Birthday Weekend

My love celebrated a birthday this weekend and while he doesn't like a big fuss made I like  to make a big deal.  I tend to get caught up in the day-to-day grind of working, bill paying, worrying, etc. Having a reason to focus on celebrations shouldn't be relegated to only birthdays and holidays, though, so going forward I will celebrate the every day...like Tuesdays. And, Tax Day.  And Flag Day-every year I say I will celebrate it and always forget-will do better next year.

I digress.  Back to the Birthday Boy Guy.  He's really easy to please, thankfully.

He loves the apple fritters from a donut shop in Conway, so I stopped in before work on Friday morning.

Birthday dinner {Friday}:  Focaccia with roasted garlic & tomatoes topped with parmesan.

On Saturday, I made his favorite dessert ever:  Baklava. Look for a recipe on Monday!  I was nervous without having baked a trial batch...but it's just too pricey so I jumped right in.  Best. Dessert. Ever.  Ridiculously good stuff.  Really. It's the thing that makes marriage proposals happen.  Or, so I'm told.  I'm pretty sure I sealed the deal with this one.

What's a birthday without presents?  Nothing, I say.  Luckily Thom loves the homemade.

And, because he's a rock star himself:

There was lots of birthday dancing {me}, and singing {again, me}, and maybe some light flashing involved {hand over eyes, yes-me}....anything to make it a memorable day, I say.

Aren't birthdays just so much more fun when you add *birthday* in front of normal things, like: birthday dinner, here's your birthday kiss, have a birthday drink??

Happy birthday, love.