We were able to join him for lunch on base, which was nice. (We certainly could never do that in Maryland!) The kids and I enjoyed our afternoon, making Ethan's cake and decorating the kitchen. By the way, the cake we made was just delicious... a Barefoot Contessa recipe, naturally. It's called Beatty's Chocolate Cake, and can be found on this Food Network link:
(http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/beattys-chocolate-cake-recipe/index.html) If you're looking for a great chocolate cake recipe, this is the one! But beware, the frosting uses 2 sticks of butter!!
When Ethan got home, we had an incredible steak dinner, followed by cake and presents.
Ethan got a nice, new Yankee hat from his brother, and some Yankee books from his folks. 
The kids and I got Ethan a Skittles set... no, it's not the candy. Skittles is a version of bowling here in England. Ethan played it once in a pub, and has been talking about it ever since. You play with 9 pins instead of ten, and you bowl with smaller balls that are kind of like duck-pin bowling size. You get three rolls per frame, and there are no strike or spare rules for scoring (it's really hard to get a strike or spare anyway).So after our family party, we all went outside and Ethan set up and measured out the pins and length of our "lane" (oh yeah, skittles can be played either indoors or outside). Ethan just loved it, and we all had a good time.
(By the way, don't you just love Maddie in her fairy costume and wellies!!)Happy Birthday Ethan!
2 comments:
That cake looks so decadent--just stick it in my hip pocket-kind-of-good!
We really enjoyed talking/seeing you the other day! Hope you have a great trip to Paris!
Happy Birthday, Ethan!
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