Rafi's Birthday

Okay, so I'm a little late in reporting about Rafi's birthday, but better late than never I say! This year we kept it simple and invited Rafi's friends to meet us for dinner at Mighty Fine Burger. We had quite the turnout! As a surprise I baked (with Tina as my baking assistant) a hamburger cake using pound cake, brownie, gum drops, fruit slices, cookies, frosting, and pine nuts. It was pretty awesome and even drew a small crowd of onlookers. I was pretty proud of it and admit it hurt to cut into it. I made a smaller, life-sized personal burger cake for him, too. Rafi had a really good time that evening, and we thank everyone for coming. Thanks also for the gifts and cards. He appreciates it all and all of you!

On Saturday Greg and Rob came by to play some video games - a luxury Rafi doesn't indulge in much anymore. They played some FIFA (of course), but the games took a quick turn once I brought out Rafi's second surprise - Rock Band! If you aren't familiar with the game, it comes with a guitar, drum kit, and microphone. You play the instruments and sing with the music in order to earn points, pass levels, earn more songs, etc. It's pretty addictive, I admit. So anyway, happy birthday to Rafi!

Just for funsies, here are photos of Tina and I in baking mode.