Happy birthday Mary Margaret

Mary is now 12 years old. Yay! We had a pretty busy day on Mary's birthday. Greg's cousins and Aunt & Uncle and Emilie and her family were visiting us from Seattle, New York, and New Jersey. We had a really fun Bar-B-Q and Thomas had a lot of boys to run around with, too.
Eva, Felicity, and Mary did such a nice job, singing some songs in Romanian, and Latin, too. The girls were begging me to not make them sing, as they were not sure if they were singing the Romanian songs right, and they were a bit nervous. But there was no way we could let Tatabun down. He loves to practice music with the children and is so proud of them all. I think they sounded lovely, and everyone joined in the singing of the Romanian national anthem, and also for "Ave Maria".
Mary also played a very nice piece on her guitar. Thank you, Mary. Felicity played the piano, and Eva played her cello, too. I think everyone was impressed.
After the 'concert' it was time for some birthday cake. I made Mary a chocolate mousse cake...
and a pineapple cheesecake. Happy Birthday, Mary Margaret!

Happy birthday, Mary Margaret.

Mary Margaret is 11 years old. Wow.
Here is Mary about to open her presents. Greg & I always set the gifts out on the table in the night, so the birthday girl/boy, gets to see them first thing in the morning. Mary's Grama took her on a shopping trip and then out for lunch.
Tatabun & Uncle Peter came over for dinner. Gregory made a fantastic risotto, and basa fish in a caper sauce. It was so good. For dessert I made a vanilla cake with fresh lemon curd filling, and whipped cream frosting.
This is the cake I made for Mary's b-day party with her friends, which was a couple days after her actual birthday.
Make a wish!
Chocolate fudge cake with ganache filling and butter cream frosting. Served with vanilla ice cream. Happy Birthday, Mary, we love you!