Carrot Cake and Pizza

Well, Kateri had such a lovely afternoon and evening yesterday. I'm afraid I can do nothing other then document every little occurrence. Time will tell if I will be as diligent when baby #2 turns one . . .

 

My mom very thoughtfully bought Kateri a very fancy and delicious carrot cake, which even had nuts in it, and so since she was one she got to do two very important and exciting things all by herself:

 

1. Eat her own piece of cake

 

~and~

 

2. Try some nuts

 

But, before that, we had to sing "Happy Birthday" which involved a very loud and hearty rendition with some harmonies thrown in (thanks to the musical talent of Johnny and Jeanne!). Kateri looked around from face to face with a rather confused and vacant expression. But, for the record, she did half-heartedly smile at the end . . .

 

And then, Johnny did the honors and very carefully cut her first piece.

 



Kateri watched eagerly. And when it finally ended up on her high chair, examined it with great awe . . .

And after mooshing the cake and icing for some time, she was not exactly sure how she felt about the whole situation . . . "What am I supposed to DO with this stuff??"

 

But luckily, Grandpa came to the rescue and showed Kateri what to do with carrot cake.

Which made her very happy . . .

And she proceeded to eat cake and icing and get it everywhere!

Maybe someday, if she is very very lucky, her uncle Peter and his friends will teach her some table manners
 . . .

But, in the meantime, thank you for such a lovely birthday, Mutti! Kateri enjoyed every moment!

Afterwards, we went home and Kateri got to torture her sweet papa-bear once he got home from work . . .

Which she thought was hilarious . . .

Then we went to meet Nanny and Mac at Tony's. This is how Kateri feels about eating pizza at Tony's:

So we enjoyed salads . . . and some of use enjoyed beer . . .

And Nanny showed Kateri how say, "I'm one!"

And, after we enjoyed pizza and cheese bread (both Kateri's favorites),

Nanny and Mac let her pick out a dessert! How special!

And, of course, that translates to Pat and I got to pick it out, and of course we went with chocolate cheesecake. Which Kateri did enjoy!

And Pat and I did too! :)

Thank you so much for the delicious dinner, Nanny and Mac! Kateri had a wonderful time!