Happy Birthday Lyana!! Yes, in case you missed it, it was Lyana’s birthday on September 12th. In accordance with Watson family tradition, we opened presents first thing in the morning. The kids and I all pitched in to get her four very awesome birthday presents, three of which she figured out before her birthday (it’s not easy to surprise a Ukrainian)
VitaMix. Red. Good husband points.
Because her birthday was on a Sunday, we went out to eat the day before. She decided she wanted to check out a little curry restaurant out in Hachinohe. The menu was in at least 6 languages including Russian (sorry, no Ukrainian).
I like curry here.
After several attempts by the waitress, we settled for this shot with (most of) the family looking at the camera.
Another Watson family tradition is that Tato (that’s me) bakes whatever kind of cake the birthday person wants. Lyana wanted me to make a tasty concoction that one of our friends made once. Basically there are three main layers: 1) angel food cake (from the box), cut up into cubes 2) various frozen fruits (thawed) like strawberries, blackberries, blueberries and raspberries 3) cream made from milk (I didn’t have any soy milk like the recipe called for so I used the cow version), dates and macadamia nuts. I also added a bit of yogurt and a teaspoon vanilla. Thankfully she had already opened the VitaMix, so the cream actually turned out, well, creamy. Layered everything a couple of times in a trifle dish, sprinkled macadamia nuts on top and voila! An odd-looking, yet tasty, creation. Add enough candles, and it becomes a mostly-good-for-you birthday cake. (I didn’t have enough candles so I found the number ‘20’ and added a few more to get the total).
Den’ Narodzhennia!!
Rob
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