Anna with her birthday cheesecake and 12 candles

Anna turned 12 on Wednesday. She got to call the shots, apart from having to go to school, of course, and she decided on a cheesecake instead of a regular birthday cake. Marcy does make a fantastic cheesecake so we all enjoyed her birthday dessert. She decided she wanted steak and baked potatoes for dinner.

Showing off the birthday cake

Anna decided she wanted a birthday party this year. It was going to be an afternoon party with an early dinner. Anna and Marcy spent a lot of Saturday making a special rainbow cake for the birthday dinner. But no candles on this cake, one of the bummers about the new world we live in.

Playing games in the backyard

Anna had an afternoon of games organized and judging by all the laughing and screaming they all had a good time. She decided on Marczyk’s burgers for dinner and, of course, a delicious rainbow cake for dessert.

A birthday dinner with close friends

Finally, Jude has been playing with the Rubik’s cube for the past month. He watched some YouTube videos to help figure out how to solve it. And now he has been working on solving it fast. His record before this weekend was 1:45 and after many timed tries he managed to get his time to solve it down to 58 seconds.

Jude has become quite the expert at solving the Rubik’s cube