Take the cake

Thanks to everyone for all the phone calls, e-mails, videos, and puzzles for Zachary.  He loved them all.  He had a wonderful birthday, and we had a wonderful family day.

As you can see, the cake turned out rather interesting.  I tried to draw light sabers, but had to change them to a sailboat and a unicorn sea creature.  Then I covered it with sprinkles.  That always makes things better!

It tastes great (unfortunately for me, since I'm a cake junkie).  The kids will eat a piece here and there, and I'll be on the phone with my sponsor all day (Suann, are you busy today?).  I could really sit there and eat the whole thing with a fork, then turn around and have breakfast.  But I won't.  I only brought small clothes, and I've bought all these skinny shorts so if I get all fat again I'll have nothing to wear.

Today we are headed to Oxford to anchor out.  We are ready for a night without other people.  St. Michaels was a delightful little village but most of the restaurants are upscale white tablecloth and the shops are antique and clothing stores, so it's not the place for young kids.  We also realized in a slight panic last night that it's almost 3 weeks into our trip and we need to head South.  We've gotten a good taste of the Chesapeake, and seen a part of the world we haven't seen before, but we need to move on.  We are formulating the plan, but from Oxford we'll have a long day to Tangier Island, then back to Hampton or Norfolk.  From there the ICW starts and we start moving along.