Warren's New Year's Day Birthday

Several years ago, I told Warren that his January 1st birthday would always suck. He was horrified.  Looking back, I regret using the word "suck". But, at some point, the poor kid is gonna have to accept the reality of his holiday-birthday situation. 

Obviously,  my day is jam-packed on that day with all that pork roast cooking...

Also, we had a couple of winter storms come through -- and the roads were a sheet of ice...ugh...

I didn't even see Warren on his 8th birthday...which makes me very sad.  But, that night,  I spent hours making a special card for him.  I wrote verses that rhymed, and downloaded pictures.

I had pictures of Warren during his first 8 years...

I gave him three "January Adventures"

Each one came with a game -- hangman, a word search, and a crossword puzzle.

He had to do the puzzle, then lift it to see THE ADVENTURE.

A trip to the new swimming pool in town, a night at a motel, and $50 for the local arcade/bowling/center.

OF COURSE, I baked the traditional Farro chocolate cake with peanut butter icing.  I put the little cakes in a box, with a container of peanut butter icing.

The roads were a sheet of ice, so I also packed up a box with all the fixings for homemade pizza.

John helped to make a pizza for our house.