Ethan's 12th Birthday!

Ethan turned 12 today. His day started out with a heart-shaped pancake complete with whipped cream birthday candles.

 Next up, the cake of his dreams. Behold the Pie-Cake:

The bottom layer is a dark chocolate fudge cake with a strawberry-rhubarb pie baked inside of it. The top layer is a German chocolate cake with a peach pie baked into it.

 

I love Ethan's candle placement. (As a side note, I am also digging Ryan's new glasses.)

And when you cut it open the pie-goodness oozes out.

After the cake, we walked around Mystic, CT and Ethan got to pick which stores we went into. We didn't by anything, but he had a blast making a wish list. We had fish & Chips for dinner and he got salt water taffy and ice cream for dessert.

He got his present yesterday: a brand new iPod. He was so happy with his present and his birthday that he declared today the Best Birthday Ever and one of the Best Days Ever.