Well, Adam's birthday was a huge success. On his birthday, which he shares with our neighbor Rayna, I made homeade cannelloni (like manicotti) and fried eggplant- their favorite! Then on Friday, despite cold and somewhat damp weather, we still managed to pull off a great bbq and party. Good times had by all. Earlier in the week, we put woodchips down in the backyard, with the help of some good old fasioned child labor- thanks to 3 year old Gavin for raking like a champ!