Birthday Boy

Birthday Boy
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ALL OF DESI'S BIRTHDAY LOOT!

What a treat the whole day was! Hailey and Heidi had come the night before and we were set to par-tay! They each came with many little gifts and he opened presents all day long -- thinking that perhaps we’d overwhelm him all at once and also that if we spread them out he might come to understand the concept of presents and begin to anticipate or at least identify the colorful packages with excitement. Neither. He didn’t even really understand that he could freely rip the wrapping paper (!) I thought he’d at least dig that. Well, to come, to come.

We feasted on pork loin with caramelized onions and a yummy beet avocado salad (all expertly prepared by Hailey.) I thought I would make a cake for DPJ and found a recipe that totally appealed to me with no sugar: a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. A remedial introduction to cake as he’s been a complete natural foods eater. The cake came out quite dense and heavy, the frosting tart. He pulled some faces and gave some cursory attempts at eating then dismissed it all overboard. No one else attempted to eat any. I just threw out 98% of it 2 nights ago. Oh well.