "Freeze cut pieces on a cookie sheet for about an hour before frosting." Susan says this makes all the difference. Betty Crocker is so smart.
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