Happy Birthday, Dear Daddy

Saturday was Peter's 38th birthday, so after Sabbath School we headed down to Dos Lagos and hung out in the conveniently located Barnes and Noble bookstore and then outside (it was a gorgeous day) by the beautiful, enormous fountain while we waited for Shari, Joel, Mom and Stanton to arrive for a celebratory birthday lunch at Rosine's. Emmy took the opportunity to divest us of every penny we owned (in favor of the fountain, of course), and Shari took the opportunity to try on Emmy's hat.

After we were seated, Peter opened his present from Emmy & Mommy - a new t-shirt emblazoned with a cute pic of Emmy and the text "Some bunny loves me!" (is that gag-me cutesy or what?!). Although our alfresco dining experience was a trifle chilly, the stimulating company and terrific mediterranean cuisine more than made up for the windchill factor.

After stuffing ourselves silly, we headed back to Mom and Stan's place for some homemade banana cream pie. Mom & Stan had just recently received the toy piano they'd ordered for Emmy's birthday, which Joel and Mom put together the day before, so Emmy had the delight of playing it for the first time that afternoon. It was a huge hit. Then Peter opened his gift from Mom & Stan - a Krups cappuccino maker - and Peter made delicious cappucinos for everyone, which turned out to be a perfect accompaniment to my mom's to-die-for banana cream pie.

It was a lovely, relaxing day, but the highlight was definitely Emmy's rendition of "Happy Birthday to You" later that evening, which she played and sang for her daddy with gusto. We think she may be a child prodigy, akin to Mozart. In addition to the forceful playing and heartfelt singing (in this case she decided she wanted to sing in her "kitty voice"), we were very impressed with her fancy pedal work. Enjoy the performance!