Someone's having a Birthday...

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...that's right - it's the Man's Birthday!...

...you probably guessed that as I've already posted about Scout's and my birthdays this year...

...we had the typical little family celebration - with cards...you may or may not know that Scout is (...was - I guess he's sort of outgrown it now) a huge Popeye fan - it was his favorite cartoon when he was little - we even have some Popeye dvds...anywhooo - we found one of those speaking cards that has Popeye saying "you'll have to eat a lot of spinach to blow out all them candles argh-argh-argh-argh" - so cute and funny...

...and presents - I'll do a little tutorial on the stencil we did on the front of the dollar store planner/calendar...

...the Man collects small icons - Scout was thrilled to find this tiny folding one at the hospital auxiliary sale...

...and an antique weather station - including a thermometer, humidity gauge, and barometer...all the locals are always talking about the barometer falling or rising and what that means - and we thought the Man might like to be able to use that topic for small talk as well...

...then the 'biggie' (do y'all have another word for the really special present of the day?)...

...oh no! the glare! - it's a collection of Doobie Brothers CDs - including their first one - which we had as an album many years ago...

...and then before we took him out for a Birthday Dinner at his favorite restaurant - I made a little amuse bouche - it's Coquilles St. Jacques À La Parisienne - and of course, all of the details are at The Vegan Version...

...it was a lovely day...