This weekend my Dad turned the big 5-0. We were really lame in the gift department, but we did make him this nifty card:
{the front: Padre as Dr. Evil}
{the inside: me and my bros as mini-me}
We like Austin. A lot. Especially my dad. He watches it when he’s home sick from work because it makes him feel better. Seriously.
In honor of my dad’s b-day, we saw the final Harry Potter as a family. I looooooveeddddd it. Definitely my favorite HP movie, and probably my favorite movie I’ve seen this summer (which is saying something. I’ve counted them up and I think HP was my 9th).
When we got home from the movie we sang to my dad and ate the beautiful carrot cake that Brian made for him (it’s seriously going to be a struggle not to get fat after the wedding…) My mom bought these cool candles at the party store…
Yeah, turns out those aren’t really meant to be used as candles. We learned that from reading the package after my mom had already lit them. It’s okay, we ate the cake with the sparkler dusting and it was still delicious.
Last night our family friends came over for a dinner of pork chops and the pasta salad of my youth. Which is basically pasta salad made with McCormick’s Salad Supreme, which we don’t really eat anymore for some reason. My mom used to make it in huge batches and I would eat it for lunch every. day. I kind of OD’ed on it, I guess, but last night it was delish.
Today the Knot tells me that there are only 5 days until our wedding… yikes! Pretty much everything is done, but I’m trying not to be lazy and finish up some last minute DIY stuff this week. We’ll see.
How was your weekend?
I love sparklers on cakes! Was there a warning about eating sparkler dust? Is is harmful?
I don't think it said specifically that it was harmful, but the directions said to hold it at arm's length and didn't indicate that it was intended for cake use… I'm not sure how closely we read it because we wanted to eat the cake and the damage was done, haha.