Jon's Birthday (aka Reed's pre-Birthday)

My lack of posting for the last few months is about to change, so get ready! Last Thursday was Jon's Birthday or as Jon refers to it "Reed's pre-Birthday." I think adult Birthdays start to lose attention once there are children involved but since Jon and Reed's special days only fall two days apart, Jon definitely feels the pinch. For his Birthday Jon requested to BBQ tri-tip to make sandwiches with, that I make a few side dishes/salads, and that we eat on paper plates so there would be minimal dishes. I tried to get him to let me cook but he was pretty insistent and the arrangement made my life easy so I didn't put up too much of a fight. We just had C, Tio, Lyla, Nonna, Pepe, Grandma, and Grandpa over for dinner. It was a relaxed night and great to hang out with everyone. 

Jon doesn't like a lot of desserts and the ones he does (cheesecake and anything with peanut butter) are pretty hard to replicate for Reed. Instead my, almost 3 year old, baking assistant and I decided to take one of Jon's favorite breakfast foods, cinnamon rolls, and make it into a cake. It turned out really yummy if I do say so myself!

Grandpa helped Reed make a game out of all of the tissue paper

This is the face Jon makes when he genuinely likes something!

C and Tio gave me and Jon a joint gift this year so we all had to go outside to see what it was . . . a Crazy Cart. You would think the boys (or at least Reed) would be excited about the vehicle but they thought the box was way more interesting.

Grandma getting cuddles from C and Lyla

Happy Birthday to Jon (aka one of my favorite people, my best friend, and "first" child)!!!