Dads' 53rd Birthday Dinner

We were supposed to use our raclette and have a table top grill but we did not have the proper
equipment for its power supply, so we changed our menu. Everyone was happy as we indulged in our favorites:
fried chicken with buffalo wings sauce, pasta, carrot sticks w/ Asian dressing & mashed potato.

All smiles before we had the feast!

James bought (I gave him the money) Daddy a special birthday gift to make his
dinner even more enjoyable.

I enjoyed all the cooking that I did for Dads. It's my way of expressing my love and gratitude
for having this one heck of a guy as my partner in life.

James and I also made chocolate cupcakes for desserts.

After dinner, James and Adam made the cupcakes pretty with c
hocolate frosting, sprinkles, and jelly beans.

Apparently, we didn;t have enough candles for Dads' 53rd birthday, hehe!

Showing off their yummy creations.

Lighting up the candles for our celebrant.

Happy Birthday dear Daddy... Happy Birthday to you!

I think we forgot to ask him to make a wish.
He has dreams and hopes, though, so he'll do just fine.

We made birthday cards for Dads as our presents and we're glad he liked them.
He thought the boys' messages thanking him for their P5.00 were funny!

James blow up the balloons and helped putting up the decorations.

James and Adam made the banners two days before and were excited to surprise Dads.

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