Happy Birthday Daddy (Paul)!

Paul's birthday was two days ago, and we had a very fun day. I made banana chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast. After we cleaned that up, I embarked on doing something I had never had to do before (since we lived so close to Mom Miller) - I made his favorite cake (yellow cake with chocolate frosting). I must say I was pretty proud of how it turned out...all it needed was the birthday boy's approval, and of course he added one final touch...Perfect!! No candles needed. :)
It gave Paul motivation to finish the paper he was working on. In between meals and my interruptions, this is what he looked like all day (poor guy)...
But by 4:30 he was done with his paper. We went to the mail room where his surprise gift was waiting for us (it was just a knife sharpener - we're to the age where birthday presents become practical). Then we met some of our favorite students from the Rock Staff for their "Wasabi Wednesday" tradition at the local Chinese place. (I forgot to get a picture during dinner!)
We ended the day with giving Ilana a bath and after she was down we watched a movie. It was a fun day (except for the whole paper part).
Oh, and this is what Ilana did for Paul's birthday...

Happy Birthday, Daddy! Ilana's quickly caught on to what this means and she's using it more and more every day. She's becoming very opinionated. Happy Birthday, Paul! :)
-H