Birthday, birthday, birthday

As my mother was eager to point out, I managed three (yes, three) birthday celebrations this year. But hey, it's not my fault that the larger familial gathering got split into two different dates. Tonight was the final family event. This event was dinner and a birthday cake, so it's not like I got three piñatas or anything. What's WAAAY better than three piñatas?!? A birthday with your 4-year old and 23-month old nephews! Woo-hoo! Nobody can make a birthday hat look better than they can. Nobody can have you laughing randomly quite so much as adorable kids. And who else would be able to convince you to give up candle-blowing rights?! Nobody, that's who. We sang "Happy Birthday" 3 or 4 times, in Spanish and English, the candles got blown out and relit. Good, good times. My brother did a great job with grilling salmon. My sister-in-law made some kickin' broccoli slaw. It was a dinner tailored to my fave foods. Love it! Earlier in the week, from Mom, I got her orange-raisin sauce with ham. (I had asked why we only have it once a year! I mean, c'mon!) Maybe I'll blog more about the birthday. I just wanted to get something down tonight. As my older nephew would say, "Wakala!!"