It's Stu's birthday today!
Happy birthday to you - my best friend. I love you for everything you've been to me for the last 15 years, everything you are today and everything you will be in the future.
We love birthdays in our family, making them into a real celebration and trying to spoil the birthday boy/girl all day. But as we try to step away from consumerism, we're trying to teach our kids that a birthday with a few homemade gifts, a homemade meal and family gathering filled with love and laughter is all you need for a happy day. And I think its working. The boys and I were very excited to give Stu his gifts - a crocheted beanie, a box of homemade fudge (his favourite) and some artwork by the kids.
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| A warm head, coffee, bacon and home grown eggs! |
We had a special breakfast to celebrate the morning and tonight, we have family and friends gathering for homemade pizzas at our place (this was originally to be ordered pizzas, but I changed my mind - homemade all the way!).
As an extra birthday treat, Stu's latest project, and family endeavour to reduce waste and costs, went from looking like this:
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| Snug as a bug - there are hot water bottles under there too! |
To looking like this:
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| Frothing out the top! |
Do you know what we're up to?
Right, I'd better get back to my birthday fairy work. I've got a carrot cake waiting to meet some cream cheese icing, and I want to do it before the birthday boy gets home (so I can lick the bowl without having to share :P).
Love it! Well done on the home made all the way. Look at how beautifully bright and yellow those yolks are! Happy birthday to him and I hope the brew goes well (good plan having it in the bath lol).
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