Monday, May 21, 2012

Birthday Boy

We celebrated Luke's 9th birthday last week.  I can hardly believe he's 9 already!
  
He opened his gift on his actual birthday...an iPod Shuffle.  He LOVES music and audiobooks!  



But we saved the birthday dinner for Saturday evening when Stephen was home and we didn't have a baseball game to get to.  I made Chicken Fried Rice (one of his favorites) and Berry Cupcakes.



This was Luke's first birthday cupcake made with milk and butter.  What a treat!  We still can't use butter in the frosting since it's not cooked, but I've found that palm shortening is a great substitute and not nearly as greasy as regular Crisco shortening.  Strawberry jam in the middle and a fresh berry on top - yum!!




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