Birthday

My little boy turned 4 this month!  He is currently in the midst of a month long celebration, which includes 5 little parties in 3 countries with 13 relatives!

A couple of days before his birthday I explained to M that it's customary to request whatever meal you want for your birthday dinner.  I fully expected him to want chicken nuggets (an American favorite we can't get here), a burger or perhaps even roast beef.  What did he request:  black pudding.  I found a British food shop near Vondelpark and made a pretty decent fry up if I do say so myself.  I really enjoyed the scientific precision needed to make sure it all came out at the same time.

This was M's portion.
The adult portions were a bit more artistic (not cut into bite sized pieces, with fried tomato).

Marzipan Batsignal!  I was so proud of this I made it my Facebook photo!

M liked the gifts we got him:  a doctor kit, the Toy Story films, some Playmobil knights, and a mask and snorkel.  M requested a Batman cake and I just about pulled it off, making a bat signal out of marzipan.

A few days later, we headed to London, where M had yet another birthday celebration, then the day after we returned, my parents came for a visit.  Next week we head to my sister's for Halloween, and yet another birthday party for M.