Say Cheese.....cake!

Yesterday Mom celebrated 56 years of life, so I decided to bake her favorite birthday treat, a cheesecake. Nolan, Atira and Tell joined in the process. As Tell pounded the graham crackers in a bowl for the crust, he stopped for a moment and said, "Mama. Iss hard work, we make Mimi's cake." It was a bit longer process than I anticipated, but eventually we ended up with an Italian cheesecake complete with blueberry sauce. Atira set the table while I gathered some flowers from my garden. Since Jubal was absent from the baking process he served up the first piece to Mom and a cup of coffee to go with it. Jim's parents joined our party via webcam. Singing "Happy Birthday" proved to be a bit more difficult than usual as there is about a 5 second delay and the Aussies were consistently a stanza behind. An enlighteningly funny discussion about how old one needs to be to be a regular coffee drinker followed and the party wrapped up around 9.
Happy Birthday, Mom!