Daddy, the Golden Ninjago

It was Daddy's 50th birthday! To celebrate, we thought we'll just order some food and focus more on enjoying the party, besides, we didn't want to add more heat to what summer has been generously providing. However, we ended up making tortilla from scratch! We were not able to buy taco shells (they were mostly broken) so we decided to tweak our simple birthday menu a little bit. Tang loves Mexican food so we decided to make beef quesadilla instead. When I tried rolling the dough, I felt joint pains in my hands and fingers so I asked the celebrant to do the rolling for me. We trimmed the edges to make them closer to a circle and tried them fried. They turned out good, especially with the taco dip. It was thick cream (instead of sour cream) mixed with a taco seasoning I bought in Sweden last year.

We almost scratched "mais con yelo" (creamed corn, sugar, milk, and crushed ice) from our list because the ice store was out of crushed ice. But it was just the perfect way to cap the celebration, so we tried to buy for the third time and just in time fr desserts, the delivery came and we had something cold to enjoy! The boys also shared some slices of chocolates with their friends. It feels nice to see them excited ass they knocked on their friends' door to deliver something sweet and thoughtful.

After the guests went home, the boys played inside while we had some icy drinks and a short intimate time to just reflect and get some fresh air. We just affirm that we're happy with our simple life and we feel very thankful for the people and things that we have. This is a very special day, and Tang deserves all the love and laughter we've shared on his birthday. It was very simple, yet a meaningful celebration of life and just full of the things that matter most to him, family, joy, and health.

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