Laura's birthday!

Our favorite daughter-in-law's birthday was yesterday, and we spent the morning with Elliot so that Laura could start off her day by going out to breakfast with Chris. (Owen was taking Czech lessons.)

We hung around throughout the day to enjoy the subsequent dinner and cake - all prepared by her men!

Dinner was pasta and sauce (homemade by Chris) with a simple side dish of sliced cucumbers, bread, and wine.

Dessert was scrumptious chocolate cake.... see below for some photos of the cake preparation.


Chris and Owen are studying the Moosewood Cookbook - are you sure this is the right recipe?



Owen shows Daddy how to use the mixer.....

Cracking eggs is a man's job!

It is unfortunate that Tom didn't photo the finished product- but if you want to see what it looked like, click on Chris & Laura's blog - Chris' birthday post! Same cake. Great job, men!!