Happy Birthday, Dear Joel…

We interrupt this regularly scheduled series for a very important announcement.

Today is our son’s birthday.

It’s the first time in 19 years he hasn’t been here to celebrate with in person. (Not that I would actually get his cake baked on the right day, though…  That would be a downright miracle, I believe.)

Oh, mercy, wasn’t he a cutey patutey??  And note those pjs that got too short so I cut the feet out…

Wasn’t I a thrifty mommy?

Or was I just tacky?…

Don’t comment.

Since this series is on cooking, it seems only right that Joel be a part of it in some way.  As you can see, he was a fan of cooking at a very early age.  Actually, he was a fan of eating the baking, so he decided to take it up himself.  If I recall correctly, that particular picture was taken the year I decided that baking Christmas sugar cookies should be a yearly, family tradition.  The tradition ended that year…  The kids ate so much dough in the rolling out process we hardly had any left to bake!:)

Happy Birthday, Joel!

We miss your smiling face around here, and we hope you have a wonderful day of celebration.