Daddy's Birthday (vegetarians and vegan alert *skip this post!)

Anthony celebrated his 42nd birthday yesterday with a pretty relaxing day at home and a much-anticipated trip to a Brazilian barbecue.  But before that, on Friday night, we had birthday cake with a few friends.  Beatrice was so proud of the carrot cake she helped to create!

She cranked out a wonderful version of Happy Birthday on the piano too.

The actual birthday morning started off with breakfast in bed, then a little Daddy-Bea time doing a science experiment involving growing seeds in eggshells under various conditions.

Beatrice was more about the artistic aspects of it, but she hung in there nonetheless. 

While Daddy was at band practice, she changed into her "fancy party dress:"

Here we are waiting to leave.  Anthony got  Bea this microscope for Christmas and they've been having a lot of fun examining dead bugs, dog fur and pretty much anything they can find!

Anthony's trying to create a little Marie Curie.  I think there's hope for a future scientist, as long as she can dance around her lab in a pink twirly coat.

    Then it was off to the Churrascaria...a carnivore's idea of heaven!  At $21.99 for the all-you-can-eat, they definitely lost money on this 42-year old. Meanwhile, Beatrice's meal was paid for "by the pound" so she ate her fill for around a dollar.  I am very sad to document, by the way, that some of my daughter's favorite foods at almost five years old, are chicken skin and anything made from pork.  She thought the sausages were the best things ever.

Don't say I didn't warn you vegetarians and vegans!  It wasn't pretty!

To use Beatrice's various adjectives used throughout the weekend, Daddy's birthday was "fantastic, marvelous, miraculous, super-terrific, perfect, glorious, satisfying and savory!"