"Welcome to Adulthood"
My baby turned 21 today. I have successfully raised all of the offspring to adulthood. Is it time for retirement now?
It is hilarious to me that the day's prompt is St. Nick. Erin despises Santa Claus, always has. We have zero pictures of her on Santa's lap. And, we have zero ornaments or decorations depicting Santa. Erin has always said that she believes Santa to be kind of creepy.
Erin made her way into adulthood today with not a lot of pomp and circumstance. We planned a girl's day at the mall, but it was less than fruitful. The birthday girl found nothing. But she is still smiling because we managed to avoid going anywhere near Santa's cottage.
"Happy 21st!"
We then went out for dinner. Her dad wanted her to order a drink - just because she could. She finally did, but I don't think that it was the highlight of her day.
After dinner we headed home so gifts could be opened and cake could be eaten. Brooke made her a brown butter cake with apple butter between the layers and a thin coating of butter cream frosting. It was delicious!
"Birthday Cake No. 21"
We'll all have a quiet day tomorrow before I sing for two services tomorrow night and Erin does her duty in the church nursery. Christmas morning will be here before we know it; hopefully we'll not be too exhausted to enjoy the day.
