Andrew's birthday

Andrew celebrated his birthday in fine style on Friday. First up was a pancake breakfast with Lucy and I. Toppings included strawberries and whipped cream (from a can!) maple syrup and his favourite of lemon juice and sugar. Even Lucy enjoyed some plain pancakes!

With Andrew at work for the day Lucy and I looked at some more houses before picking Andrew up from work in Castle Hayne (northern part of Wilmington). It certainly wasn't an easy place to find. We then headed off to Costco, a warehouse supermarket similar to Campbells cash and carry. Andrew had a great time cruising the electronics department (absolutely massive plasma tvs for US$2900) as well as the meat section for reasonably priced Australian lamb (10 thick lamb chops for US$15 vs the 3 for $17 we got at Harris Teeter).

Then we headed home for a special dinner of Australian lamb cutlets accompanied by a bottle of Robert Mondavi cab sav followed by a home-cooked pavlova with strawberries (yes they are in season over here) sprinkled with 100% vahlrona cocoa. Andrew was very full by the end of the night!

He got some cool presents... a kite surfing lesson from me and the Lambertons, a couple of t-shirts and a "how to be the best at everything" book from Katrina and a mountain of Reeses from Lucy. Check out the photo below of the Reeses.

All up he had a very good day. Thanks to everyone that sent emails through!