We had my father’s 65th birthday party last night.
Wee One helped me decorate…
Doodle Cakes furnished a completely fantastic cake, encompassing many characteristics unique to my Dad…
To explain this wonderful creation; My father is a super hero, leaping to the aid of anyone in our family who shows any distress (whether we want him to or not!). This apparently runs in the family.
He and my mother love red wine and travel often. They spend a lot of time in vineyards in Italy, one of which is owned by family friends. This is where the brick courtyard with grape vines comes into play. My Dad enjoys nothing more than to break bread and drink wine while having good conversation with people he loves. In Italy, my very Irish father becomes Italian, and his hands behave accordingly, joining passionately into the conversation. So anyone who knows him recognizes this in the spilled glass of wine on the white table cloth!
There were many giggles and knowing nods as the cake was revealed and exclaimed over. And then moans of ecstasy as it was eaten – Doodle Cakes knows her way around cake recipes. Oh.My.God.YUM. The wall was this amazing vanilla/peanut butter creation, and the base was the most delectable lemon cake with raspberry butter cream filling… lets just say there was very little left, and more than one person had a second helping.
My very young looking parents…
The birthday boy with his 4 gorgeous grandkids (I have the “bookends” – the oldest and youngest, the young lad and lassie are my brother’s kids)
As much as I loathe having my picture taken, I could not turn my father down this one time. But really, yuck. And someone needs to tell my brother to stop shaving his head!
A big thank-you to everyone who gave suggestions about what to get my Dad for this special milestone birthday. I ended up getting him a GPS/dash mount/extended warranty. It suits him best, because I often get calls from him asking me to look up addresses and directions as he’s driving in crazy, congested Toronto traffic, and that just isn’t safe. Plus, Toronto has recently introduced a ban on using a cell phone while driving, which I absolutely support. Too many idjits weaving all over the road while talking (OR TEXTING… OMG people?!) is just asking for a tragic outcome. Bravo Toronto!
A great time was had by all – Happy Birthday Dad!
