February

Of course the big news in February was Rachael's 9th birthday.  We celebrated with six friends and three cousins at California Pizza Kitchen.  We got a tour of the kitchen in the back (so cool!) and each kid got to put toppings on their own pizza.  It was a lot of fun.  

I made a pizza-looking cake for the birthday cake.  Probably her easiest birthday cake ever.  

Since her party was not on her actual birthday, we had a candle and a cupcake on the 16th.  

I thought Rachael might be old enough to appreciate our version of cookie dough ice cream.  Ryan thought maybe not.  He was right.   

And finally, daffodils bloom in February in NorCal.  Wow!