Isaac had a birthday, shout hooray!

Isaac is 7! Here he is scarfing some homemade Hawaiian pizza (pineapple is never my first choice of pizza toppings, but for his birthday I made an exception).

Isaac wanted a goldfish for his birthday. We went to the pet store early in the week to get the tank set up so he could pick out a fish on his big day (which we found out would be the pet store man's birthday too!). When we got the little tank set up at home, it looked so pretty with the gravel and lights that the kids loved watching it, even without the fish! Finally on Friday we went back to the pet store, with a cupcake and a birthday song for the man. He was so pleased he let us take the fish for free, as a present for Isaac. How sweet!
Isaac got two beautiful goldfish and an algae eater. (Unfortunately the algae eater died two days later, because there was no algae for him to eat! We learned our mistake and will get another down the road after the tank dirties up a bit.) Meet Bubbles Squirt and Scarface Speckle

Isaac loves his fish! So does everyone else!

We have it on a little table until we can find something better for it, which is the perfect height for Bridget to point at.



Oh and here's the cake of Isaac's own design. "Chocolate cake with green mint frosting and a yellow lightning bolt!" By the way, I discovered instead of powdered sugar I bought "icing mixture" which has cornstarch in it. It turned my usually dreamy buttercream into a sort of fondant buttercream hybrid. It wouldn't spread worth a darn, I had to literally mold it onto the cake. Like play dough. But it still tasted good! 

Happy birthday, Isaac! We love you, crazy kid!