It was Mommy’s birthday!

…and no prizes for guessing who had the most fun! 🙂

I had an enjoyable little birthday lunch treat at McDonald’s with Ethan:

Then in the afternoon, I took Ethan to the playground for a few minutes:

We had dinner at home.  I cooked a simple dinner of conchiglie (Ethan calls it “shell pasta”) with pasta sauce and steamed sausages:

And Pete surprised me with a birthday cake, much to Ethan’s joy, of course!

It was a carrot, walnut and raisin brownie-like cake topped with cream cheese frosting.  A healthier option to the regular birthday cake, and it was also an ingenious idea to get some carrot into Ethan 🙂

Ethan told me specifically “I don’t want the raisins Mommy.  YOU eat the raisins!” (but he ate the walnut and carrot willingly!)