Happy Birtday Daddy!

Today is Daddy's birthday, or "birtday" as Nicky says, and to start the day off, Nicky and I decided to make Daddy breakfast complete with eggs, hash browns and toast.  Speaking of, have you ever tried to make hash browns?  I actually read the directions and it says that they should take roughly 10 minutes to cook.  I don't know where this magical test kitchen is that it takes such a short time, because let me assure you, my hash takes much longer to brown.  And by then, they are so dry and crunchy!  Every time I make them, I imagine the ones you would get at a greasy diner and hope and pray that mine turn out even half as good; instead we end up adding a ton of cheese and salsa so it doesn't taste like we're eating hay.  But I digress...

After breakfast we gave daddy his presents and spent the rest of the day being lazy, which was nice after spending the previous two days slipping and sliding and frolicking at the lodge. 

That evening, our next door neighbor's daughter, Shelby, who just turned 16 and who is adored by Nicky, babysat for us as I took my hot stud of a hubby out for a dinner and movie date.  Although it wasn't the fancy dinner I had originally had in mind, I personally think you can never go wrong with a soup and salad buffet (of course, I am a vegetarian, so I might be a little biased).  That is unless you ask Nicky.  He had other dinner plans in mind...

Yep.  He had his first taste of "Hooters".  And loved it.  I asked him if he saw "boobeets" there and he got all squirmy and smiled real big then said "yeah!  and bellies!!!"  Sorry husband, I think Nicky might have won out on that birthday dinner!