Happy 2013!

I realized I never posted for New Year's.  We go to a friend's New Year's Eve party every year and this year they asked everyone to make their own party hat.  Here's the hats that my son, Connor, and I came up with.  We didn't win, but had fun making them.  

(By the way, I don't like getting my picture taken)

And that little boy, Connor, turned 10 this past Christmas!  Yes, he is a Christmas baby, born during a blizzard on Christmas morning.  The first year he was born, we put him into this stocking for a photo.  And here he is now:

We have just a small celebration for Connor on his real birthday and celebrate in the end of June with half birthdays instead.  It is easier to have outside and makes his day seem more like his own celebration.  This year, though, Connor asked for a 7 layer cake.  Now, I'm not exactly a baker, but I made this chocolate 7 layer cake that made him very happy.