Birthdays

You well may wonder: What do Wanlasses do on their Birthday's??

Answer: They eat cake.

Lizzie and I are kind of obsessed with this cake.

She made Cat's and I made this one for mom.

Does it get better than a cupcake cake?? :D

I think not.

Happy Birthday Catherine and Mommy!!! :D

PS--We didn't actually see the horse.

We saw the movie.

PPS--We did eat the Sees chocolate.

And go to a cupcake restaurant.

And eat sushi.

And have Jamba Juice.

yes...I know you are jealous!

PPPS--We did not consume this all at once,

on the same day,

in the same state,

or with the same people.

PPPPS--I wish we could have.

PPPPPS--I am seriously lacking in pictures.

That's just what happens when you have more life than film.

Or don't remember to take pictures! :/

PPPPPPS--I will one day set the P.S. record.

PPPPPPPS--This looks like my cake! :)

The beginning of October is a busy time for birthdays in the Wanlass household. I write this post on the anniversary of my beloved Aunty Tis’ birthday. She died when I was a young girl but I hold the memories dear.

Memory Lane:

It was with her that I jumped, uh, bellyflopped off of my first really REALLY HIGH dive. We used to go out to dinner at Johnson’s Steak House in ___ Virginia, (consequently, this was not too far from where my beloved diving board was located). I always ordered the same dish when eating at Johnsons. I would get the fried shrimp and vegetables (I will include the fries under the umbrella of my fresher vegetables) for dinner and the most amazing chocolate mousse pie for dessert. I was always SO FULL that I have yet to eat my dessert in the restaurant. We would always wrap it up and bring it to my grandmother’s house. Somehow, with the help of many forks and mouths, my poor little mousse has yet to make it through that first night.

My Aunty Tis loved broaches and she wore multiple rings on every finger. Like all of those women on my mothers side, she was a thorough-bred LADY. Don't misunderstand, my father’s side of the family also has nothing but the most genteel creatures…however, my mothers side just makes such a point of it. They uphold the Southern ideals of Belle's and Gentleman and chivalry. These are all the more vivid to my recollection at the present as I am reading a biography about Robert E. Lee entitled "Call of Duty." These concepts were also a part of General Lee's existence as well.

I am not certain if I would qualify, by the Mayse standards, to enter into Southern Belle society? I am no debutante, although I would LOVE IT! J I...really have to stop this tangent. Memory lane has veer back into the main road or else I will be headed straight for the Atlantic Ocean.

Tangent Over.

So, where was I? October. Check. Birthday month. Check. Aunty 'Tis...and yep. Now I am back on track.

Well, the two girls in my family who get to celebrate a not-so-un-Birthday are not always lucky when it came to the timing of their respective birthday days. The two birthday girls are my mother, who just turned 50! (that's an excited fifty...not a five hundred and one) on October 6th, and my younger sister Catherine, who just turned 19 on October 3rd. You might observe that if Catherine had merely waited a few more days they could have shared birthdays. But I suppose after being a couple weeks late she was finally ready to just come on out! And this first birthday was one where this mother and daughter were able to spend their special days together! Not so a few years later when Catherine was a young girl and we lived with my grandmother for the year. A couple years later and my parents flew to Japan, thus missing both her birthday and few days ago I also celebrated my mother's birthday and a few days before that my younger sister's birthday. Then there was the year of the St. George marathon. And all these missed birthdays added together equals almost nineteen in Catherine's eyes. ;P

I am happy to report that this year I got to spend Catherine's birthday with Catherine and my mother's birthday with Darling Mother Dearest. J

Here is a little bit of how we spent our days:

...I was having picture issues so just look at the top!! :D