happy (early) birthday

Luke's birthday isn't actually till tomorrow.

Since he was here yesterday

Lana made a cake for him.

well, not technically a cake

it was Oreo Dessert,

one of the many desserts

Luke has enjoyed at our house over the years.

We had planned to make Aztec Chicken

(one of the recipes Lana received from Susie

for Christmas; she gave her a pretty recipe box

with several of Luke's favorite recipes)

but with so many sick

I wasn't about to make a spicy dish!

so

I made some Immune Boostin' Chicken Soup instead.

Had I known that Lana was going to end up sick too

(and I'd have to clean the kitchen on top of messing it up....)

I would have skipped blasting the chicken first!

Sure did make the soup extra yummy

but it was a lot more work, too.

~

I told Luke I could probably get away

with feeding him all sorts of yucky food

for the next few months, since he's feasting his eyes

on the pretty thing sitting across from him

he's not paying all that much attention

to what he's putting in his mouth....

Not that the rest of us would go along with that, though...

~

The kitchen in the house in Fort Smith had metal cabinets

which were often covered with alphabet magnets.

Luke always played with them

when their family came to our house.

For his birthday one year

we gave him alphabet magnets of his own :-)

~

Happy Birthday, Luke

we all love you!!

Won't be long

and we'll be buying magnets

for your fridge!