Happy Birthday!

Happy 7th birthday, Chuck! I realized right before cake time that I didn't have any birthday candles, so he got to blow out 7 votives - hehe.

It was still morning when we had the cake, so everyone's hair is still all over the place. He wanted cake for breakfast, so that's what we had!

The cake gets a thumb's up approval. It looks kind of gross, but it was actually a delicious cake. It was a layer of Fat Boy ice cream sandwiches ... then I mixed hot fudge sauce with cool whip and spread that on top - then another layer of sandwiches and another layer of the cool whip mixture. Then I crumbled a Twix bar on top. Yum! Here's a close up.

We went to the movies to see Meet Dave this afternoon and now everyone is resting. We'll get celebrating more once Derek comes home this evening. Chuck wants to go to IHOP for supper for his birthday dinner. Last year it was peanut butter and apple butter sandwiches, so were advancing.

yummmmmmmmmmm

I love what you can find on blogs! Look at the recipe I found here. Of course, mine do not look near as scrumptious as hers do. But they never do when you make something yourself, do they? They were so good and BUTTERY! I was worried I didn't make enough, but they were so rich and filling that everyone was satisfied with one.

Making applesauce

Applesauce is easy with helpers like these. I bought this food strainer last year and it makes sauce making go fast ..... especially when you have 4 boys that want to do the hard work of turning the crank. It took us only about 2 hours to go through 2 1/2 bushels of apples. We froze 17 quarts of applesauce and I canned 8 pints of apple butter. YUM!