Jeff Birthday

Things have been a little crazy around here, with the middle of the semester, and being right in the thick of teaching and other commitments. But this week was Jeff's birthday, and Halloween is tomorrow, and those are important events in our household.

In the lead up, Jeff got a couple of pumpkins to carve, and Maren has liked them a lot.

Jeff didn't want any presents this year, just cake and ice cream, and we had some friends over today to celebrate. We tried using the castle shaped bundt pan that we got as a wedding gift, but it has been a while since we used it. The results were less than stunning.

We tried again, with some advice from the Internet, and the results were a bit better.

I made a chocolate orange flavoured ice cream, and it was a big hit. The party was a bit crazy, with two 3-year-olds and one almost 3-year-old, as well as Maren and another almost 1-year-old. Add eight adults, and our small house was quite full. It was lots of fun, but Maren was clingy and subdued. I thought it was because of the general craziness in the house, but then she refused to eat any dinner. It turns out she has a fever 😕 It seems that she has been constantly sick for a while. She has actually been OK the last couple of weeks, but now being sick again, I feel really bad for her. Poor kiddo. I hope that all of these daycare colds and other illnesses run through her system and then she stays healthy for a while!