Crappy lighting because we were in the hotel room after a day of sightseeing. It was way past TLM's bedtime, so we couldn't go anywhere else for a better picture.
While we were in Boston, LMS turned 8. When we realized that Mr M would be gone for her birthday, we decided that the kids' and my trip would be timed to make sure we were there on her birthday so Mr M could be a part of it.
A few days earlier we'd found a locally-made gluten free cake in the freezer section at Whole Foods. We stuck it in our mini-frig and purchased some candles and some icing in a tube to write "Happy Birthday". The icing was a bust (see above blobs of pink), but the cake and candles were fine, so 2 out of 3 isn't bad :)
Interestingly enough, this isn't the first time LMS' birthday has coincided with a trip to see Daddy. When she turned 2, Mr M was getting to ready to deploy and was doing some training out of state in preparation for heading out. They had a few days free in between finishing their training and actually leaving, so LMS and I flew up there and we did some sightseeing around Seattle, Mt Ranier, and the Washington coast with Mr M (pre-blog, so no pics to link to).
We came back from our little road trip, found an 1/8th size sheet cake and a candle at the Commissary and had a little birthday party at a pizza place right before Mr M had to report back (hence being in uniform).
I had to scan these from a photo book because all my old photos are on a hard drive that isn't playing nicely with my macbook. Still need to get that taken care of.....
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