Daddy's day

Daddy has a thoughtful habit of calling us on our birthday to sing the happy birthday song. No matter where we are in the world, before the stroke of 12 mid night, we get his call, but the thing is; In our family everybody's birthday falls within July except for Daddy's own. He was born in October, and when ever his birthday comes up, we're all done with the feeling of birthday celebration, so that day usually goes-by like every other day.

This year we decided it should be different. Me and Pete woke up, went to sing for him, then did the usual cheering that follows. Daddy then went out to engage his day and we went to work on his surprise party.
To start with, since we knew the cake will be eaten by us at the end, why don't we bake something we will enjoy but be appreciated for it...lolz. I was in the mood for a fluffy cake, so I chose a vanilla cake but Pete wanted a cheese cake. We then had this constructive argument briefly before we finally settled on baking the two cakes.(yeah! the joy of having twins...lolz).
My vanilla cake didn't have any problem making, but getting cream cheese for Pete's cake made us realise 'the hustle is real'....lol, thank God for shop rite though. By the time we got back, the vanilla cake was coming out of the oven. Then the cheese cake mixture entered within the hour.
So we had two cakes at hand, looking so delicious we contemplated devouring it immediately. then like, when we offered daddy a piece, we'd tell him it's his birthday cake. but we resisted the temptation and went forward with the perfect design for our colourful two step birthday cake.
In the middle of our little project, daddy walked in, with his usual swagger; doing the Denzel walk...lol, only to nab us at what we were doing, so we couldn't surprise him anymore. He came along with a few of his nieces and nephews, who had it in mind to visit him casually, but then realised it was his birthday. Our cousins entertained us while we crafted butter into our desired design until we finally finished.

Although not surprised, daddy was very happy,

We took pictures, ate, drank and made merry for the rest of the evening with the whole family.
Daddy's last birthday was a very memorable one, a day we all cherish, and I hope you enjoyed the read. see you on our next post, let's hope it will be about you.